A. Finance, Insurance, Banking (including Savings and Loans) and Real Estate. Every person in any business, profession or occupation within the business field of finance, insurance and real estate, as described in the most practicable version of the U.S. Government Printing Office publication North American Industrial Classification System Manual, except for those persons whose business is primarily renting real property, as defined in Section 9.04.195, shall be classified as a professional-semiprofessional.

B. Health, Veterinary, Legal, Educational, Engineering-Architectural-Surveying, Accounting-Auditing-Bookkeeping, and Miscellaneous Services Not Classified Elsewhere. Every person in any business, profession, or occupation within the business fields of health, veterinary, legal, education, engineering-architectural surveying, accounting-auditing-bookkeeping, and miscellaneous services not classified elsewhere, as described in the current U.S. Government Printing Office publication entitled North American Industrial Classification System Manual shall be classified as professional-semi-professional.

C. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed or construed as applying to any person engaged in any of the professions or occupations enumerated in this section solely as an employee or partner of any other person or entity conducting, managing or carrying on any such business in the City.

D. Any person subject to a license under provisions of this section may exclude from gross receipts the portion of those receipts paid to subcontractors, providing that a list of such subcontractors and the amounts of payment are reported to the Director of Finance. The Finance Department shall pursue collection of the business license tax from all reported subcontractors.

E. Any person subject to a license under provisions of this section with less than $100,000 in annual gross receipts, as defined in Section 9.04.025, net of governmental research grants, may exclude from gross receipts up to $1,000,000 received from governmental research grants, providing that a list of those grants and the amounts of payments received are reported to the City as defined by the Director of Finance. (Ord. 7655-NS § 1, 2019: Ord. 7338-NS § 5, 2014: Ord. 6714-NS § 2, 2002: Ord. 6598-NS § 2, 2000: Ord. 5984-NS § 1, 1990: Ord. 5017-NS § I (part), 1977)