Earlier editions: 2026-07
Chapter 8 — Businesses, Trades and Professions›Article 2 — BUSINESS TAX RATES AND SCHEDULES
Inglewood Municipal Code § 8-24 Flat Rate Tax
Inglewood Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Inglewood
Cite as: Inglewood Municipal Code § 8-24 · Text as of 2026-10-04
Every person who engages in any of the hereinbelow categorized businesses shall pay a business tax on a flat rate basis as follows:
Classification Tax (annual rate unless otherwise stated)
§ 8-24.1. Advertising.¶
(1) Billboards, signboards, etc. structure 100 sq. ft. or less: $22.00 per panel
(2) Structure more than 100 sq. ft. but less than 400 sq. ft.: $38.50 per panel
(3) Structure 400 sq. ft. or more: $137.50 per panel
(4) Sound vehicle or public address system per vehicle or system: $27.50 per day
(5) Distributing bills, posters, announcements, samples or other advertising matter: $22.00 (Exemption: Established business in City included in another classification).
(6) Benches: $7.70 per bench
(7) Kleig lights: $22.00 per day, $137.50 per year
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.2. Amusement Devices or Games of Skill or Chance (not incident to business…¶
(1) Each coin operated amusement device or game: $77.00 per machine
(2) Music box, phonograph or coin operated television set: $33.00 per machine
(3) Arcade: $330.00
(4) Coin operated juvenile rides or concessions
1—5 rides: $22.00
10 ride or concessions: $44.00 6
more than 10 rides or concessions: $77.00
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 81-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.3. Auction Sale. (Except livestock auctions.)¶
Business registered in City
(1) Less than 6 months: $220.00 per day
(2) More than 6 months: $27.50 per day
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.4. Auctioneers.¶
(1) Auctioneer (Except livestock auctions): $137.50
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.5. Auto Wrecking.¶
$275.00
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.6. Bankruptcy Stock Sale.¶
Goods transported into City for sale: $198.00 per day (Exception: Tax liability waived on sales ordered by a court, board or tribunal).
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.7. Beer Bars.¶
| Less than 1,000 square feet: |
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| No entertainment: $71.50 |
| Minimum entertainment: $220.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $363.00 |
| 1,000 square feet to 2,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $143.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $291.50 |
| Regular entertainment: $440.00 |
| More than 2,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $291.50 |
| Minimum entertainment: $440.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $583.00 |
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.8. Cocktail Bars.¶
| Less than 1,000 square feet: |
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| No entertainment: $291.50 |
| Minimum entertainment: $440.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $583.00 |
| 1,000 square feet to 2,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $440.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $583.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $726.00 |
| More than 2,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $583.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $726.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $869.00 |
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.9. Bona Fide Restaurants Serving Beer and/or Wine.¶
| Less than 1,000 square feet: |
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| No entertainment: $143.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $291.50 |
| Regular entertainment: $440.00 |
| More than 1,000 square feet but less than 2,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $220.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $363.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $506.00 |
| More than 2,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $363.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $506.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $654.50 |
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.10. Bona Fide Restaurants Serving Distilled Spirits.¶
| Less than 2,500 square feet: |
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| No entertainment: $583.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $726.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $869.00 |
| More than 2,500 square feet but less than 5,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $869.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $1017.50 |
| Regular entertainment: $1161.60 |
| More than 5,000 square feet but less than 7,500 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $1161.60 |
| Minimum entertainment: $1309.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $1452.00 |
| More than 7,500 square feet but less than 10,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $1452.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $1584.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $1743.50 |
| More than 10,000 square feet: |
| No entertainment: $2178.00 |
| Minimum entertainment: $3630.00 |
| Regular entertainment: $5082.00 |
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.11. Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, Pool Rooms, Ping Pong Tables.¶
Billiard, Pool, Ping Pong, Bowling or similar games or devices (non-coin operated) alley or device: $22.00 per table
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.12. Business, Use of Vehicle (not incident to business established in City).¶
(1) Armored car service: $88.00 per vehicle
(2) Public utility for transportation (no City franchise): $88.00 per vehicle
(3) Gardening, janitorial and similar services: $38.50
(4) Retail peddling: $88.00
Wholesale peddling: $66.00
(5) Pickup and/or delivery Retail: $88.00 Wholesale: $66.00
(6) Buses (regularly scheduled): $220.00
(7) Refuse, garbage and rubbish collection: $220.00
(8) Junk or salvage: $88.00
(9) Transporting passengers for hire (excluding ambulances and taxicabs which pay upon gross receipts and/or special flat rate basis): $49.50 per vehicle.
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.13. Christmas Tree Lot.¶
$49.50 per lot
(Ord. 2476 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.14. Circus or Carnival.¶
(1) If circus or carnival not subject to admission tax: $143.00 per day plus $22.00 for each ride or side attraction
(2) If subject to admission tax: See Inglewood Municipal Code Section 8-23.10
(Ord. 2476 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.15. Close-Out Sale.¶
(1) Business registered in City less than 6 months: $132.00 for first 30 days—$66.00 for next 30 days
(2) Business registered in City more than 30 days: $22.00 for first 30 days —$16.50 for next 30 days
(3) Business registered in City: $16.50 for first 30 days—$11.00 more for next 30 days
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.16. Dance Halls.¶
Dance hall (not including dancing incident to business specifically listed for different tax rate): $220.00
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.17. Horse Racing.¶
Authorized information licensee: $220.00 per year or any portion thereof
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.18. Motion Picture or Television. Commercial Use.¶
Use of public property: $220.00 for the first day and $110.00 per day thereafter
Use of private property exclusively: $44.00 for the first day and $22.00 per day thereafter
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.19. Oil Wells.¶
Three hundred thirty dollars per well plus twenty-two cents ($0.22) per barrel
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.20. Palmistry, Astrology, Fortune Telling, Hypnotism, Graphology, Phrenology,…¶
Thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents per day
Four hundred ninety-five dollars per year
(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 87-26 9-29-87; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
§ 8-24.21. Warehouse.¶
| Located in the City and used for storage and no business conducted therefrom or used in connection with established business in the City. | $55.00 |
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(Ord. 2450 9-13-83; Ord. 91-16 7-2-91)
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