Frankfort, Kentucky
Angela K. Cornett, a massage therapist from Frankfort, Kentucky, made an interesting observation in an article she wrote for the State Journal.
When she was looking over the various business license fees in her city, she discovered that some professions were being charged a lot more for their licenses than others.
And it didn’t seem to be based on how much they might earn. Here’s a list of some business license fees Cornett mentions in her article:
•Precious Metal Dealer – $10 a year
•Massage Therapist for one location – $60 a year
•Itinerant Massage Therapist ie. setting up a stand at county fairs, or other public events – $150 each event
•Convention Center or Hotel business – $1,000 a year
•Fortune-telling business – $1,500 a year
Pretty hefty fees for psychics and itinerant massage therapists. You’d almost think Frankfort was discouraging them from doing business there.