HB 701 Florida House · 2020 Regular Session

Communications Services Tax

Summary
Communications Services Tax; Revises legislative intent regarding local communications services tax rates; reduces tax on retail sale of communications services; removes provision that specifies where proceeds of communication services tax must be deposited & disbursed; revises local communications services tax rates levied by counties & municipalities; requires dealers to collect & remit local communications services taxes; requires Legislature to appropriate moneys to offset direct reductions of local communications services tax by certain counties & municipalities; requires DOR to submit report to Legislature.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
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Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Last action Mar 14, 2020
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Jan 14, 2020
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Introduced
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Dec 3, 2019
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Referred to Ways and Means Committee; Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee
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Jason Fischer
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