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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 21, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
On May 17, 2013 Governor Rick Scott signed into law one of the main agenda goals of his term in office. Specifically, Sec. 212.08(7)(kkk), Florida Statutes (F.S.), was enacted with an effective date ...
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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 18, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
For the past two years, various counties in Florida have been battling the on-line travel companies for local tourist development taxes on the portion of the fee paid by hotel guests but never paid to ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2013 By Jerry Donnini, Esq.
A common question and a problematic situation that often arises in our practice involves public works contracts, i.e. federal, state, or local government projects, such as a school. Whether the issue ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq. & Jerry Donnini, Esq.
As the case below will illustrate, making an agreement with the Florida Department of Revenue is about as dangerous as trying to hold an angry scorpion in the palm of your hand, which reminds me of a ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2013 By Jerry Donnini, Esq.
In my daily endeavor of readings state and local tax cases across the country and in Florida, I recently came across companion Florida cases in which I wrote about in the summer of 2012. The cases ...
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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 7, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
If you are reading this, then you either received a Florida nexus questionnaire from what I like to call our "comrades in Tallahassee" (or Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, New York, etc) or perhaps ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2013 By Jerry Donnini, Esq.
FL TAX LITIGATION ALERT – HUGE VICTORY for Online Travel Companies Over the past year or so, there has been significant litigation in Florida involving the Online Travel Companies (OTC's) ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2013 By JERRY DONNINI, ESQ
FL Litigation Alert: Seminole Tribe Takes on Florida Department of Revenue Under Federal Native American Taxation Law Grounds Few attorneys or tax professionals practice in the area of Native American ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
Sales and Use Tax Rates by County 1-Jan-13 Florida has a base tax rate of 6%. Local taxes are in addition to this base rate. Below is a list by County that includes the base rate (6%) plus any local ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2013 By Jerry Donnini, Esq
In November 30, 2012, MST Construction Inc (MST), filed suit against the Department of Revenue in Leon County. MST claimed that it does not owe an assessed sales tax purported to be owed by the ...
Continue reading "FL LITIGATION ALERT - MST CONSTRUCTION - THE DOR TOLD ME TO DO IT THIS WAY" »
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 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 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 Dec 5, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
FL TAX ALERT – WALTON COUNTY LOCAL SALES TAX RISES TO 1.5% While inflation may remain at almost zero for a historically long period of time, at least one county in Florida decided that it can ...
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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 Nov 8, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
Practitioners & Taxpayers, To be well prepared to examine whether proper sales tax amounts have been paid, it is often necessary to not only review the current sales tax rates, but also the sales ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
FL DOR ATTEMPTS TO RETROACTIVELY SUBJECT RETAILERS OF PREPAID CALLING CARDS TO THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX Does your company or any of your clients sell pre-paid calling cards? If so, then you ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
On August 27, 2012, Administrative Law Judge W. David Watkins issued a recommended order in the Division of Administrative Hearings ("DOAH") case Rhinehart Equipment Co, vs. Department of ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2012 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
FL TAX LITIGATION ALERT – PENALTIES CAN BE COMPROMISED AFTER FINAL ASSESSMENT A Florida Division of Administrative Hearings ("DOAH") case was finalized on August 27, 2012 concerning ...
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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 Jul 8, 2012 By James Sutton
FLORIDA TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS FL Form GT-800039, Revised 05/12 Do you know your rights under Florida law? The Department of Revenue is responsible for administering the tax laws of Florida in a fair ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2012 By James Sutton & Jerry Doninni
ANSWERS TO YOUR FLORIDA NEXUS QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNS The days of only major corporations having to deal with tax laws in multiple states has practically vanished in today's world. Even the ...
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