City manager's report: The city tracks down unlicensed business owners on Facebook

Petersburg City Manager Steve Giesbrecht said that letters are being sent out to local business operators who advertise on Facebook's “It's My Business” page, without a business license filed with the City and without filing sales tax returns.

“It's just kind of a reminder letter to let people know that if you are going to run a business you need to have a business license, that doesn't cost you anything. But you do need to file your sales tax,” he told the City Council on Monday.

“We've had some people do that, and some people pretty upset about it too. But we will continue to work with them,...

 

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