The City of Atlanta charges a $500 failure to file fee if a business occupational tax certificate is not renewed by 15 February, and 10% if it is not paid by 1 April. Georgia's salon or shop licence is separate and renews before 30 June of odd-numbered years. Salongram keeps each stylist's diary, client records and payment notes on one phone.
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Salongram is a free salon booking app for Atlanta salons and barbershops: appointments, clients, staff hours and WhatsApp reminders in one app for Android and iPhone.
Two renewals on two calendars. The City of Atlanta renews the business tax certificate every year by 15 February, while Georgia's Board renews the salon licence in odd-numbered years before 30 June. The state licence also has to hang near the door.
The City of Atlanta says failure to renew a business occupational tax certificate by 15 February brings a $500 failure to file fee. Failure to pay by 1 April adds a 10% failure to pay fee, and unpaid balances accrue interest of 1.5% a month.
Each business location must be registered and its fees paid. A $50 zoning review fee is collected when an application is submitted, and moving within Atlanta city limits needs a new zoning approval.
Georgia's Secretary of State says a salon or shop licence is not the same as a business licence, so owners also contact their city or county for a business licence or occupational tax certificate. Salon licences are renewed before 30 June of odd-numbered years.
Georgia's rules require a change of salon ownership or leasing to be registered with a new licence application within 30 days of the purchase, and the licences of a salon sold or closed to be returned within 30 days.
The same rule requires the salon or shop licence to be displayed within fifteen feet of the entrance, so it can be checked during an inspection by the Board.
The city renewal closes on 15 February. Salongram does not track deadlines, so block an hour in your own column early in February to file it.
The state licence renews before 30 June in odd-numbered years, the next in 2027. Mark an hour in your column in June of those years as a reminder.
If you buy a salon, the state wants a new licence application within 30 days. Client records and visit history can stay in the same Salongram account if the seller hands it over.
Atlanta registers each business location separately. Salongram works the same way, with one account per salon and its own booking link.
A move inside Atlanta city limits needs a new zoning approval. Your diary, client records and booking link stay in the same Salongram account, so only the salon's details change.
We found no official data on how Atlanta clients book salons, so this guide does not guess. What Salongram does is keep calls, walk-ins and link requests in one diary per stylist, and it shows a warning for an overlap, so you decide whether to go ahead.
Each stylist has their own days, hours, breaks and time off, so a booking lands with the right person.
The scheduleEach service has its own length and price, so a long appointment keeps its whole slot in the diary.
ServicesRecord cash or card against each visit, so the day's payments are in one list. Salongram does not process the payment.
Payment recordsAn illustrative Saturday, not research: a salon in Atlanta's West End with the owner and two stylists, open Tuesday to Saturday, with long braiding and styling appointments booked well ahead for the weekend.
The owner opens the diary: one stylist has a five-hour box braids appointment from eight, and the other has a gap at eleven.
A client calls for a silk press; the eleven o'clock gap fits it and the booking goes into that stylist's column.
A wash and set cancels; the waiting list shows a client who asked for Saturday afternoon, and the owner books her in.
The owner checks the day's cash and card list before closing.
Type in your own numbers. A no-show is a slot nobody else could take; reminders and a waiting list are how most salons win part of it back.
An estimate from the numbers you enter (a month counted as 4.33 weeks). Nothing is sent or stored. Salongram is free to download.
Add braids, silk presses, cuts and colour, each with a price and how long it takes.
Give every stylist their own days, hours, breaks and time off, in one salon account.
Create the optional account to get your booking link and QR code, then put it on Instagram, Google and the door.
The City of Atlanta says the business occupational tax certificate must be renewed by 15 February, or a $500 failure to file fee applies, and paid by 1 April, or a 10% failure to pay fee applies. Salongram does not track this.
Georgia's Secretary of State says to apply for renewal before 30 June of odd-numbered years to avoid late fees. The salon licence is separate from the city business licence.
Salongram is free on Android and iPhone. It keeps a diary per stylist, client records, a waiting list and payment notes, with a booking link that sends requests to accept. It does not take card payments or deposits.
Georgia's rules require a new licence application within 30 days of the purchase, and the old licences returned within 30 days of a sale or closure. Client records in Salongram stay in the salon's account if the seller hands the account over.
Georgia's rules say within fifteen feet of the salon or shop entrance, so the Board can check it during an inspection. Salongram does not display or store licences.
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