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Left-leaning advocates already face an ideological Mount Everest when trying to persuade the Republican-controlled Legislature to heed their recommendations. But the Florida Senate’s COVID-19 precautions.
Sen. Joe Gruters bac proposal requires online businesses with no physical presence in Florida to collect sales taxes when customers in Florida make purchases.
A proposal that could pump more than $600 million a year in tax dollars into coronavirus-damaged state and local coffers got off to a quick start Monday in the Florida Senate.
But backers of the proposal (SB 50), which drew unanimous support from the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee, just don’t want anyone calling tax collections required in the bill a “new” tax.
Sen. Joe Gruters, who doubles as chairman of the state Republican Party, said his proposal simply requires online businesses with no physical presence in Florida to collect sales taxes when customers in Florida make purchases.