​Business License
Financial Services Department

Welcome to the Financial Services Department. We serve our citizens, businesses, and customers with the following information related to City Government. If there is anything you cannot find, please contact us.​
​Located at the Maryville Municipal Building - Main Level (Off W. Broadway Avenue)
Customer Service Hours 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
400 W. Broadway Avenue   |   Maryville, TN 37801   |   (865) 273-3900 Phone 

City of Maryville Business Information

Jerry Barnes  |   (865) 273-3499    |   [email protected]

Businesses located within the City Limits

State law (Tennessee Business Tax Act) requires that most businesses selling goods and or services inside the city of Maryville with annual gross receipts of more than $3000 must have both a city and a county business license. Questions about county business licenses can be addressed by calling the Blount County Clerk’s Office at 865-273-5800.

Exceptions exist for professionals, manufacturers, and certain disabled persons. Please contact us for more information.
 
  • Minimal Activity Business License – If gross annual sales are more than $3000 but less than $100,000, a Minimal Activity License is required before conducting business.  The Minimal Activity Business License must be renewed annually through the city of Maryville.  Renewal requirements are a new license application and a $15 renewal payment.
  • Standard Business License - If gross annual sales are more than $100,000, a Standard Business License is required before conducting business. Each business location requires a business license. The license expires 30 days after your return is due, but it will automatically be renewed after the annual return is filed with the state.

First Steps - Register and Apply for a Business License

1. Register your business.
All businesses subject to the business tax must be registered with the state. Please use this link to visit the state website for more information.

After the business has been registered with the state:

2. Apply for a City of Maryville Business License Application. Download application - or pick up in person at the Maryville Municipal Building. Mail or deliver the application along with the $15.00 application fee.
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2.b. Is your business to be operated from a home?
A city of Maryville home occupation application is also required.
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2.c. Is your business license for a Special Event? (e.g. Farmers Markets, craft shows, auto shows, city-approved special events). A City of Maryville Special Event Permit Application is required. 

​This type of permit also requires a business tax report form due monthly for continuing business or within seventy-two hours of close of temporary event.
*Other permits may be required for special events
3. Send in Your Application
​For your convenience City of Maryville business license applications and fees can be paid by the following methods:
  • by mail to: 
    City of Maryville
    410 W. Broadway Avenue
    Maryville, TN 37801    ​
  • in person at:
    Maryville Municipal Building
    400 W. Broadway Avenue
  • by phone - applications will need to be mailed, or emailed prior to paying by phone to:  
    Jerry Barnes
    (865) 273-3499
    [email protected]

Existing Businesses File & Pay Taxes

To file and pay your business taxes in Tennessee, you must use the Tennessee Department of Revenue's TNTAP system.

General information is available at www.TNTAP.com​
Set up an account
All correspondence regarding business tax payments is now conducted through the State and the TNTAP system.
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Terminating a Business License

Standard Business License - when a final Business Tax Return has been filed, a business can be closed in TNTAP.

Minimal Activity Business License - to close a minimal activity business, notify the City of Maryville Tax Specialist (865) 273-3461.
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Credits

A business that pays tangible personal property tax may report that tax as a partial credit on the business tax act license and tax report. For more information, visit the Property Tax page.
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Other Resources

To apply for a Blount County Business License:
Please contact the
​Blount County Clerk   |  (865) 273-5800  |  blounttn.org  

Tennessee Department of Revenue

Classifications

The following lists examples of each business class. However, the list is not comprehensive.

Class I 
  • Service stations (gasoline), Grocery stores and Feed stores
  • Food wholesalers and Food brokers
  • Hardware stores and Building materials suppliers
  • Beer package stores and Beer wholesalers
  • Wholesale gasoline and diesel fuel suppliers
Class II
  • Advertising specialty dealers
  • Automobile, motorcycle, boat and camper dealers
  • Florists and plant stores
  • Home furnishing stores
  • Appliance and electronic stores
  • Restaurants
  • Liquor stores, liquor wholesalers
  • All businesses not enumerated elsewhere
Class III
  • Antique dealers and jewelry stores
  • Delicatessens
  • Card shops and book stores
  • Pawn shops
  • Beauty and barber shops
  • Schools
  • Architectural and artist supply stores
  • Stores dealing in hearing aids, razors, luggage, optical and opthalmological supplies, typewriters, sporting goods and business services
Class IV
  • ​General contractors, subcontractors, and produce dealers