Washington County: No Local Business Tax to Exempt

The Washington County Code carries no local business tax - its taxation chapter holds only the elderly-parent homestead reduction, the local option gas tax and the senior homestead exemption - and the Tax Collector publishes no business tax service, so a veteran opening a business in unincorporated Washington County owes the county none. A city that levies one applies section 205.055.

Also called: business tax receipt, local business tax, occupational license, Tax Collector, Ken Naker, 205.055, chapter 62, Chipley, Vernon, Caryville, Wausau, Ebro, Sunny Hills.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Washington County, FLCounty

Section 205.055 exempts an honorably discharged veteran, a spouse or unremarried surviving spouse, and a PCS military spouse from a local business tax; see the Florida entry. In Washington County there is no county tax to exempt. The Code. Chapter 62 of the Washington County Code, "Taxation", has three articles: the homestead reduction for living quarters for an elderly parent or grandparent, the local option gas tax and the additional homestead exemption for seniors. No chapter levies a local business tax. The Tax Collector. The Washington County Tax Collector, Ken Naker, collects property taxes and handles tags and titles and concealed weapon licence applications; its pages list no business tax receipt. Driver licences in the county are issued at the State's Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles service center, 1331 South Blvd., Suite 101, Chipley. Inside the cities. Chipley, Vernon, Caryville, Wausau and Ebro may levy their own business tax under chapter 205; where one does, section 205.055 exempts the same people there, claimed with that city.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Washington County: No Local Business Tax to Exempt
Gate	Rule
No county business tax; statute applies where a city levies one	Washington County levies no local business tax, so no veteran exemption is needed at the county level. Any city tax follows section 205.055: honorable discharge, or a listed spouse.

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Last updated 2026-10-17.

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