Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1640
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Jones moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 617 - 631
    4  and insert:
    5         defined in s. 473.302(8)(a) s. 473.302(7)(a) and (c), and
    6  those that include tax filings with federal, state, or local
    7  government, shall not be offered or rendered for a fee
    8  contingent upon the findings or results of such service. This
    9  section does not apply to services involving federal, state, or
   10  other taxes in which the findings are those of the tax
   11  authorities and not those of the certified public accountant or
   12  firm licensee. Fees to be fixed by courts or other public
   13  authorities, which are of an indeterminate amount at the time a
   14  public accounting service is undertaken, shall not be regarded
   15  as contingent fees for purposes of this section.
   16         Section 18. Section 473.319, Florida Statutes, is amended
   17  to read:
   18         473.319 Contingent fees.—Public accounting services as
   19  defined in s. 473.302(8)(a) s. 473.302(7)(a) and (c), and those
   20  that include tax