Chapter 212 Tax On Sales, Use, And Other Transactions
- 212.01 Short title.
This chapter shall be known as the "Florida Revenue Act of 1949" and the taxes imposed herein shall be in addition to all other taxes...
- 212.02 Definitions.
The following terms and phrases when used in this chapter have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates...
- 212.03 Transient rentals tax; rate, procedure, enforcement, exemptions.
(1) It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that every person is exercising a taxable privilege who engages in the business of renting, leasing,...
- 212.0305 Convention development taxes; intent; administration; authorization; use of proceeds.
(1) TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Convention Development Tax Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--No convention development tax on transient rentals shall be imposed by the governing...
- 212.03055 Super majority vote required for levy at rate in excess of 2 percent under ch. 95-290.
A special taxing district may not levy a tax under chapter 95-290, Laws of Florida, at a rate in excess of 2 percent unless the...
- 212.0306 Local option food and beverage tax; procedure for levying; authorized uses; administration.
(1) Any county, as defined in s. 125.011(1), may impose the following additional taxes, by ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the governing body: (a) At...
- 212.031 Tax on rental or license fee for use of real property.
(1)(a) It is declared to be the legislative intent that every person is exercising a taxable privilege who engages in the business of renting, leasing, letting,...
- 212.04 Admissions tax; rate, procedure, enforcement.
(1)(a) It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that every person is exercising a taxable privilege who sells or receives anything of value by...
- 212.05 Sales, storage, use tax.
It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that every person is exercising a taxable privilege who engages in the business of selling tangible...
- 212.0501 Tax on diesel fuel for business purposes; purchase, storage, and use.
(1) It is declared to be the legislative intent that every person is exercising a taxable privilege who purchases any diesel fuel as defined in chapter...
- 212.0506 Taxation of service warranties.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that every person is exercising a taxable privilege who engages in this state in the business of soliciting,...
- 212.051 Equipment, machinery, and other materials for pollution control; not subject to sales or use tax.
(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, sales, use, or privilege taxes shall not be collected with respect to any facility, device, fixture, equipment, machinery, specialty...
- 212.0515 Sales from vending machines; sales to vending machine operators; special provisions; registration; penalties.
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Vending machine" means a machine, operated by coin, currency, credit card, slug, token, coupon, or similar device, which dispenses food,...
- 212.052 Research or development costs; exemption.
(1) For the purposes of the exemption provided in this section: (a) The term "research or development" means research which has one of the following as its...
- 212.054 Discretionary sales surtax; limitations, administration, and collection.
(1) No general excise tax on sales shall be levied by the governing body of any county unless specifically authorized in s. 212.055. Any general excise...
- 212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds.
It is the legislative intent that any authorization for imposition of a discretionary sales surtax shall be published in the Florida Statutes as a subsection...
- 212.0596 Taxation of mail order sales.
(1) For purposes of this chapter, a "mail order sale" is a sale of tangible personal property, ordered by mail or other means of communication, from...
- 212.0598 Special provisions; air carriers.
(1) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any air carrier utilizing mileage apportionment for corporate income tax purposes in this state pursuant to...
- 212.06 Sales, storage, use tax; collectible from dealers; "dealer" defined; dealers to collect from purchasers; legislative intent as to scope of tax.
(1)(a) The aforesaid tax at the rate of 6 percent of the retail sales price as of the moment of sale, 6 percent of the cost...
- 212.0601 Use taxes of vehicle dealers.
(1) Each motor vehicle dealer who is required by s. 320.08(12) to purchase one or more dealer license plates shall pay an annual use tax of...
- 212.0602 Education; limited exemption.
To facilitate investment in education and job training, there is also exempt from the taxes levied under this chapter, subject to the provisions of this...
- 212.0606 Rental car surcharge.
(1) A surcharge of $2.00 per day or any part of a day is imposed upon the lease or rental of a motor vehicle licensed for...
- 212.07 Sales, storage, use tax; tax added to purchase price; dealer not to absorb; liability of purchasers who cannot prove payment of the tax; penalties; general exemptions.
(1)(a) The privilege tax herein levied measured by retail sales shall be collected by the dealers from the purchaser or consumer. (b) A resale must be in...
- 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions.
The sale at retail, the rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and the storage to be used or consumed in this state of the...
- 212.0801 Qualified aircraft exemption.
To be eligible to receive an exemption under s. 212.08(7) for a qualified aircraft, a purchaser or lessee must offer, in writing, to participate in...
- 212.081 Legislative intent.
It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent of the amendments to ss. 212.11(1), 1212.12(10), and 212.20 by chapter 57-398, Laws of Florida: (1) To...
- 212.0821 Legislative intent that political subdivisions and public libraries use their sales tax exemption certificates for purchases on behalf of specified groups.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the political subdivisions of the state and the public libraries utilize their sales tax exemption certificates to...
- 212.084 Review of exemption certificates; reissuance; specified expiration date; temporary exemption certificates.
(1)(a) In reviewing each sales tax exemption certificate, the department shall ensure that the institution, organization, or individual possessing the certificate is actively engaged in an...
- 212.085 Fraudulent claim of exemption; penalties.
When any person shall fraudulently, for the purpose of evading tax, issue to a vendor or to any agent of the state a certificate or...
- 212.09 Trade-ins deducted; exception.
(1) Where used articles, accepted and intended for resale, are taken in trade, or a series of trades, as a credit or part payment on the...
- 212.096 Sales, rental, storage, use tax; enterprise zone jobs credit against sales tax.
(1) For the purposes of the credit provided in this section: (a) "Eligible business" means any sole proprietorship, firm, partnership, corporation, bank, savings association, estate, trust, business...
- 212.097 Urban High-Crime Area Job Tax Credit Program.
(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Eligible business" means any sole proprietorship, firm, partnership, or corporation that is located in a qualified county and...
- 212.098 Rural Job Tax Credit Program.
(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Eligible business" means any sole proprietorship, firm, partnership, or corporation that is located in a qualified county and...
- 212.10 Sale of business; liability for tax, procedure, penalty for violation.
(1) If any dealer liable for any tax, interest, or penalty levied hereunder shall sell out his or her business or stock of goods, the dealer...
- 212.11 Tax returns and regulations.
(1)(a) Each dealer shall calculate his or her estimated tax liability for any month by one of the following methods: 1. Sixty percent of the current month's...
- 212.12 Dealer's credit for collecting tax; penalties for noncompliance; powers of Department of Revenue in dealing with delinquents; brackets applicable to taxable transactions; records required.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and for the purpose of compensating persons granting licenses for and the lessors of real and personal property taxed...
- 212.13 Records required to be kept; power to inspect; audit procedure.
(1) For the purpose of enforcing the collection of the tax levied by this chapter, the department is hereby specifically authorized and empowered to examine at...
- 212.14 Departmental powers; hearings; distress warrants; bonds; subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum.
(1) Any person required to pay a tax imposed under this chapter, or to make a return, either or both, and who renders a return or...
- 212.15 Taxes declared state funds; penalties for failure to remit taxes; due and delinquent dates; judicial review.
(1) The taxes imposed by this chapter shall, except as provided in s. 212.06(5)(a)2.e., become state funds at the moment of collection and shall for each...
- 212.151 Jurisdiction of suits for violation of Florida Revenue Act of 1949; collection of tax; service on retailers, dealers or vendors not qualified to do business in state.
(1) All suits brought hereafter by the department against any retailer, dealer, or vendor for any violation of this chapter, and for the purpose of effecting...
- 212.16 Importation of goods; permits; seizure for noncompliance; procedure; review.
(1) For the protection of the revenue of this state, to prevent the illegal importation of tangible personal property which is subject to tax in this...
- 212.17 Credits for returned goods, rentals, or admissions; goods acquired for dealer's own use and subsequently resold; additional powers of department.
(1)(a) In the event purchases are returned to a dealer by the purchaser or consumer after the tax imposed by this chapter has been collected from...
- 212.18 Administration of law; registration of dealers; rules.
(1) The cost of preparing and distributing the reports, forms, and paraphernalia for the collection of said tax and the inspection and enforcement duties required herein...
- 212.183 Rules for self-accrual of sales tax.
The Department of Revenue is authorized to provide by rule for self-accrual of the sales tax under one or more of the following circumstances: (1) Where...
- 212.184 Rule of construction; disclosure of privileged information.
Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to require disclosure of privileged information, the confidentiality of which is protected under the Florida Evidence Code....
- 212.185 Sales tax hotline.
Effective July 1, 1987, the Department of Revenue is directed to provide for a sales tax hotline to be operated by the department to provide...
- 212.186 Registration number and resale certificate verification; toll-free number; information system; dealer education.
(1) Effective January 1, 2000, the Department of Revenue shall establish a toll-free number for verification of valid registration numbers and resale certificates. 1The system must...
- 212.19 All state agencies to cooperate in administration of law.
The department is further empowered to call on any state agency, department, bureau or board for any and all information which may, in its judgment,...
- 212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated unconstitutionally collected.
(1) The department shall pay over to the Chief Financial Officer of the state all funds received and collected by it under the provisions of this...
- 212.202 Renaming and continuation of certain funds.
The Local Government Infrastructure Tax Trust Fund is hereby retitled the Discretionary Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund. The Mail Order Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund...
- 212.21 Declaration of legislative intent.
(1) If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this chapter is for any reason held or declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, inoperative, ineffective,...
- 212.211 Savings provision.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing any general or special act authorizing a municipality to levy a special tax upon admission tickets which...
