Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 56
Barcode 925356
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 The Committee on Government Efficiency Appropriations
12 (Campbell) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 9. Subsection (9) of section 212.12, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 212.12 Dealer's credit for collecting tax; penalties
21 for noncompliance; powers of Department of Revenue in dealing
22 with delinquents; computing tax due brackets applicable to
23 taxable transactions; records required.--
24 (9) Taxes imposed by this chapter upon the privilege
25 of the use, consumption, storage for consumption, or sale of
26 tangible personal property, admissions, license fees, rentals,
27 communication services, and upon the sale or use of services
28 as herein taxed shall be collected upon the basis of an
29 addition of the tax imposed by this chapter to the total price
30 of such admissions, license fees, rentals, communication or
31 other services, or sale price of such article or articles that
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1 are purchased, sold, or leased at any one time by or to a
2 customer or buyer; the dealer, or person charged herein, is
3 required to pay a privilege tax in the amount of the tax
4 imposed by this chapter on the total of his or her gross sales
5 of tangible personal property, admissions, license fees,
6 rentals, and communication services or to collect a tax upon
7 the sale or use of services, and such person or dealer shall
8 add the tax imposed by this chapter to the price, license fee,
9 rental, or admissions, and communication or other services and
10 collect the total sum from the purchaser, admittee, licensee,
11 lessee, or consumer. In computing the tax due or to be
12 collected as the result of any transaction, the seller may
13 elect to compute the tax due on a transaction on either an
14 item or an invoice basis. The tax rate shall be the sum of the
15 applicable state and local rate, if any, and the tax
16 computation must be carried to the third decimal place.
17 Whenever the third decimal place is greater than four, the tax
18 shall be rounded to the next whole cent. The department shall
19 make available in an electronic format or otherwise the tax
20 amounts and the following brackets applicable to all
21 transactions taxable at the rate of 6 percent:
22 (a) On single sales of less than 10 cents, no tax
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24 (b) On single sales in amounts from 10 cents to 16
25 cents, both inclusive, 1 cent shall be added for taxes.
26 (c) On sales in amounts from 17 cents to 33 cents,
27 both inclusive, 2 cents shall be added for taxes.
28 (d) On sales in amounts from 34 cents to 50 cents,
29 both inclusive, 3 cents shall be added for taxes.
30 (e) On sales in amounts from 51 cents to 66 cents,
31 both inclusive, 4 cents shall be added for taxes.
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1 (f) On sales in amounts from 67 cents to 83 cents,
2 both inclusive, 5 cents shall be added for taxes.
3 (g) On sales in amounts from 84 cents to $1, both
4 inclusive, 6 cents shall be added for taxes.
5 (h) On sales in amounts of more than $1, 6 percent
6 shall be charged upon each dollar of price, plus the
7 appropriate bracket charge upon any fractional part of a
8 dollar.
9 Section 10. Subsections (10) and (11) of section
10 212.12, Florida Statutes, are repealed.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
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20 amending s. 212.12, F.S.; deleting brackets;
21 providing for computation of tax due;
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