Business, occupational, alcohol & animal
Renewals that finish themselves
Business licenses, occupational tax, alcohol permits, animal registrations and professional renewals — collected online with the right fee schedule, the right documents and the right receipts.
Reported outcomes
- Staff productivity gain reported by customers
- 15%Staff productivity gain reported by customers
- Checkout across departments
- OneCheckout across departments
- Cost to the issuing department
- 0Cost to the issuing department
The problem
What licensing offices are actually dealing with
Before the features, the operational reality. If these don't sound familiar, the rest of this page probably isn't for you.
- 01
Renewal season is a paper avalanche
Applications, checks and supporting documents arrive by mail across a six-week window and have to be matched by hand.
- 02
Fee schedules are complicated
Rates vary by category, gross receipts, employee count and location — and a wrong calculation means a refund or a second invoice.
- 03
Supporting documents arrive separately from payment
The certificate of insurance shows up two weeks after the check, and nobody can tell whether the file is complete.
- 04
Late renewals are found, not prevented
Without automated reminders, enforcement is reactive and revenue arrives late.
The solution
How Government Window handles license payments
Configured to your business rules, integrated with your system of record, and reconciled the way your office already works.
Configurable fee calculators
Model tiered, category-based and receipts-based fee schedules so the portal produces the same number your staff would, every time.
Documents attached to the payment
Collect certificates, affidavits and supporting files as part of checkout so the record is complete when the money arrives.
Automated renewal campaigns
Scheduled email and SMS reminders with a direct renewal link, sent ahead of expiration and again before penalties apply.
Emailed license receipts and certificates
Payers receive an instant receipt, and configured implementations can deliver the renewed certificate on the spot.
Multi-department checkout
A business renewing a license, paying occupational tax and settling a fire inspection fee can do it in one transaction.
Real-time reporting by license type
Revenue broken out by category, department and fund so posting to the general ledger is a copy, not a calculation.
Payment channels
Channels licensing offices turn on first
Integrations
Connected to the systems you already run
With 100+ solution integrations delivered and 40+ third-party systems connected in production, most implementations for licensing offices are a configuration rather than a development project.
Licensing systems Community development platforms Financial and ERP systems Document management
Questions
Questions we hear most about license payments
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