Florida Senate - 2012 CS for SB 1108 By the Committee on Commerce and Tourism; and Senator Altman 577-02851-12 20121108c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to exemptions from the tax on sales, 3 use, and other transactions; amending s. 212.08, F.S.; 4 exempting certain items used to manufacture, produce, 5 or modify aircraft engines and gas turbine engines and 6 parts from the tax on sales, use, and other 7 transactions; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Paragraph (hhh) is added to subsection (7) of 12 section 212.08, Florida Statutes, to read: 13 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and 14 storage tax; specified exemptions.—The sale at retail, the 15 rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and the 16 storage to be used or consumed in this state of the following 17 are hereby specifically exempt from the tax imposed by this 18 chapter. 19 (7) MISCELLANEOUS EXEMPTIONS.—Exemptions provided to any 20 entity by this chapter do not inure to any transaction that is 21 otherwise taxable under this chapter when payment is made by a 22 representative or employee of the entity by any means, 23 including, but not limited to, cash, check, or credit card, even 24 when that representative or employee is subsequently reimbursed 25 by the entity. In addition, exemptions provided to any entity by 26 this subsection do not inure to any transaction that is 27 otherwise taxable under this chapter unless the entity has 28 obtained a sales tax exemption certificate from the department 29 or the entity obtains or provides other documentation as 30 required by the department. Eligible purchases or leases made 31 with such a certificate must be in strict compliance with this 32 subsection and departmental rules, and any person who makes an 33 exempt purchase with a certificate that is not in strict 34 compliance with this subsection and the rules is liable for and 35 shall pay the tax. The department may adopt rules to administer 36 this subsection. 37 (hhh) Items used in manufacturing and fabricating aircraft 38 and gas turbine engines.—Chemicals, machinery, parts, and 39 equipment used and consumed in the manufacture or fabrication of 40 aircraft engines and gas turbine engines, including cores, 41 electrical discharge machining (EDM) supplies, brass electrodes, 42 ceramic guides, reamers, grinding and deburring wheels, Norton 43 vortex wheels, argon, nitrogen, helium, fluid abrasive cutters, 44 solvents and soaps, boroscopes, penetrants, patterns, dies, and 45 molds consumed in the production of castings are exempt from the 46 tax imposed by this chapter. 47 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.