Recent Posts in Florida Real Estate Rental Category
Posted on Jan 8, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
Florida's largest industry is tourism, with hotels, restaurants, and car rentals being a constant source of revenue for both Florida's tourism industry as well as the state of Florida from the ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
FLORIDA REAL PROPERTY LEASE FOR RE-LEASING - EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX? Arnold Palmer once said, "Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated." The same can be said of sales taxes and a ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
DO YOU NEED TO CHARGE SALES TAX DURING THE MONTHS A LANDLORD OFFERS FREE RENT IN FLORIDA? Florida is the only state in the country that has a general tax on the rental of real property. As such, ...
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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 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 May 1, 2012 By James Sutton
SHOULD YOUR BUSINESS BE COLLECTING OR PAYING SALES AND USE TAXES ON SERVICES? We get a lot of inquiries from new companies or companies migrating into Florida about WHAT SERVICES ARE SUBJECT TO ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
The vacation rental market is a thriving and lucrative business here in Florida, and on a national level, that caters to seasonal residents and the tourism industry alike. Unfortunately, due largely ...
Continue reading "FL Condo/Transient Rental Industry - Sales and Use Tax Issues and Savings Opportunities" »
Posted on Dec 31, 2011 By James Sutton
Surprise - Intercompany Real Property Rentals Are Subject To Florida Sales Tax - Even Without Paying Rent For businesses that own their own buildings, the most common way of protecting the business ...
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Posted on Dec 30, 2011 By James Sutton
The Ruehl case concerns whether the improvements made by a Tenant to a leased premises may be considered rent to the Landlord for purposes of Florida Sales and Use Tax. This is a very hot, contested ...
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