Bellflower, CA Local Taxes & Fees: Business Tax Classification (2026)

The amount of license taxes to be paid to the City by any person engaged in or carrying on any profession, trade, calling, occupation or business hereinafter designated, is hereby established as hereinafter in this chapter provided. Such license tax shall be paid by every person engaged in, carrying on or maintaining any such profession, trade, occupation, calling or business in the City.

B. Except as otherwise provided herein, on July 1st of each year, said rate or tax schedule shall be increased by an amount determined by applying to said schedule the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Los Angeles/Riverside/Anaheim Schedule for All Urban Consumers, for all items as established by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics for the 12 months ending March 31st of each year. Rates thereby established shall not exceed 10% in any one year and shall be rounded to the nearest dollar.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the annual CPI increase shall not go into effect for any particular year if the City Council, by ordinance or resolution, determines that special circumstances warrant the waiving of the annual CPI increase for the coming year. Such resolution or ordinance shall be adopted by July 1st of each year that the annual CPI increase is to be waived. (Ord. 1311 § 7, 5/9/16) [1] Prior ordinance history: Ord. Nos. 314, 783, 872 and 873.