Gainesville to delay business tax renewal notices during upgrade
September 9, 2026
Press release from the City of Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The City of Gainesville will delay mailing out annual business tax renewal notices to local businesses as it upgrades to a new software system.
The Revenue & Receivables office expects to launch its new software in January 2027. Business tax renewal statements that normally are mailed out by early September will be available electronically through a new portal in January.
Any business with a paid fiscal year 2025-26 business tax receipt will be considered in good standing for the fiscal year 2026-27 until the renewal period reopens.
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Business owners with questions are asked to contact the office at citybc@GainesvilleFL.gov.
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The City has erected a 17 person IT Department that, along with $3.3 million annually of GRU assistance, will provide future city IT needs. Belarski would not let Mayor Ward into his IT “sandbox”–for obvious reasons.
GRU for at least a decade has provided the city with millions of dollars worth of IT service without charge that was not accounted for in either the GRU or city Financial Statements. These unrecognized Service Level Agreements (SLA) losses are an unambiguous action item mandated by HB1645.