Senate Bill 1792

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1792

    By Senator Sullivan





    22-1182A-99                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem taxation;

  3         amending s. 193.062, F.S.; revising the date

  4         for filing tangible personal property tax

  5         returns; amending s. 193.063, F.S.; requiring,

  6         rather than authorizing, the property appraiser

  7         to grant an extension for filing a tangible

  8         personal property tax return upon request;

  9         revising the limitation on such extension;

10         amending s. 193.073, F.S., relating to duties

11         of the property appraiser upon discovery of an

12         erroneous or incomplete statement of personal

13         property; revising dates to conform; providing

14         an effective date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 193.062, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         193.062  Dates for filing returns.--All returns shall

21  be filed according to the following schedule:

22         (1)  Tangible personal property--April 15 1.

23         Section 2.  Section 193.063, Florida Statutes, is

24  amended to read:

25         193.063  Extension of date for filing tangible personal

26  property tax returns.--The property appraiser shall may, at

27  her or his discretion, grant an extension for the filing of a

28  tangible personal property tax return for up to 30 45 days,

29  and may grant an additional extension of 15 days. A request

30  for extension must be made in time for the property appraiser

31  to consider the request and act on it before the regular due

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1792
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  1  date of the return. A property appraiser, however, may not

  2  require that a request for an extension be made more than 10

  3  days before the due date of the return.  A request for

  4  extension may must include the name of the taxable entity, the

  5  tax identification number of the taxable entity, and the

  6  reason a discretionary an extension should be granted.

  7         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 193.073, Florida

  8  Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         193.073  Erroneous returns; estimate of assessment when

10  no return filed.--

11         (1)  Upon discovery that an erroneous or incomplete

12  statement of personal property has been filed by a taxpayer or

13  that all the property of a taxpayer has not been returned for

14  taxation, the property appraiser shall proceed as follows:

15         (a)  If the property is personal property and is

16  discovered before April 15 1, the property appraiser shall

17  make an assessment in triplicate. After attaching the

18  affidavit and warrant required by law, the property appraiser

19  shall dispose of the additional assessment roll in the same

20  manner as provided by law.

21         (b)  If the property is personal property and is

22  discovered on or after April 15 1, or is real property

23  discovered at any time, the property shall be added to the

24  assessment roll then in preparation.

25         Section 4.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2000.

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  2                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Revises the date for filing tangible personal property
  4    tax returns from April 1 to April 15. Requires, rather
      than authorizes, the property appraiser to grant an
  5    extension for filing a tangible personal property tax
      return, and revises the limitation on such extension from
  6    45 to 30 days. Allows the property appraiser to grant an
      additional 15-day extension.
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