Approve the revised business-license tax.
Measure O · City of Concord · Nov 3, 2026
Concord business license tax simplification
Updates the city business-license tax structure to fund general city services.
At a glance
Tax change- Does it raise taxes?
- Yes, for businesses: updates the business-license tax, about $2.9 million a year more.
- Estimated cost or revenue
- Approximately $2.9 million in additional annual revenue, with independent oversight.
- Who pays
- Not yet verified
- Where the money goes
- Not yet verified
- How long
- Not yet verified
From the City of Concord and the state’s fiscal analysis. Estimates are the state’s, not ours.
Your choice
Saved privately on this device.What your vote does
Keep the existing business-license tax structure.
How the money works
TypeTax change
Cost, who pays and where the money goes are in “At a glance” above.
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Why they disagree
The City Council, which placed it on the ballot unanimously, describes it as simplifying a graduated business tax adopted in 1978 into one flat rate of $1 per $1,000 in gross receipts.
City of Concord (as reported by CoCoTax)CoCoTax says it is a tax increase of about $3 million a year that businesses will pass on to customers, that it taxes revenue rather than profit, and that it has no sunset or binding oversight.
Contra Costa Taxpayers Association (CoCoTax)Official overview and selected publisher positions; local inventory remains partial.
Who’s funding it
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Sources
- City of Concord
Concord business license tax simplification · November 3, 2026
Checked Oct 31, 2026