Online tax plan easily clears Florida House
News Service of Florida
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Lawmakers look to shift burden of collecting sales tax to online merchants
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A plan to use taxes on sales by out-of-state online retailers to help Florida businesses is heading back to the Senate for a final vote after passing the House on Thursday.
With several Democrats arguing that working Floridians will be hurt by the proposal, the House voted 93-24 in support of the measure (SB 50).
It would require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit Florida’s sales tax, producing an estimated $1 billion a year in revenue for the state.