Business Tax or Fee Payment

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.

Business Tax Payment Portal

The quarterly estimated payment shown in our system is based on your 2023 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 2024, 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. 

Make a payment
 

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
Fee Amount

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
For Wire: 021000021
SWIFT code: CHASUS33

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 TaxCVTBlock/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 FeesLICLocation Identification number (LIN) and License Period

Moscone Expansion District Fee

MED

Location Identification number (LIN) and Tax Period

Overpaid Executive TaxOETBusiness 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 EquipmentRCEBusiness 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 TaxTUTBusiness 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.