Senate Bill 1382

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1382

    By Senator Sebesta





    20-929-00                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to tax on sales, use, and other

  3         transactions; amending s. 212.06, F.S.;

  4         providing that printers are not responsible for

  5         collecting said tax on printed materials under

  6         certain circumstances; providing for rules;

  7         providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 212.06, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         212.06  Sales, storage, use tax; collectible from

14  dealers; "dealer" defined; dealers to collect from purchasers;

15  legislative intent as to scope of tax.--

16         (3)(a)  Except as provided in paragraph (b), every

17  dealer making sales, whether within or outside the state, of

18  tangible personal property for distribution, storage, or use

19  or other consumption, in this state, shall, at the time of

20  making sales, collect the tax imposed by this chapter from the

21  purchaser.

22         (b)  A purchaser of printed materials shall have sole

23  responsibility for the taxes imposed by this chapter on those

24  materials when the printer of the materials delivers them to

25  the United States Postal Service for mailing to persons

26  located within and outside this state. Printers of materials

27  delivered by mail to persons located within and outside this

28  state shall have no obligation or responsibility for the

29  payment or collection of any taxes imposed under this chapter

30  on those materials. However, printers are obligated to collect

31  the taxes imposed by this chapter on printed materials when

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1382
    20-929-00                                               See HB




  1  all, or substantially all, of the materials will be mailed to

  2  persons located within this state. For purposes of the

  3  printer's tax collection obligation, there is a rebuttable

  4  presumption that all materials printed at a facility are

  5  mailed to persons located within the same state as that in

  6  which the facility is located.

  7         Section 2.  The Department of Revenue is authorized to

  8  adopt reasonable rules, forms, and procedures necessary to

  9  implement and administer the provisions of this act in

10  accordance with applicable provisions of chapter 120, Florida

11  Statutes.

12         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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      Provides that the purchaser, rather than the printer, is
17    responsible for sales tax on printed materials when the
      printer delivers the materials to the Postal Service for
18    mailing to persons both within and outside this state.

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