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FL H1153
Bill
Status
Failed
5/5/2023
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Steele
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AI Summary
- Reduces the state communications services tax rate from 4.92% to 3.48% on retail sales of communications services that originate, terminate, or are charged to a service address in Florida
- Renames the "discretionary communications services tax" to the "local communications services tax" that counties and municipalities may levy by ordinance
- Freezes local communications services tax rates at their January 1, 2023 levels, prohibiting any increases before January 1, 2026
- Prohibits any increase to a county or school board discretionary sales surtax levied under s. 212.055 on or after January 1, 2023 from being added to the local communications services tax before January 1, 2026
- Specifies that the local tax replaces prior local revenue sources—including public service taxes on telecommunications, cable franchise fees, permit fees, and right-of-way fees—that jurisdictions were authorized to impose before July 1, 2000, and after January 1, 2023
Legislative Description
Communications Services Tax
Last Action
Died in Ways & Means Committee; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7063 (Ch. 2023-157)
5/5/2023
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means Committee3/6/2023
Full Bill Text
No bill text available