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Santa Ana’s business tax amnesty program’s deadline is coming on 7/31

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City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community: TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING FOR NEW AND CURRENT BUSINESS OWNERS

SANTA ANA, CA (July 5, 2012) – The City of Santa Ana is making its final call to new and current business owners to sign up for the Business Tax Amnesty Program. The deadline for participating in this one time only program is Wednesday, July 31, 2012.

Anyone doing business or registered as a business or corporation in the City of Santa Ana must have a business license. Existing licensed businesses that may have underreported or misreported their gross receipts or other assessment criteria qualify if they act fast in order to avoid paying penalties and interest on current and back year taxes. Continue reading→

Santa Ana is the fourth most expensive city in the O.C. to do business in

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In 2008, Santa Ana was found to be the third most expensive Orange County cities to do business in, “according to the 14th annual Cost of Doing Business Survey from the Rose Institute of State & Local Government at Claremont McKenna College and Kosmont Companies in Los Angeles,” as published in the O.C. Register.

In 2009, the same study found that Santa Ana was the fourth most expensive city in Orange County, to do business in.  Click here to read that article in the O.C. Register.

Santa Ana also has some of the highest property taxes in the O.C. due to the passage of numerous SAUSD and Rancho Santiago Community College District bond measures.  A large chunk of the college bond was used to build a training academy for O.C. Sheriffs that we just didn’t need – our County is ringed by similar academies that are easily within thirty minutes of Orange County.

Isn’t it interesting that some of the BEST cities in Orange County charge the LEAST for business licenses?  Irvine, Tustin, Yorba Linda and Costa Mesa all rank amongst the cities with the LOWEST business costs.  Even Newport Beach has a much lower cost than Santa Ana.  Continue reading→