Buena Park, CA Local Taxes & Fees: Business Tax Classification (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- BPMC Chapter 5.04
- Base tier
- $37.50 up to $25,000 receipts
- Mid tier
- 45¢/$1,000 to $100,000
- Top tier
- 15¢/$1,000 over $500,000
- Alternative
- flat fee if specifically listed
Summary
Buena Park taxes most businesses on a tiered gross-receipts schedule under Municipal Code Chapter 5.04, with flat license fees for specifically enumerated business types like billboards and amusement centers.
Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of selling at retail any goods, services, wares or merchandise, or conducting, managing or carrying on any trade, occupation, calling, service or business not otherwise specifically licensed by other sections of this chapter shall pay an annual license fee based on its gross annual receipts as follows:
A. Gross annual receipts not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars: thirty-seven and one-half dollars;
B. Additional gross annual receipts of more than twenty-five thousand dollars but not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars: forty-five cents for each additional one thousand dollars or fraction thereof;
C. Additional gross annual receipts of more than one hundred thousand dollars but not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars: thirty cents for each additional one thousand dollars or fraction thereof;
D. All additional gross annual receipts of five hundred thousand dollars and over: fifteen cents for each additional one thousand dollars or fraction thereof. (Prior code § 16-33)
Full Breakdown
Buena Park sorts business license taxes into two tracks under BPMC Chapter 5.04. A business not otherwise specifically licensed elsewhere in the chapter pays an annual fee scaled to its gross annual receipts, starting at $37.50 for receipts up to $25,000 and dropping in marginal rate as receipts climb, from 45 cents per $1,000 up to $100,000, to 30 cents per $1,000 up to $500,000, to 15 cents per $1,000 above that (§ 5.04.020). Businesses that fall into one of the dozens of categories enumerated later in the same chapter, billboards, amusement centers, auctioneers, carnivals, and similar trades, instead pay a flat scheduled fee for that specific business rather than a receipts-based calculation, on an annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, or daily basis as set for that category.
Violations & Fines
Operating a business in Buena Park without paying the applicable Chapter 5.04 license tax is a code violation; the city can pursue collection of unpaid license fees and cite unlicensed or underpaid businesses.
Frequently Asked Questions
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