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Recently went into effect the massage license in Puerto Rico. The cost of the license was $ 250 and adding all documents necessary expenses amounted to almost $ 600. How different is the cost of the license outside of Puerto Rico? How much did you pay for the cost of license?
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Permalink Reply by Relax & Rejuvenate on
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And a Taxi Medallion in NYC goes for over $100K.
It's not outrageous to pay $600 for a business license, but if you think it is too much, remember who is in favor of greater governtment regulation / bureaucracy the next time you vote.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on
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Yea its obviously Obama's fault...However I pay $100.00 a year for my massage license.
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Permalink Reply by Alexei Levine on
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In Massachusetts it's $225 the first time, and $150 to renew, which has to be done every single year.
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Permalink Reply by Daniel Cohen on
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But as was discussed in the MA board video there are additional costs to licensing that may go up.
Alexei Levine said:
In Massachusetts it's $225 the first time, and $150 to renew, which has to be done every single year.
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In California I pay $150 for state certification for two years. In Los Angeles there is no fee for the business tax permit if income is under $100,000/year. I also belong to ABMP adding another $309/year including Property Insurance.
I believe governments have a responsibility to keep down the fee cost and limit restrictions to allow people of all economic background to conduct business while encouraging professionalism. In my opinion PRs cost of $600 is prohibitive and not a reflection of the cost of administering.
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True. If they add the NCB exam, that $175 plus about $200 for insurance brings the initial cost to $600.
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Perhaps we should write an exam, hire lobbyists, and discuss it with state board members over lunch or dinner. Seems to make good business sense.
Alexei Levine said:
True. If they add the NCB exam, that $175 plus about $200 for insurance brings the initial cost to $600.
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I agree Daniel. Self appointed arbiters of right and wrong are hard to take after a few years.
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Permalink Reply by Gary W Addis, LMT on
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Yeah, remember that when all these Federal funds going to States are cut by Republicans, States will have to get their money somewhere...local and state fees/taxes will by necessity increase.
We don't really want to get into an argument about politics, do we? We are all massage therapists, and politics raises everyone's tension level.
Let's just agree that politicians are a breed apart from the rest of us-- Dem or Rep, whatever they promise before election, after they move into power, they'll do the bidding of the Big Money that funded them. About $4-$6 billion will be spent in the presidential race, and corporations don't donate, they invest.
Relax & Rejuvenate said:
And a Taxi Medallion in NYC goes for over $100K.
It's not outrageous to pay $600 for a business license, but if you think it is too much, remember who is in favor of greater governtment regulation / bureaucracy the next time you vote.
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Permalink Reply by Jorge Arnaldo Pabón Acevedo on
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Here in PR the Exam will be $250 add to the $600 of the License proceduce:
$250 License
$160 Insurence
$40 Health Cert.
$5 Instutute Cert.
$10 photos
etc.
and for 2012 the Exam $250 more.
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Costly. But you can practice anywhere in PR, right? Stateside, every state you wish to practice in requires their own certification process, and their own fees of course. A national board exam should be national in scope-- one fee (I include PR in that assessment). But won't ever happen. The emphasis on states' rights is in too many instances an emphasis in keeping power--and money-- in the hands of local political bosses.
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