What you should know about Florida’s new online sales tax law
Sun Sentinel 2 hrs ago Ron Hurtibise, South Florida Sun Sentinel © Dreamstime/TNS A UPS truck on Ocean Drive in the Art Deco District of Miami South Beach in Florida, on April 19, 2019.
Florida on Monday enacted a new law requiring out-of-state online merchants to collect and remit sales tax, which supporters say will bring in an additional $1 billion a year that previously went uncollected. Here’s what it means to consumers.
What changes?
Online shoppers will have to pay sales taxes in cases where they weren’t. The law requires online merchants who have no presence in Florida to charge the tax to Florida residents who buy from them.
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A new report from Florida TaxWatch estimates that the state could lose hundreds of thousands of existing jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity if lawmakers don’t act to protect businesses from COVID-related lawsuits.
Lawmakers are moving quickly to to enact safeguards.
St. Petersburg State Senator Jeff Brandes is leading the charge to protect businesses from COVID lawsuits.
“Any type of lawsuit would essentially drive them under, because many of them are teetering on the brink,” said Brandes.
The protections would be retroactive to March.