Roswell, GA Local Taxes & Fees: Business Tax Classification (2026)
Key Facts
- Basis
- NAICS industry classification
- Reassignment cycle
- every 2 years
- Profitability source
- IRS Statistics of Income
- Records
- open at city clerk's office
Summary
Roswell, Georgia classifies every business by its NAICS industry line and assigns a profitability class the finance department reviews every two years to calculate occupation tax.
For the purpose of this article, every person engaged in business requiring the payment of occupational taxes is classified in accordance to the major line of business as defined by the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS), and profitability classes are assigned in accordance with Statistics of Income, Business Income Tax Returns, United States Treasury Department, or Internal Revenue Service. The finance department shall review assignment of businesses to profitability classes on a biannual basis and shall administratively reassign businesses as necessary to the then most accurate profitability class.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 17 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
The City of Roswell's occupation tax ordinance sorts each business into a NAICS industry classification and a profitability class drawn from IRS Statistics of Income data. The finance department reassigns businesses to the correct profitability class every two years. Occupation tax is then calculated by applying the business's gross receipts to the fee-class table set for its profitability classification, after the council's exempted gross-receipts threshold. Classification records are kept at the city clerk's office and open to public inspection.
Violations & Fines
Underreporting gross receipts or failing to supply information used to set profitability class draws interest and penalties under § 10.3.15, plus possible revocation of the occupation tax certificate.
Frequently Asked Questions
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