The Florida Senate

CS/HB 857: Communications Services

GENERAL BILL by Finance and Tax Council ; McBurney ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Schultz

Communications Services; Authorizes taxpayers to report credit for bad debt by netting credit against tax due; authorizes taxpayers to use proportionate allocation method or other reasonable method in determining amount of bad debt attributable to state or local jurisdiction; extends date to begin collecting prepaid wireless E911 fee; provides for retroactive operation; specifies that provisions for bad debt credit are remedial in nature & are not basis for refunds of tax.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/12/2009	House	• Filed
  3/3/2009	House	• Introduced, referred to Energy & Utilities Policy (GGPC); Military & Local Affairs Policy (EDCA); General Government Policy Council; Finance & Tax Council -HJ 00070, -HJ 00172
  3/13/2009	House	• On Committee agenda-- Energy & Utilities Policy (GGPC), 03/17/09, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
  3/17/2009	House	• Favorable by Energy & Utilities Policy (GGPC); YEAS 22 NAYS 0 -HJ 00225; Now in Military & Local Affairs Policy (EDCA) -HJ 00225
  3/23/2009	House	• On Committee agenda-- Military & Local Affairs Policy (EDCA), 03/25/09, 8:30 am, Reed Hall
  3/25/2009	House	• Favorable by Military & Local Affairs Policy (EDCA); YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 00276; Now in General Government Policy Council -HJ 00276
  3/27/2009	House	• On Council agenda-- General Government Policy Council, 03/31/09, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
  3/31/2009	House	• Favorable by General Government Policy Council; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 00330; Now in Finance & Tax Council -HJ 00330
  4/3/2009	House	• On Council agenda-- Finance & Tax Council, 04/07/09, 1:15 pm, 404-H
  4/7/2009	House	• CS by- Finance & Tax Council; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 00379
  4/9/2009	House	• CS read 1st time on 04/09/09 -HJ 00377; CS filed
  4/13/2009	House	• Placed on Calendar -HJ 00390
  4/23/2009	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -HJ 00733
  4/27/2009	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 00899; CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 00899
  4/27/2009	Senate	• In Messages
  5/2/2009	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Messages

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• CS/HB 857, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/9/2009 at 8:43 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Finance and Tax Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 1590	Communications Services Taxes [WPSC]	Altman	Similar	Last Action: 5/2/2009 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means Location:

  Floor Votes (1)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  4/27/2009 10:18 AM	House	115 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  202.29	Bad debts.
  365.172	Emergency communications number "E911."

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• HB 857, Original Filed Version Posted 2/26/2009 at 5:34 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:

  Energy and Utilities Policy Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Energy and Utilities Policy Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Finance and Tax Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf) General Government Policy Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf) General Government Policy Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Military and Local Affairs Policy Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Military and Local Affairs Policy Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  202.29	Bad debts.

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