The Business Tax and Fee Payment Portal provides a summary of unpaid tax, license and fee obligations. You may pay online through this portal, or you may print a stub and mail it with your payment. Most business taxes require you to file your tax return before you will see an obligation in the payment portal.
The quarterly estimated payment shown in our system is based on your previous Annual Business Tax Returns filing. You may pay the lesser of the amount displayed or an amount equal to 25% of your Business Taxes due for the current year, which may be $0.
The Business Tax and Fee Payment Portal provides a summary of unpaid tax, license and fee obligations. You may pay online through this portal, or you may print a stub and mail it with your payment. Most business taxes require you to file your tax return before you will see an obligation in the payment portal.
Please note the following:
- Payment of displayed obligations may not constitute payment in full of all tax, license or fee liabilities.
- If you do not see all Business Personal Property obligations that you expect, visit the property tax payment portal.
Please have the following ready:
- Seven (7) digit Business Account Number.
- The last four (4) digits of your Tax Identification Number.
- Your eight (8) character Online PIN.
- Credit card or checking account information if submitting an electronic payment
Service Fee Information:
Payment Type | Property Tax | Business Tax Fee Amount |
Electronic Check (eCheck) | No Fee | No Fee |
Credit Card (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa) | 2.25% with $2.00 minimum | 2.50% with $2.00 minimum |
Debit (NYCE, Pulse, STAR) | 2.25% with $2.00 minimum | 2.50% with $2.00 minimum |
The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in room 140. Walk-ins for assistance accepted until 4 p.m. Payments at the cashier window accepted until 5 p.m.
Mail your business tax and registration fee payments to:
San Francisco Tax Collector
P.O. Box 7425
San Francisco, CA 94120
To have funds electronically transferred to the City and County of San Francisco’s bank account through ACH or Wire Transfer, the following instructions should be provided to your partnering financial institution:
General Bank Reference Address: | JPMorgan Chase, New York, NY 10017 |
ABA/Routing Number: | For ACH: 028000024 |
Bank Account Number: | 20000043472201 |
Bank Account Name: | City and County of San Francisco |
For credit to: | Business Tax (TTX) |
Important Beneficiary Information:
In order to allow for timely and proper credit to your account, please indicate any of the relevant information below in your wire payment description field. If you are making a lump payment for various tax types, please list the tax type and amount for each payment.
If Paying For Any Of These: | Use This Abbreviated Name: | And Indicate: |
Access Line Tax | ALT | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
Administrative Office Tax | AOT | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
Cigarette Litter Abatement Fee | CIG | Location Identification number (LIN) and Tax Period |
Commercial Rents Tax | CR | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
| Commercial Vacancy Tax | CVT | Block/Lot and Tax Period |
Gross Receipts Tax | GR | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
Homelessness Gross Receipts Tax | HGR | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
| License Fees | LIC | Location Identification number (LIN) and License Period |
Moscone Expansion District Fee | MED | Location Identification number (LIN) and Tax Period |
| Overpaid Executive Tax | OET | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
Parking Tax | PARKING | Location Identification number (LIN) and Tax Period |
Payroll Expense Tax | PY | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
Registration Fee | REG | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
| Revenue Control Equipment | RCE | Business Account Number and Bill Number |
Stadium Admission Tax | SD | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
Sugary Drinks Tax | SUGARY | Location Identification number (LIN) and Tax Period |
Tourism Improvement District Fee | TID | Location Identification number (LIN) and Tax Period |
Traffic Congestion Mitigation Tax | TCM | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
Transient Occupancy Tax | TOT | Location Identification number (LIN) and Tax Period |
| Telephone Users Tax | TUT | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
Utility Users Tax | UUT | Business Account Number and Tax Period |
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 311 (within S.F. only) or (415) 701-2311 for account information.
Need Further Assistance?
Visit our Help Center to submit a question. Questions submitted before 7:00 pm will receive a response on the SAME DAY. Questions submitted after 7:00 pm will receive a response by the next business day.