If you do business in any of our partner cities, you can now use FileLocal (www.FileLocal-wa.gov) for Auburn, Bellevue, Des Moines, Everett, Kent, Lake Forest Park, Poulsbo, Renton, Seattle, Shoreline, and Tacoma.

FileLocal gives businesses the ability to apply for and get a license from any of our participating cities, as well as renew licenses for those cities that require renewal. It also offers an easy way to file, compute, and pay taxes for companies doing business in most of the participating cities.

Auburn, Bellevue, Des Moines, Everett, Kent, Lake Forest Park, Poulsbo, Renton, Seattle, Shoreline, and Tacoma are the participating cities.

Every business doing work in the participating cities can use FileLocal. If your business is located in just one of the cities, FileLocal simplifies obtaining and/or renewing your business license, as well as filing and paying your local taxes. If your business operates in more than one of our participating cities, you no longer have to figure out the requirements of each city. FileLocal will do it for you. We have training videos available for you as well as Quick Start Guides for Business Users and Tax Preparers.

With FileLocal, you enter your company’s basic information only once. If you want to get a business license from another participating city, your information will automatically be filled in for that application.

Paying local taxes is just as easy. FileLocal offers an easy-to-use online form for businesses to report revenues. FileLocal takes that information and calculates the total taxes owed, broken down by city. You make one payment that is automatically disbursed to each city.

FileLocal makes it far simpler for you to get answers to questions. Easy-to-find information on the site explains the requirements of each city. You also have the ability to get help by telephone or email.

Businesses expect government to take advantage of technology and make getting a license and paying taxes as easy as possible. FileLocal will bring a previously unseen level of convenience to the way businesses take care of their obligations with their local governments. The bottom line is that getting or renewing a business license should be quick and easy, and with FileLocal it is.

Nearly 200,000 businesses in our participating cities can use FileLocal. That’s nearly 9 out of 10 businesses in Washington State that currently pay local taxes.

Not at first, but we plan to add other cities in the coming months to facilitate license services and local tax collection.

FileLocal has launched for Auburn Bellevue, Des Moines, Everett, Kent, Lake Forest Park, Poulsbo, Renton, Seattle, Shoreline, and Tacoma. Other cities will be added soon.

Initially, FileLocal focused on business license applications and local B&O taxes. Since its launch, FileLocal has added license renewals and a variety of additional local taxes, such as utility, admissions, and gambling taxes. The system is designed to allow for the addition of other types of business tax payments as needed.

FileLocal coordinates information with the state, but it makes more sense to provide this kind of vital service locally. The fact is that each city knows its local business community far better than the state ever could. Cities periodically adjust their business tax requirements and tax rates to address changes in local economic conditions. Doing so enables the cities to rapidly deal with unforeseen challenges, but also to jump on unexpected opportunities. The kind of flexibility that FileLocal provides reduces bureaucracy and creates a better environment for businesses.

Another reason to keep FileLocal truly local is that you can reach a local person in each participating city to get answers to your questions or issues.

Superior customer support is FileLocal’s top priority. You will find that getting or renewing a city business license or filing and paying local taxes is quick and simple. You will also discover that getting answers to most of your questions is easy. FileLocal offers a convenient search tool to scour each participating city’s database of business requirements, as well as a breadth of information about each city’s local tax rules and regulations.

FileLocal gives you the ability to connect with someone at a participating city. Many businesses provide this level of customer service and support to their customers and they deserve the same high level of response when dealing with their local government.

Absolutely! If you do business in any or all of the participating cities, FileLocal calculates your taxes by city. Then you make only one payment that is dispersed to the appropriate cities.

Privacy is of utmost importance. That’s why we are using the highest possible privacy standards. We have adopted the most stringent data confidentiality rules and procedures currently used by our partner cities.

Contact Team FileLocal by email at filelocalteam@seattle.gov. If you have a question on how to use FileLocal, you can call our help desk at 1-877-693-4435 or email them at filelocal@neumo.com.