Business Licenses
Welcome to the Town of Mulga Business License Page and thank you for deciding to operate your business in our municipality. We ask that if you are purchasing a business license that you use the online form on this page. If you must use a paper form, please contact our Town Clerk Tabitha Galloway at (205-781-0645) to have one sent to you. Once your information is put into the form and submitted, we will review it and contact you with questions we may have. One thing to note is that when filling out the form, please use a two letter designation for the state you are in (i.e. AL) in the fields that require a state listing. For the license application to be considered for approval, we must receive your payment for the license by check within 10 days of us receiving the form you submitted. All payments must be sent to the following address:
Town of Mulga
505 Mulga Loop Road
Mulga, AL 35118
To Calculate the Amount Owed for Your License:
- If your gross receipts within the Town of Mulga are $100,000.00 or more, your fee will need to be calculated for you. Submit your application and the amount of your fee will be provided for you to write your check and send to us.
- If your gross receipts within the Town of Mulga are less than $100,000.00, your business license fee will be $100.00 plus a $10.00 processing fee.
- Real Estate – Effective October 1, 2024
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- Each person, whether as principal or agent, engaged in the business of managing, buying, renting, selling or exchanging real estate, connected with such person’s business, engaged directly in managing, buying, renting, selling or exchanging real estate in the Town of Mulga shall pay a base license fee of $250.00.
- Each real estate firm having a broker’s license under the real estate laws of the state, having its principal place of business located in the Town of Mulga shall pay a base license fee of $400.00.
- Each person or company managing, renting: or leasing residential real estate or any related structure or improvement located thereon within the Town of Mulga shall pay an additional license fee based on gross receipts.
If gross receipts are:
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| More Than | But Less Than | Multiplier | |
| $0 | $24,999 | | $500 |
| $25,000 | $49,999 | 1,000 + 20.83 per M in excess of | $25,000 |
| $50,000 | $74,999 | 1,500 + 20.83 per M in excess of | $50,000 |
| $75,000 | $99,999 | 2,000 + 20.83 per M in excess of | $75,000 |
| $100,000 | $124,999 | 2,500 + 20.83 per M in excess of | $100,000 |
| $125,000 | Over $125,000 | 3,000 + 20.83 per M in excess of | $125,000 |
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- Each person or company renting commercial real estate or any related structure or improvement located thereon within the Town of Mulga shall pay an additional license fee of 1 % of gross annual rents, with a minimum additional license of $200.00.
- Hotels, motels, boardinghouses, and inns shall pay a license fee of 1% of gross annual rents for the next year preceding, with a minimum license of $750.00.
- DELIVERY LICENSE: In lieu of any other type of license, a taxpayer that does not have a physical presence within the Town may, at its option, purchase for one hundred dollars ($100.00), plus an issuance fee of ten dollars ($10.00), a delivery license for the limited privilege of delivering and performing requisite set-up and installation of its merchandise within the Town. To be eligible for a delivery license, the taxpayer’s gross receipts derived from the sale and any requisite set-up or installation of all merchandise so delivered into the Town shall not exceed $75,000 during the license year. Otherwise, the taxpayer must procure a regular business license.
License Due Date and Penalties for Late Payment
- ALL LICENSE RENEWALS ARE DUE JANUARY 1 AND DELINQUENT AFTER FEBRUARY 15, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: INSURANCE COMPANY LICENSE: DUE JANUARY 1, DELINQUENT AFTER MARCH 1. All licenses not paid within thirty (30) days from the date they fall due shall be increased by fifteen (15) percent for the first thirty (30) days they shall be delinquent and shall be measured by an additional fifteen (15) percent for a delinquency of sixty (60) or more days, but this provision shall not be deemed to authorize the delay of thirty (30) days in the payment of the license due, which may be enforced at once. In the case of persons who began business on or after the first day of the calendar year, the license for such “new business” shall be increased by fifteen (15) percent for the first fifteen (15) days they shall be delinquent, and shall be measured by an additional fifteen (15) percent for a delinquency of forty-five (45) days or more. All delinquent accounts (both license taxes and penalties) shall also be charged simple interest at the rate of one (1) percent per month interest at the applicable rate as determined pursuant to Ala. Code § 40-1-44 (1975), as last amended.
Business License Form
