Town of Banff

License Exemptions & Fee Reductions

Business License Exemptions

A business license is not required:

• To operate a business exempt from licensing under federal or provincial statutes. For example, physicians and lawyers do not require business licenses to set up a practice.
• For a craft sale, a rummage sale, a flea market or a residential garage sale, as long as the sale is less than seven consecutive days.
• To operate a registered charitable or non-profit organization, or a licensed family day home.
• For a non-resident business to deliver goods in the town, as longs as those good were purchased from a place or business outside the town.

Fee Reductions

• Banff Resident Businesses whose gross annual revenue is less than $30,000 per calendar year may be eligible for a fee reduction.  To claim this discount, drop by Town Hall at 110 Bear Street between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday to sign a statutory declaration.
• Businesses that start operating during the calendar year will have their license fee prorated based on the quarter operation begins. 
• Businesses that are closed for a renovation requiring a development permit may be eligible for a discount based on the amount of time the business is closed.

Refunds

• Business license fees are non-refundable.
• Refunds will not be issued to a business that discontinues operation before December 31.

For more information:

• Business License Bylaw 22-9 ( PDF - 138 kb

More information is available by contacting Planning and Development at 403.762.1215.

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