04-15-2018, 05:40 AM
deadline for bids was March 27."
Classic county operating procedure. Require a deadline for applicants, then have no timeline by which their own office provides a response in a timely manner.
All the more galling when businesses, which presumably includes the surf schools that applied for a concession, had this submission deadline piled on top of already existing deadlines for federal tax returns, federal quarterly tax payments, state tax returns, quarterly state tax payment, and excise tax filing.
It's almost as if the county has no idea what else is going on in the regular day to day activities of a small business, before they pick a seemingly arbitrary bid date for their surf school pilot program, then put that small business on hold, unable to make plans for their near term operations. Do they hire? Buy vans or additional boards? Tents?
Where does the county think tax money comes from? If they recognized it's from small businesses wouldn't they make this process as easy as possible, and help businesses generate profits and future tax payments?
Classic county operating procedure. Require a deadline for applicants, then have no timeline by which their own office provides a response in a timely manner.
All the more galling when businesses, which presumably includes the surf schools that applied for a concession, had this submission deadline piled on top of already existing deadlines for federal tax returns, federal quarterly tax payments, state tax returns, quarterly state tax payment, and excise tax filing.
It's almost as if the county has no idea what else is going on in the regular day to day activities of a small business, before they pick a seemingly arbitrary bid date for their surf school pilot program, then put that small business on hold, unable to make plans for their near term operations. Do they hire? Buy vans or additional boards? Tents?
Where does the county think tax money comes from? If they recognized it's from small businesses wouldn't they make this process as easy as possible, and help businesses generate profits and future tax payments?
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