Recent Posts in Florida Automotive Industry Category
Posted on May 24, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
On April 25, 2013, [ name omitted ], owner of Tony Rosado Automotive Services, Inc. located at 1890 Elsa St., Naples, Florida was arrested by the Collier County Sheriff's Department on felony ...
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Posted on May 1, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
FLORIDA MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX RATES BY STATE – TIP 13A01-02 One of the easiest ways for a Florida car dealer to get themselves in trouble with the Florida Department of Revenue is how to ...
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Posted on Apr 24, 2013 By Jerry Donnini, Esq
On September 24, 2012, the Florida Department of Revenue ("FDOR") announced [name omitted], was arrested by the Broward County Sheriff's Office. The charges were that he allegedly ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
On April 8, 2013, [ name omitted ], owner of Palm Trading Group, LLC was arrested by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office on felony charges concerning theft of over $49,000 of sales tax ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
The purpose of this article is to go over some of the requirements a Florida car dealer faces when attempting to comply with the sales and use tax collection and remitting responsibilities for the ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
POMPANO BEACH USED CAR DEALER ARRESTED IN SALES TAX THEFT CASE On February 1, 2013, [ name omitted ], owner of A 2 Zach's Auto Sales, Inc. was arrested by the Plantation Police Department on ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
On January 7, 2013 [name omitted], former owner of Fair Deal Auto Sales of Tampa, Inc., was arrested by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on felony charges concerning theft of over $91,000 ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
USED CAR DEALERS ARE THE FOCUS OF A STATEWIDE SALES TAX SWEEP BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. HERE IS THE REASON WHY… Because our law firm practices almost exclusively against the Florida ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
Florida's state 6% sales tax rate is the starting point for businesses and consumers to determine the proper sales tax rate to charge for the sale of tangible personal property in Florida. A ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
On De cember 4, 2012, Biel Semexant, Jr., former owner of Smart Carz, LLC and Auction Access USA was arrested by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office on multiple felony charges concerning theft ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2012 By Jerry Donnini, Esq.
FL TAX ALERT - MOVE PEOPLE? POTENTIAL FUEL TAX REFUND!! If your company (or your client's company) is involved in moving customers or employees by motor vehicle, then there may be a significant ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2012 By Jerry Donnini, Esq.
Upside Down with Your Florida Sales Tax? Why Not Voluntarily Disclose? During a down economic market, it is all too easy for a business to pay the power bill, employee salaries, rent, etc. and not ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
On July 19, 2012, [ name omitted ], owner of Leira's Service Station of Miami was hauled in to jail for failing to file six consecutive sales tax returns and refusing to pay taxes due. The Miami ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
One of the Florida Department of Revenue's ("FL DOR") weapons against business owners (and licensed professionals) in Florida is that if you do not agree to pay whatever tax the FL DOR ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2012 By James Sutton
People often talk about how complicated government regulation is getting these days and how it makes it very hard for businesses to operate in our great country. One would think that our government ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2012 By James Sutton
GENERAL MOTORS GOODWILL POST-WARRANTY REPAIRS NOT SUBJECT TO FLORIDA USE TAX UPDATE: December 5, 2012 - 1ST DCA ISSUES OPINON UPHOLDING TRIAL COURT'S OPINION THAT NO SALES TAX IS DUE ON POST ...
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