Titusville business tax receipts

Any business operating inside Titusville city limits needs a City of Titusville Business Tax Receipt, and the steps are posted by the city Development Services Department (Titusville Business Tax Receipt page).

The city lists the receipt as required to do business within its limits and posts the applications and affidavit forms on its Business Tax Receipts Forms page; questions about a new receipt or a renewal go to (321) 567-3758 (Titusville BTR page). Qualifying for an exemption does not remove the requirement: an exempt Titusville business still needs a receipt, which is issued free of charge or at a reduced rate (Titusville BTR Exemptions page).

The city receipt is one of two. The Tax Collector quotes County Code Section 102-28, under which Brevard County taxes engaging in or managing a business, business location or occupation within the county, and it collects that tax (Brevard County Tax Collector business tax page). Titusville's instructions put the county receipt last, after the city receipt is in hand (Titusville Development Services BTR page). The Titusville BTR menu shows how many kinds of business the office handles, with separate pages for handyman receipts, home based businesses, solicitors, taxicabs and vendors (Titusville BTR page).

Titusville's order is zoning first, then state license, name and corporate filings, then the city receipt, and the Brevard County receipt last (Titusville Development Services BTR page).

The Titusville Planning Department is the office that confirms a proposed location is within city limits and compatible with zoning and land use regulations (Titusville BTR steps). The county receipt does not settle that question: the Tax Collector states that issuing its receipt does not confirm that the business activity complies with zoning or that the premises meet occupancy or life safety requirements (Brevard County Tax Collector).

Two state phone numbers differ between sources. Titusville gives 850-487-6058 for SunBiz fictitious name and LLC registration (Development Services BTR page), while the Brevard County Tax Collector lists the Florida Division of Corporations at (850) 245-6058 (Brevard County Tax Collector). For proof of corporate status, the Titusville page accepts a copy of the corporation or LLC documentation (Development Services BTR page).

There is no single Titusville rate: the fee depends on restaurant seats, apartment or hotel units, building square footage, the type of business and other factors, and the BTR office at 321-567-3758 sets the amount for each business (Titusville BTR Fees page).

Two fees are fixed and non-refundable. Every Titusville application carries a $15 application fee, and a Solicitors permit carries a $25 application fee (Titusville BTR Fees page). The office takes cash, checks made payable to the City of Titusville, Visa and Mastercard, but not Discover or American Express (Titusville BTR Fees page).

The county figure appears in the Tax Collector's note that its fee exemption applies only to the $37 annual receipt fee, and the Tax Collector does not refund business tax receipts (Brevard County Tax Collector).

Titusville offers exemptions under Florida Statute 205.162, with documentation, to charitable, educational and religious institutions, disabled honorably discharged veterans, individuals 65 or older, other disabled individuals, unremarried spouses of disabled veterans and widows with minor dependents (Titusville BTR Exemptions page).

The Titusville BTR office at 321-567-3758 discusses the specific requirements and the amount of any exemption, and the receipt is still issued, either free of charge or at a reduced rate (Exemptions page). The statute sets conditions: section 205.162 covers disabled people who cannot do manual labor, widows with minor dependents and people aged 65 or older, each with no more than one employee or helper and using only their own capital of $1,000 or less, who may then do business without the tax in the counties where they live (Florida Statutes 205.162). Under the same section, an exempt receipt has the exemption and its reason written or stamped across its face (Florida Statutes 205.162).

The county exemption runs separately. The Brevard County Tax Collector allows applicants to request a fee exemption under section 205.162 with an affidavit and supporting documentation, and it applies only to the $37 county fee (Brevard County Tax Collector).

A Titusville home-based business files the application with a Home Occupation Affidavit, plus a copy of proof of ownership if the business owner owns the home or a notarized Property Owner's Affidavit if the home is rented or leased (Titusville Home Based Businesses page).

Proof of ownership can be found through the Brevard County Property Appraiser's Office, according to the Titusville page (Home Based Businesses page). For a renter, the home's owner completes the Property Owner's Affidavit, and it must be notarized (Home Based Businesses page). A business named anything other than the owner's given name applies for a fictitious name or LLC at Sunbiz before applying for the Titusville receipt, and the city wants a copy of that fictitious name, incorporation or LLC paperwork (Home Based Businesses page).

The same two affidavits appear on the Titusville exemptions page, which lists them among the items that may be required when applying (Exemptions page). The Titusville home based business page posts the Home Based Affidavit in PDF and DOCX versions and the Property Owner's Affidavit as a DOCX file (Home Based Businesses page).

Florida Statutes section 205.053 makes every local business tax receipt, Titusville's and Brevard County's included, due by September 30 each year and sets its expiration on September 30 of the following year (Florida Statutes 205.053).

Renewal season opens on July 1 under the statute, and a weekend or holiday September 30 pushes the deadline to the next working day (Florida Statutes 205.053). On its own calendar the Tax Collector shows an unpaid county receipt turning delinquent on October 1 (Brevard County Tax Collector). Titusville directs renewal questions to the same BTR line as new applications, (321) 567-3758 (Titusville BTR page).

A Titusville receipt not renewed when due is delinquent under the statute, which charges 10 percent for the month of October and 5 percent more for each later month until paid, never above 25 percent of the tax (Florida Statutes 205.053). A Titusville business still unpaid 150 days after the first notice, and without a receipt, faces civil actions under section 205.053, with court costs, attorneys' fees, collection costs and up to $250 in penalty (Florida Statutes 205.053). Moving the shop, selling it or renaming it also has a county clock: the Tax Collector asks for an online change within 30 days (Brevard County Tax Collector).

The Titusville Business Tax Receipts office is at 555 S Washington Avenue, and its phone is 321-567-3758 (Titusville BTR Fees page).

Business tax sits under Community Development in the city's structure, and the Development Services menu alongside it lists Fee Structure, Impact Fees, Online Payments, the Online PZE Process Application and Site Permits (Development Services BTR page). The county receipt is handled by the Brevard County BTR office at 321-264-6910, the number Titusville gives (Titusville BTR page), and the Tax Collector also lists (321) 264-6969 and (321) 633-2199 for business tax questions (Brevard County Tax Collector). The City of Titusville main line is 321-567-3775 (Titusville BTR page).

Last verified: October 21, 2026, after re-reading the Titusville BTR steps, Development Services, fees, exemptions and home based business pages, the Brevard County Tax Collector business tax page, and Florida Statutes 205.053 and 205.162.