The Florida Senate

220.21  Returns and records; regulations.--

(1)  Every taxpayer liable for the tax imposed by this code shall keep such records, render such statements, make such returns and notices, and comply with such rules and regulations, as the department may from time to time prescribe. The director may require any taxpayer or class of taxpayers, by notice or by regulation, to make such returns and notices, render such statements, and keep such records as the director deems necessary to determine whether such taxpayer or taxpayers are liable for tax under this code.

(2)  A taxpayer may choose to file a return required by this code in a form initiated through a telephonic or electronic data interchange using an advanced encrypted transmission by means of the Internet or other suitable transmission. The department shall prescribe by rule the format and instructions necessary for such filing to ensure a full collection of taxes due. The acceptable method of transfer, the method, form, and content of the electronic data interchange, and the means, if any, by which the taxpayer will be provided with an acknowledgment shall be prescribed by the department.

History.--s. 1, ch. 71-984; s. 30, ch. 99-208.