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FL S0384

Bill

Status

Failed

5/1/2015

Primary Sponsor

Finance and Tax

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a "Small Business Saturday" sales tax holiday on November 28, 2015, allowing eligible small businesses to opt out of collecting sales tax.

  • Defines "small business" as a registered dealer that began operations by March 3, 2015, and remitted less than $200,000 in sales tax to the Department of Revenue from October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015.

  • Exempts sales of tangible personal property from sales tax during the holiday period (12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on November 28, 2015) for transactions not exceeding $500 per purchaser per business.

  • Authorizes the Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules to administer the sales tax holiday.

  • Appropriates $200,000 in nonrecurring General Revenue Fund monies to the Department of Revenue for fiscal year 2015-2016 to implement the act, effective July 1, 2015.

Legislative Description

Small Business Saturday Sales Tax Holiday

Last Action

Died in Appropriations

5/1/2015

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/25/2015
Finance and Tax2/18/2015
Commerce And Tourism1/23/2015

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