[MineralMan]

"It's a very, very old tax, and very few townships in PA collect it - and they do charge different flat rates for different occupations."

Fascinating. I looked it up, and found it to be very archaic. Washington State also has local and statewide Business and Occupation taxes, which are a tax of about .4% of _gross_ sales. No deductions.

I'm going to have to look very carefully before I move my portable business to another state.

Of course, here we have Business license fees, business property taxes, etc. I guess it's the same everywhere. One tax or another.

[dirtboy]

Washington State also has local and statewide Business and Occupation taxes, which are a tax of about .4% of _gross_ sales. No deductions.

Ouch. Considering how thin margins are in a lot of industries in this day and age, that's a nasty tax rate on gross.