Florida Sales Tax Rules

12A-1.036 Furniture and Storage Warehousemen

(1) Charges by warehousemen solely for moving, storing, packing, or shipping tangible personal property belonging to other persons are not subject to tax.

(2) Warehousemen who sell tangible personal property, such as boxes, crates, tape, and other packaging or shipping materials, are required to register with the Department as dealers and collect tax on their sales of taxable items. See Rule 12A-1.060, F.A.C., Registration.

(3) Boxes, crates, shipping containers, packaging, pallets, dunnage (blocks, timber, and bracers used to hold in place or protect cargo during shipment), and other packaging or shipping materials purchased, used, or consumed by warehousemen when moving, storing, packing, and shipping tangible personal property belonging to other persons are subject to tax.

(4)(a) The payment of a damage claim by a warehousemen for damage suffered by merchandise in transit or in storage is not a sale of tangible personal property and is not subject to tax, even when the warehouseman retains the damaged property under settlement of the claim. Charges to warehousemen for repairs to damaged merchandise are subject to tax.

(b) Any warehouseman who maintains and operates a business location, such as a salvage depot, to sell merchandise, damaged merchandise, or merchandise acquired in settlement of a claim is required to collect tax on sales of such merchandise.

Rulemaking Authority 212.17(6), 212.18(2), 213.06(1) FS. Law Implemented 212.02(15), (20), 212.05(1)(b), 212.08(7)(v) FS. History–Revised 10-7-68, 6-16-72, Formerly 12A-1.36, Amended 6-1-09.