1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to review of exemptions and exclusions |
3 | from the tax on sales, use, and other transactions; |
4 | requiring the Senate and House of Representatives to |
5 | appoint a Joint Legislative Review Committee to |
6 | oversee the review of exemptions from the tax on |
7 | sales, use, and other transactions and make |
8 | recommendations regarding the review; creating s. |
9 | 11.9035, F.S.; providing a short title; providing |
10 | responsibilities of the Joint Legislative Review |
11 | Committee for the purpose of reviewing exemptions from |
12 | the general state sales and use tax and exclusions of |
13 | sales of services from such taxation; providing for |
14 | meetings and governance by joint rules; providing |
15 | definitions; specifying powers and duties; providing |
16 | for reports; requiring continuing periodic review of |
17 | sales tax exemptions and exclusions; providing for |
18 | legislative proposals; amending s. 212.08, F.S.; |
19 | providing for future elimination of all sales, rental, |
20 | use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax |
21 | exemptions under the section except those for general |
22 | groceries, medical, guide dogs for the blind, hospital |
23 | meals and rooms, household fuels, meals delivered by |
24 | nonprofit volunteer organizations as a charitable |
25 | function, and certain books, lunches, and publications |
26 | used or provided at schools for students grades K |
27 | through 12; repealing s. 212.051, F.S., relating to |
28 | exemption for equipment, machinery, and other |
29 | materials for pollution control; repealing s. 212.052, |
30 | F.S., relating to exemption for research or |
31 | development costs; repealing s. 212.0598, F.S., |
32 | relating to partial exemption for air carriers' |
33 | maintenance bases; repealing s. 212.0602, F.S., |
34 | relating to a limited exemption for education; |
35 | repealing s. 212.0801, F.S., relating to an exemption |
36 | for qualified aircraft; repealing s. 212.0821, F.S., |
37 | relating to legislative intent that political |
38 | subdivisions and public libraries use sales tax |
39 | exemption certificates for certain purchases; |
40 | repealing s. 212.09, F.S., relating to trade-ins |
41 | deducted; repealing s. 212.096, F.S., relating to |
42 | credit for job creation in enterprise zones; repealing |
43 | s. 212.097, F.S., relating to Urban High Crime area |
44 | job tax credit; repealing s. 212.098, F.S., relating |
45 | to rural job tax credit; providing for future repeal |
46 | of certain provisions of ss. 212.02, 212.03, 212.031, |
47 | 212.04, 212.05, 212.0506, 212.06, 212.0601, 212.07, |
48 | 212.081, 212.12, 212.20, and 376.75, F.S., relating to |
49 | various sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, and |
50 | credits; providing exceptions; providing effective |
51 | dates. |
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53 | WHEREAS, Florida's current budget difficulties require the |
54 | state to consider innovative solutions in addressing the long- |
55 | term viability of the state's tax structure, and |
56 | WHEREAS, the state's tax structure should treat individuals |
57 | fairly and equitably, imposing similar tax burdens on people in |
58 | similar circumstances, and |
59 | WHEREAS, exemptions to the state's sales tax should serve |
60 | an important state interest and should be uniform in the effect |
61 | on citizens of the state, and |
62 | WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that a periodic sunset and |
63 | review of all sales tax exemptions will serve to restore |
64 | fairness to the state's tax structure, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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66 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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68 | Section 1. The Senate and the House of Representatives |
69 | shall appoint a Joint Legislative Review Committee for the |
70 | purposes of overseeing the review of exemptions from the tax on |
71 | sales, use, and other transactions required by s. 11.9035, |
72 | Florida Statutes, and making recommendations to the Legislature |
73 | regarding the review of exemptions. |
74 | Section 2. Section 11.9035, Florida Statutes, is created |
75 | to read: |
76 | 11.9035 Sales and use tax exemption and exclusion review.- |
77 | (1) SHORT TITLE.-This section may be cited as the "Florida |
78 | Sales Tax Fairness Restoration Act." |
79 | (2) SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS REVIEW.-The Joint Legislative |
80 | Review Committee shall conduct comprehensive, periodic reviews |
81 | of all exemptions from the general state sales and use tax and |
82 | exclusions of sales of services from such taxation as provided |
83 | by this section. |
84 | (3) PROCEDURES.-The committee for each review cycle shall |
85 | have its initial meeting no later than September 1, 2012, and |
86 | thereafter as necessary at the call of the chair at the time and |
87 | place designated by the chair. A quorum shall consist of a |
88 | majority of the committee members from each house. During the |
89 | interim between regular sessions, the committee may conduct its |
90 | meetings through teleconferences or other similar means. |
91 | (4) RULES.-For purposes of this section, the committee |
92 | shall be governed by joint rules adopted by the Legislature |
93 | pursuant to the authority to adopt rules under s. 4, Art. III of |
94 | the State Constitution. |
95 | (5) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term: |
96 | (a) "General state sales and use tax" means the sales and |
97 | use tax imposed under chapter 212. |
98 | (b) "Service" means a service within any of the following |
99 | service categories under the North American Industry |
100 | Classification System (NAICS): |
101 | 1. Personal services. |
102 | 2. Professional services. |
103 | 3. Business services. |
104 | 4. Financial services. |
105 | 5. Media services. |
106 | 6. Entertainment and sports services. |
107 | 7. Construction services. |
108 | 8. Institutional services. |
109 | 9. Transportation services. |
110 | 10. Health services. |
111 | (6) POWERS AND DUTIES.-The committee shall have the power |
112 | and duty to conduct a comprehensive review of all current and |
113 | future exemptions from the general state sales and use tax and |
114 | the exclusion of sales of services from such taxation. The |
115 | committee shall establish criteria by which each exemption or |
116 | exclusion shall be evaluated. In developing the evaluation |
117 | criteria, the committee shall consider the following principles |
118 | of taxation: |
119 | (a) Equity.-The tax system should treat individuals |
120 | equitably. It should impose similar tax burdens on people in |
121 | similar circumstances and should minimize regressivity. |
122 | (b) Simplicity, transparency, and compliance.-The tax |
123 | system should facilitate taxpayer compliance. It should be |
124 | simple and easy to understand and should provide visibility and |
125 | awareness of the taxes being paid. |
126 | (c) Neutrality.-The tax system should affect taxpayers |
127 | uniformly and consistently. The primary purpose of any tax |
128 | should be to raise revenue for appropriate governmental |
129 | functions, rather than to influence business and personal |
130 | decisions. |
131 | (d) Stability.-The tax system should produce revenues in a |
132 | stable and reliable manner that is sufficient to fund |
133 | appropriate governmental functions and expenditures. |
134 | (e) Integration.-The tax system should balance the need |
135 | for integration of federal, state, and local taxation. |
136 | (f) Public purpose.-Any sales and use tax exemption or |
137 | exclusion under the tax system should be based upon a |
138 | determination that the exemption or exclusion promotes an |
139 | important state interest and should benefit citizens as equally |
140 | as possible. |
141 | (7) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.-In conducting its review |
142 | of each exemption from the general state sales and use tax or |
143 | the exclusion of the sale of a service from such taxation, the |
144 | committee shall make findings of fact and recommend whether the |
145 | exemption should be retained, modified, or repealed or whether |
146 | the exclusion should be retained or eliminated. Each |
147 | recommendation must be made by majority vote of the committee |
148 | members from each house. If a majority vote of the committee |
149 | members from each house cannot be achieved, the committee must |
150 | recommend that the exemption or exclusion be repealed. The |
151 | findings of fact and recommendations of the committee shall be |
152 | made by reports to the President of the Senate and the Speaker |
153 | of the House of Representatives. |
154 | (8) EXEMPTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS REVIEW.- |
155 | (a) The committee may use its discretion in determining |
156 | the order in which it reviews the exemptions and exclusions. For |
157 | the initial review, the committee shall submit, to the President |
158 | of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, |
159 | its initial report on one-third of the exemptions and exclusions |
160 | by November 1, 2012, its report on the second one-third of the |
161 | exemptions and exclusions by March 1, 2013, and its report on |
162 | the final one-third of the exemptions and exclusions by July 1, |
163 | 2013, with no duplication of exemptions or exclusions from one |
164 | report to the next. Thereafter, the committee shall review every |
165 | 3 years approximately one-third of the exemptions and exclusions |
166 | with no duplication of exemptions or exclusions reviewed from |
167 | one 3-year period to the next 3-year period. The committee shall |
168 | submit its 3-year period review reports no later than December 1 |
169 | of the year before the next regular session after the third year |
170 | of each 3-year review cycle. The committee shall begin a new 9- |
171 | year review cycle of all exemptions from the general state sales |
172 | and use tax and all exclusions of sales of services from such |
173 | taxation every 9 years after the termination of the previous |
174 | review cycle. |
175 | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, |
176 | exemptions and exclusions for necessities, including, but not |
177 | limited to, exemptions for general groceries as described in s. |
178 | 212.08(1), exemptions for medical products or supplies as |
179 | described in s. 212.08(2), health services, residential housing, |
180 | residential electricity, and home heating fuel, and sales of |
181 | property or services that the state is prohibited from taxing |
182 | under the Constitution or laws of the United States may not be |
183 | subject to review by the committee or repeal in legislation |
184 | proposed by the committee. |
185 | (9) LEGISLATION.-At the regular session after submission |
186 | of each annual report to the Speaker of the House of |
187 | Representatives and the President of the Senate, the committee |
188 | shall introduce in both houses of the Legislature bills |
189 | presenting for reenactment, modification, or repeal those |
190 | exemptions from the general state sales and use tax or any |
191 | imposition of such taxation on sales of services that were |
192 | recommended by the committee in the report submitted immediately |
193 | before the session in which introduced. Each bill introduced |
194 | must be restricted to a single exemption or the imposition of |
195 | the tax on a single service and must be submitted to a vote of |
196 | the members of each house of the Legislature no later than the |
197 | eighth week of the session in which introduced, unless the |
198 | substance of the bill has already been voted on by the members |
199 | of that house of the Legislature in another bill during that |
200 | session and either passed or defeated or the bill has already |
201 | been submitted to the members of the other house and has been |
202 | defeated. |
203 | (10) REPEAL.-Any exemption from the state general sales |
204 | and use tax or exemption from imposition of such tax on sales of |
205 | services, that is not prohibited from review by the committee |
206 | under the requirements of paragraph (8)(b) and is not modified |
207 | or reenacted by the end of the regular session after any 9-year |
208 | review period, stands repealed on July 1 after the end of the |
209 | regular session immediately after the 9-year review period. |
210 | (11) CONSTRUCTION.-This section does not preclude a |
211 | legislator from filing for any legislative session a bill |
212 | proposing to modify, repeal, or enact any exemption from the |
213 | general state sales and use tax or the imposition of such |
214 | taxation on the sales of any service. |
215 | Section 3. Effective July 1, 2015, section 212.08, Florida |
216 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
217 | 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and |
218 | storage tax; specified exemptions.-The sale at retail, the |
219 | rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and the |
220 | storage to be used or consumed in this state of the following |
221 | are hereby specifically exempt from the tax imposed by this |
222 | chapter. |
223 | (1) EXEMPTIONS; GENERAL GROCERIES.- |
224 | (a) Food products for human consumption are exempt from |
225 | the tax imposed by this chapter. |
226 | (b) For the purpose of this chapter, as used in this |
227 | subsection, the term "food products" means edible commodities, |
228 | whether processed, cooked, raw, canned, or in any other form, |
229 | which are generally regarded as food. This includes, but is not |
230 | limited to, all of the following: |
231 | 1. Cereals and cereal products, baked goods, |
232 | oleomargarine, meat and meat products, fish and seafood |
233 | products, frozen foods and dinners, poultry, eggs and egg |
234 | products, vegetables and vegetable products, fruit and fruit |
235 | products, spices, salt, sugar and sugar products, milk and dairy |
236 | products, and products intended to be mixed with milk. |
237 | 2. Natural fruit or vegetable juices or their concentrates |
238 | or reconstituted natural concentrated fruit or vegetable juices, |
239 | whether frozen or unfrozen, dehydrated, powdered, granulated, |
240 | sweetened or unsweetened, seasoned with salt or spice, or |
241 | unseasoned; coffee, coffee substitutes, or cocoa; and tea, |
242 | unless it is sold in a liquid form. |
243 | 3. Bakery products sold by bakeries, pastry shops, or like |
244 | establishments that do not have eating facilities. |
245 | (c) The exemption provided by this subsection does not |
246 | apply to: |
247 | 1. Food products sold as meals for consumption on or off |
248 | the premises of the dealer. |
249 | 2. Food products furnished, prepared, or served for |
250 | consumption at tables, chairs, or counters or from trays, |
251 | glasses, dishes, or other tableware, whether provided by the |
252 | dealer or by a person with whom the dealer contracts to furnish, |
253 | prepare, or serve food products to others. |
254 | 3. Food products ordinarily sold for immediate consumption |
255 | on the seller's premises or near a location at which parking |
256 | facilities are provided primarily for the use of patrons in |
257 | consuming the products purchased at the location, even though |
258 | such products are sold on a "take out" or "to go" order and are |
259 | actually packaged or wrapped and taken from the premises of the |
260 | dealer. |
261 | 4. Sandwiches sold ready for immediate consumption on or |
262 | off the seller's premises. |
263 | 5. Food products sold ready for immediate consumption |
264 | within a place, the entrance to which is subject to an admission |
265 | charge. |
266 | 6. Food products sold as hot prepared food products. |
267 | 7. Soft drinks, including, but not limited to, any |
268 | nonalcoholic beverage, any preparation or beverage commonly |
269 | referred to as a "soft drink," or any noncarbonated drink made |
270 | from milk derivatives or tea, if sold in cans or similar |
271 | containers. |
272 | 8. Ice cream, frozen yogurt, and similar frozen dairy or |
273 | nondairy products in cones, small cups, or pints, popsicles, |
274 | frozen fruit bars, or other novelty items, whether or not sold |
275 | separately. |
276 | 9. Food that is prepared, whether on or off the premises, |
277 | and sold for immediate consumption. This does not apply to food |
278 | prepared off the premises and sold in the original sealed |
279 | container, or the slicing of products into smaller portions. |
280 | 10. Food products sold through a vending machine, |
281 | pushcart, motor vehicle, or any other form of vehicle. |
282 | 11. Candy and any similar product regarded as candy or |
283 | confection, based on its normal use, as indicated on the label |
284 | or advertising thereof. |
285 | 12. Bakery products sold by bakeries, pastry shops, or |
286 | like establishments having eating facilities, except when sold |
287 | for consumption off the seller's premises. |
288 | 13. Food products served, prepared, or sold in or by |
289 | restaurants, lunch counters, cafeterias, hotels, taverns, or |
290 | other like places of business. |
291 | (d) As used in this subsection, the term: |
292 | 1. "For consumption off the seller's premises" means that |
293 | the food or drink is intended by the customer to be consumed at |
294 | a place away from the dealer's premises. |
295 | 2. "For consumption on the seller's premises" means that |
296 | the food or drink sold may be immediately consumed on the |
297 | premises where the dealer conducts his or her business. In |
298 | determining whether an item of food is sold for immediate |
299 | consumption, the customary consumption practices prevailing at |
300 | the selling facility shall be considered. |
301 | 3. "Premises" shall be construed broadly, and means, but |
302 | is not limited to, the lobby, aisle, or auditorium of a theater; |
303 | the seating, aisle, or parking area of an arena, rink, or |
304 | stadium; or the parking area of a drive-in or outdoor theater. |
305 | The premises of a caterer with respect to catered meals or |
306 | beverages shall be the place where such meals or beverages are |
307 | served. |
308 | 4. "Hot prepared food products" means those products, |
309 | items, or components which have been prepared for sale in a |
310 | heated condition and which are sold at any temperature that is |
311 | higher than the air temperature of the room or place where they |
312 | are sold. "Hot prepared food products," for the purposes of this |
313 | subsection, includes a combination of hot and cold food items or |
314 | components where a single price has been established for the |
315 | combination and the food products are sold in such combination, |
316 | such as a hot meal, a hot specialty dish or serving, or a hot |
317 | sandwich or hot pizza, including cold components or side items. |
318 | (e)1. Food or drinks not exempt under paragraphs (a), (b), |
319 | (c), and (d) are exempt, notwithstanding those paragraphs, when |
320 | purchased with food coupons or Special Supplemental Food Program |
321 | for Women, Infants, and Children vouchers issued under authority |
322 | of federal law. |
323 | 2. This paragraph is effective only while federal law |
324 | prohibits a state's participation in the federal food coupon |
325 | program or Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, |
326 | and Children if there is an official determination that state or |
327 | local sales taxes are collected within that state on purchases |
328 | of food or drinks with such coupons. |
329 | 3. This paragraph shall not apply to any food or drinks on |
330 | which federal law shall permit sales taxes without penalty, such |
331 | as termination of the state's participation. |
332 | (f) The application of the tax on a package that contains |
333 | exempt food products and taxable nonfood products depends upon |
334 | the essential character of the complete package. |
335 | 1. If the taxable items represent more than 25 percent of |
336 | the cost of the complete package and a single charge is made, |
337 | the entire sales price of the package is taxable. If the taxable |
338 | items are separately stated, the separate charge for the taxable |
339 | items is subject to tax. |
340 | 2. If the taxable items represent 25 percent or less of |
341 | the cost of the complete package and a single charge is made, |
342 | the entire sales price of the package is exempt from tax. The |
343 | person preparing the package is liable for the tax on the cost |
344 | of the taxable items going into the complete package. If the |
345 | taxable items are separately stated, the separate charge is |
346 | subject to tax. |
347 | (2) EXEMPTIONS; MEDICAL.- |
348 | (a) There shall be exempt from the tax imposed by this |
349 | chapter any medical products and supplies or medicine dispensed |
350 | according to an individual prescription or prescriptions written |
351 | by a prescriber authorized by law to prescribe medicinal drugs; |
352 | hypodermic needles; hypodermic syringes; chemical compounds and |
353 | test kits used for the diagnosis or treatment of human disease, |
354 | illness, or injury; and common household remedies recommended |
355 | and generally sold for internal or external use in the cure, |
356 | mitigation, treatment, or prevention of illness or disease in |
357 | human beings, but not including cosmetics or toilet articles, |
358 | notwithstanding the presence of medicinal ingredients therein, |
359 | according to a list prescribed and approved by the Department of |
360 | Health, which list shall be certified to the Department of |
361 | Revenue from time to time and included in the rules promulgated |
362 | by the Department of Revenue. There shall also be exempt from |
363 | the tax imposed by this chapter artificial eyes and limbs; |
364 | orthopedic shoes; prescription eyeglasses and items incidental |
365 | thereto or which become a part thereof; dentures; hearing aids; |
366 | crutches; prosthetic and orthopedic appliances; and funerals. In |
367 | addition, any items intended for one-time use which transfer |
368 | essential optical characteristics to contact lenses shall be |
369 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter; however, this |
370 | exemption shall apply only after $100,000 of the tax imposed by |
371 | this chapter on such items has been paid in any calendar year by |
372 | a taxpayer who claims the exemption in such year. Funeral |
373 | directors shall pay tax on all tangible personal property used |
374 | by them in their business. |
375 | (b) For the purposes of this subsection: |
376 | 1. "Prosthetic and orthopedic appliances" means any |
377 | apparatus, instrument, device, or equipment used to replace or |
378 | substitute for any missing part of the body, to alleviate the |
379 | malfunction of any part of the body, or to assist any disabled |
380 | person in leading a normal life by facilitating such person's |
381 | mobility. Such apparatus, instrument, device, or equipment shall |
382 | be exempted according to an individual prescription or |
383 | prescriptions written by a physician licensed under chapter 458, |
384 | chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, or chapter 466, or |
385 | according to a list prescribed and approved by the Department of |
386 | Health, which list shall be certified to the Department of |
387 | Revenue from time to time and included in the rules promulgated |
388 | by the Department of Revenue. |
389 | 2. "Cosmetics" means articles intended to be rubbed, |
390 | poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise |
391 | applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting |
392 | attractiveness, or altering the appearance and also means |
393 | articles intended for use as a compound of any such articles, |
394 | including, but not limited to, cold creams, suntan lotions, |
395 | makeup, and body lotions. |
396 | 3. "Toilet articles" means any article advertised or held |
397 | out for sale for grooming purposes and those articles that are |
398 | customarily used for grooming purposes, regardless of the name |
399 | by which they may be known, including, but not limited to, soap, |
400 | toothpaste, hair spray, shaving products, colognes, perfumes, |
401 | shampoo, deodorant, and mouthwash. |
402 | 4. "Prescription" includes any order for drugs or |
403 | medicinal supplies written or transmitted by any means of |
404 | communication by a duly licensed practitioner authorized by the |
405 | laws of the state to prescribe such drugs or medicinal supplies |
406 | and intended to be dispensed by a pharmacist. The term also |
407 | includes an orally transmitted order by the lawfully designated |
408 | agent of such practitioner. The term also includes an order |
409 | written or transmitted by a practitioner licensed to practice in |
410 | a jurisdiction other than this state, but only if the pharmacist |
411 | called upon to dispense such order determines, in the exercise |
412 | of his or her professional judgment, that the order is valid and |
413 | necessary for the treatment of a chronic or recurrent illness. |
414 | The term also includes a pharmacist's order for a product |
415 | selected from the formulary created pursuant to s. 465.186. A |
416 | prescription may be retained in written form, or the pharmacist |
417 | may cause it to be recorded in a data processing system, |
418 | provided that such order can be produced in printed form upon |
419 | lawful request. |
420 | (c) Chlorine shall not be exempt from the tax imposed by |
421 | this chapter when used for the treatment of water in swimming |
422 | pools. |
423 | (d) Lithotripters are exempt. |
424 | (e) Human organs are exempt. |
425 | (f) Sales of drugs to or by physicians, dentists, |
426 | veterinarians, and hospitals in connection with medical |
427 | treatment are exempt. |
428 | (g) Medical products and supplies used in the cure, |
429 | mitigation, alleviation, prevention, or treatment of injury, |
430 | disease, or incapacity which are temporarily or permanently |
431 | incorporated into a patient or client by a practitioner of the |
432 | healing arts licensed in the state are exempt. |
433 | (h) The purchase by a veterinarian of commonly recognized |
434 | substances possessing curative or remedial properties which are |
435 | ordered and dispensed as treatment for a diagnosed health |
436 | disorder by or on the prescription of a duly licensed |
437 | veterinarian, and which are applied to or consumed by animals |
438 | for alleviation of pain or the cure or prevention of sickness, |
439 | disease, or suffering are exempt. Also exempt are the purchase |
440 | by a veterinarian of antiseptics, absorbent cotton, gauze for |
441 | bandages, lotions, vitamins, and worm remedies. |
442 | (i) X-ray opaques, also known as opaque drugs and |
443 | radiopaque, such as the various opaque dyes and barium sulphate, |
444 | when used in connection with medical X rays for treatment of |
445 | bodies of humans and animals, are exempt. |
446 | (j) Parts, special attachments, special lettering, and |
447 | other like items that are added to or attached to tangible |
448 | personal property so that a handicapped person can use them are |
449 | exempt when such items are purchased by a person pursuant to an |
450 | individual prescription. |
451 | (k) This subsection shall be strictly construed and |
452 | enforced. |
453 | (3) EXEMPTIONS; CERTAIN FARM EQUIPMENT.-There shall be no |
454 | tax on the sale, rental, lease, use, consumption, or storage for |
455 | use in this state of power farm equipment used exclusively on a |
456 | farm or in a forest in the agricultural production of crops or |
457 | products as produced by those agricultural industries included |
458 | in s. 570.02(1), or for fire prevention and suppression work |
459 | with respect to such crops or products. Harvesting may not be |
460 | construed to include processing activities. This exemption is |
461 | not forfeited by moving farm equipment between farms or forests. |
462 | However, this exemption shall not be allowed unless the |
463 | purchaser, renter, or lessee signs a certificate stating that |
464 | the farm equipment is to be used exclusively on a farm or in a |
465 | forest for agricultural production or for fire prevention and |
466 | suppression, as required by this subsection. Possession by a |
467 | seller, lessor, or other dealer of a written certification by |
468 | the purchaser, renter, or lessee certifying the purchaser's, |
469 | renter's, or lessee's entitlement to an exemption permitted by |
470 | this subsection relieves the seller from the responsibility of |
471 | collecting the tax on the nontaxable amounts, and the department |
472 | shall look solely to the purchaser for recovery of such tax if |
473 | it determines that the purchaser was not entitled to the |
474 | exemption. |
475 | (4) EXEMPTIONS; ITEMS BEARING OTHER EXCISE TAXES, ETC.- |
476 | (a) Also exempt are: |
477 | 1. Water delivered to the purchaser through pipes or |
478 | conduits or delivered for irrigation purposes. The sale of |
479 | drinking water in bottles, cans, or other containers, including |
480 | water that contains minerals or carbonation in its natural state |
481 | or water to which minerals have been added at a water treatment |
482 | facility regulated by the Department of Environmental Protection |
483 | or the Department of Health, is exempt. This exemption does not |
484 | apply to the sale of drinking water in bottles, cans, or other |
485 | containers if carbonation or flavorings, except those added at a |
486 | water treatment facility, have been added. Water that has been |
487 | enhanced by the addition of minerals and that does not contain |
488 | any added carbonation or flavorings is also exempt. |
489 | 2. All fuels used by a public or private utility, |
490 | including any municipal corporation or rural electric |
491 | cooperative association, in the generation of electric power or |
492 | energy for sale. Fuel other than motor fuel and diesel fuel is |
493 | taxable as provided in this chapter with the exception of fuel |
494 | expressly exempt herein. Motor fuels and diesel fuels are |
495 | taxable as provided in chapter 206, with the exception of those |
496 | motor fuels and diesel fuels used by railroad locomotives or |
497 | vessels to transport persons or property in interstate or |
498 | foreign commerce, which are taxable under this chapter only to |
499 | the extent provided herein. The basis of the tax shall be the |
500 | ratio of intrastate mileage to interstate or foreign mileage |
501 | traveled by the carrier's railroad locomotives or vessels that |
502 | were used in interstate or foreign commerce and that had at |
503 | least some Florida mileage during the previous fiscal year of |
504 | the carrier, such ratio to be determined at the close of the |
505 | fiscal year of the carrier. However, during the fiscal year in |
506 | which the carrier begins its initial operations in this state, |
507 | the carrier's mileage apportionment factor may be determined on |
508 | the basis of an estimated ratio of anticipated miles in this |
509 | state to anticipated total miles for that year, and |
510 | subsequently, additional tax shall be paid on the motor fuel and |
511 | diesel fuels, or a refund may be applied for, on the basis of |
512 | the actual ratio of the carrier's railroad locomotives' or |
513 | vessels' miles in this state to its total miles for that year. |
514 | This ratio shall be applied each month to the total Florida |
515 | purchases made in this state of motor and diesel fuels to |
516 | establish that portion of the total used and consumed in |
517 | intrastate movement and subject to tax under this chapter. The |
518 | basis for imposition of any discretionary surtax shall be set |
519 | forth in s. 212.054. Fuels used exclusively in intrastate |
520 | commerce do not qualify for the proration of tax. |
521 | 3. The transmission or wheeling of electricity. |
522 | (b) Alcoholic beverages and malt beverages are not exempt. |
523 | The terms "alcoholic beverages" and "malt beverages" as used in |
524 | this paragraph have the same meanings ascribed to them in ss. |
525 | 561.01(4) and 563.01, respectively. It is determined by the |
526 | Legislature that the classification of alcoholic beverages made |
527 | in this paragraph for the purpose of extending the tax imposed |
528 | by this chapter is reasonable and just, and it is intended that |
529 | such tax be separate from, and in addition to, any other tax |
530 | imposed on alcoholic beverages. |
531 | (5) EXEMPTIONS; ACCOUNT OF USE.- |
532 | (a) Items in agricultural use and certain nets.-There are |
533 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter nets designed and |
534 | used exclusively by commercial fisheries; disinfectants, |
535 | fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, |
536 | and weed killers used for application on crops or groves, |
537 | including commercial nurseries and home vegetable gardens, used |
538 | in dairy barns or on poultry farms for the purpose of protecting |
539 | poultry or livestock, or used directly on poultry or livestock; |
540 | portable containers or movable receptacles in which portable |
541 | containers are placed, used for processing farm products; field |
542 | and garden seeds, including flower seeds; nursery stock, |
543 | seedlings, cuttings, or other propagative material purchased for |
544 | growing stock; seeds, seedlings, cuttings, and plants used to |
545 | produce food for human consumption; cloth, plastic, and other |
546 | similar materials used for shade, mulch, or protection from |
547 | frost or insects on a farm; generators used on poultry farms; |
548 | and liquefied petroleum gas or other fuel used to heat a |
549 | structure in which started pullets or broilers are raised; |
550 | however, such exemption shall not be allowed unless the |
551 | purchaser or lessee signs a certificate stating that the item to |
552 | be exempted is for the exclusive use designated herein. Also |
553 | exempt are cellophane wrappers, glue for tin and glass |
554 | (apiarists), mailing cases for honey, shipping cases, window |
555 | cartons, and baling wire and twine used for baling hay, when |
556 | used by a farmer to contain, produce, or process an agricultural |
557 | commodity. |
558 | (b) Machinery and equipment used to increase productive |
559 | output.- |
560 | 1. Industrial machinery and equipment purchased for |
561 | exclusive use by a new business in spaceport activities as |
562 | defined by s. 212.02 or for use in new businesses that |
563 | manufacture, process, compound, or produce for sale items of |
564 | tangible personal property at fixed locations are exempt from |
565 | the tax imposed by this chapter upon an affirmative showing by |
566 | the taxpayer to the satisfaction of the department that such |
567 | items are used in a new business in this state. Such purchases |
568 | must be made prior to the date the business first begins its |
569 | productive operations, and delivery of the purchased item must |
570 | be made within 12 months after that date. |
571 | 2. Industrial machinery and equipment purchased for |
572 | exclusive use by an expanding facility which is engaged in |
573 | spaceport activities as defined by s. 212.02 or for use in |
574 | expanding manufacturing facilities or plant units which |
575 | manufacture, process, compound, or produce for sale items of |
576 | tangible personal property at fixed locations in this state are |
577 | exempt from any amount of tax imposed by this chapter upon an |
578 | affirmative showing by the taxpayer to the satisfaction of the |
579 | department that such items are used to increase the productive |
580 | output of such expanded facility or business by not less than 10 |
581 | percent. |
582 | 3.a. To receive an exemption provided by subparagraph 1. |
583 | or subparagraph 2., a qualifying business entity shall apply to |
584 | the department for a temporary tax exemption permit. The |
585 | application shall state that a new business exemption or |
586 | expanded business exemption is being sought. Upon a tentative |
587 | affirmative determination by the department pursuant to |
588 | subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., the department shall issue |
589 | such permit. |
590 | b. The applicant shall maintain all necessary books and |
591 | records to support the exemption. Upon completion of purchases |
592 | of qualified machinery and equipment pursuant to subparagraph 1. |
593 | or subparagraph 2., the temporary tax permit shall be delivered |
594 | to the department or returned to the department by certified or |
595 | registered mail. |
596 | c. If, in a subsequent audit conducted by the department, |
597 | it is determined that the machinery and equipment purchased as |
598 | exempt under subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. did not meet the |
599 | criteria mandated by this paragraph or if commencement of |
600 | production did not occur, the amount of taxes exempted at the |
601 | time of purchase shall immediately be due and payable to the |
602 | department by the business entity, together with the appropriate |
603 | interest and penalty, computed from the date of purchase, in the |
604 | manner prescribed by this chapter. |
605 | d. If a qualifying business entity fails to apply for a |
606 | temporary exemption permit or if the tentative determination by |
607 | the department required to obtain a temporary exemption permit |
608 | is negative, a qualifying business entity shall receive the |
609 | exemption provided in subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. through |
610 | a refund of previously paid taxes. No refund may be made for |
611 | such taxes unless the criteria mandated by subparagraph 1. or |
612 | subparagraph 2. have been met and commencement of production has |
613 | occurred. |
614 | 4. The department shall adopt rules governing applications |
615 | for, issuance of, and the form of temporary tax exemption |
616 | permits; provisions for recapture of taxes; and the manner and |
617 | form of refund applications, and may establish guidelines as to |
618 | the requisites for an affirmative showing of increased |
619 | productive output, commencement of production, and qualification |
620 | for exemption. |
621 | 5. The exemptions provided in subparagraphs 1. and 2. do |
622 | not apply to machinery or equipment purchased or used by |
623 | electric utility companies, communications companies, oil or gas |
624 | exploration or production operations, publishing firms that do |
625 | not export at least 50 percent of their finished product out of |
626 | the state, any firm subject to regulation by the Division of |
627 | Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and |
628 | Professional Regulation, or any firm that does not manufacture, |
629 | process, compound, or produce for sale items of tangible |
630 | personal property or that does not use such machinery and |
631 | equipment in spaceport activities as required by this paragraph. |
632 | The exemptions provided in subparagraphs 1. and 2. shall apply |
633 | to machinery and equipment purchased for use in phosphate or |
634 | other solid minerals severance, mining, or processing |
635 | operations. |
636 | 6. For the purposes of the exemptions provided in |
637 | subparagraphs 1. and 2., these terms have the following |
638 | meanings: |
639 | a. "Industrial machinery and equipment" means tangible |
640 | personal property or other property that has a depreciable life |
641 | of 3 years or more and that is used as an integral part in the |
642 | manufacturing, processing, compounding, or production of |
643 | tangible personal property for sale or is exclusively used in |
644 | spaceport activities. A building and its structural components |
645 | are not industrial machinery and equipment unless the building |
646 | or structural component is so closely related to the industrial |
647 | machinery and equipment that it houses or supports that the |
648 | building or structural component can be expected to be replaced |
649 | when the machinery and equipment are replaced. Heating and air- |
650 | conditioning systems are not industrial machinery and equipment |
651 | unless the sole justification for their installation is to meet |
652 | the requirements of the production process, even though the |
653 | system may provide incidental comfort to employees or serve, to |
654 | an insubstantial degree, nonproduction activities. The term |
655 | includes parts and accessories only to the extent that the |
656 | exemption thereof is consistent with the provisions of this |
657 | paragraph. |
658 | b. "Productive output" means the number of units actually |
659 | produced by a single plant, operation, or product line in a |
660 | single continuous 12-month period, irrespective of sales. |
661 | Increases in productive output shall be measured by the output |
662 | for 12 continuous months selected by the expanding business |
663 | following the completion of installation of such machinery or |
664 | equipment over the output for the 12 continuous months |
665 | immediately preceding such installation. However, in no case may |
666 | such time period begin later than 2 years following the |
667 | completion of installation of the new machinery and equipment. |
668 | The units used to measure productive output shall be physically |
669 | comparable between the two periods, irrespective of sales. |
670 | (c) Machinery and equipment used in production of |
671 | electrical or steam energy.- |
672 | 1. The purchase of machinery and equipment for use at a |
673 | fixed location which machinery and equipment are necessary in |
674 | the production of electrical or steam energy resulting from the |
675 | burning of boiler fuels other than residual oil is exempt from |
676 | the tax imposed by this chapter. Such electrical or steam energy |
677 | must be primarily for use in manufacturing, processing, |
678 | compounding, or producing for sale items of tangible personal |
679 | property in this state. Use of a de minimis amount of residual |
680 | fuel to facilitate the burning of nonresidual fuel shall not |
681 | reduce the exemption otherwise available under this paragraph. |
682 | 2. In facilities where machinery and equipment are |
683 | necessary to burn both residual and nonresidual fuels, the |
684 | exemption shall be prorated. Such proration shall be based upon |
685 | the production of electrical or steam energy from nonresidual |
686 | fuels as a percentage of electrical or steam energy from all |
687 | fuels. If it is determined that 15 percent or less of all |
688 | electrical or steam energy generated was produced by burning |
689 | residual fuel, the full exemption shall apply. Purchasers |
690 | claiming a partial exemption shall obtain such exemption by |
691 | refund of taxes paid, or as otherwise provided in the |
692 | department's rules. |
693 | 3. The department may adopt rules that provide for |
694 | implementation of this exemption. Purchasers of machinery and |
695 | equipment qualifying for the exemption provided in this |
696 | paragraph shall furnish the vendor with an affidavit stating |
697 | that the item or items to be exempted are for the use designated |
698 | herein. Any person furnishing a false affidavit to the vendor |
699 | for the purpose of evading payment of any tax imposed under this |
700 | chapter shall be subject to the penalty set forth in s. 212.085 |
701 | and as otherwise provided by law. Purchasers with self-accrual |
702 | authority shall maintain all documentation necessary to prove |
703 | the exempt status of purchases. |
704 | (d) Machinery and equipment used under federal procurement |
705 | contract.- |
706 | 1. Industrial machinery and equipment purchased by an |
707 | expanding business which manufactures tangible personal property |
708 | pursuant to federal procurement regulations at fixed locations |
709 | in this state are exempt from the tax imposed in this chapter |
710 | upon an affirmative showing by the taxpayer to the satisfaction |
711 | of the department that such items are used to increase the |
712 | implicit productive output of the expanded business by not less |
713 | than 10 percent. The percentage of increase is measured as |
714 | deflated implicit productive output for the calendar year during |
715 | which the installation of the machinery or equipment is |
716 | completed or during which commencement of production utilizing |
717 | such items is begun divided by the implicit productive output |
718 | for the preceding calendar year. In no case may the commencement |
719 | of production begin later than 2 years following completion of |
720 | installation of the machinery or equipment. |
721 | 2. The amount of the exemption allowed shall equal the |
722 | taxes otherwise imposed by this chapter on qualifying industrial |
723 | machinery or equipment reduced by the percentage of gross |
724 | receipts from cost-reimbursement type contracts attributable to |
725 | the plant or operation to total gross receipts so attributable, |
726 | accrued for the year of completion or commencement. |
727 | 3. The exemption provided by this paragraph shall inure to |
728 | the taxpayer only through refund of previously paid taxes. Such |
729 | refund shall be made within 30 days of formal approval by the |
730 | department of the taxpayer's application, which application may |
731 | be made on an annual basis following installation of the |
732 | machinery or equipment. |
733 | 4. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term: |
734 | a. "Cost-reimbursement type contracts" has the same |
735 | meaning as in 32 C.F.R. s. 3-405. |
736 | b. "Deflated implicit productive output" means the product |
737 | of implicit productive output times the quotient of the national |
738 | defense implicit price deflator for the preceding calendar year |
739 | divided by the deflator for the year of completion or |
740 | commencement. |
741 | c. "Eligible costs" means the total direct and indirect |
742 | costs, as defined in 32 C.F.R. ss. 15-202 and 15-203, excluding |
743 | general and administrative costs, selling expenses, and profit, |
744 | defined by the uniform cost-accounting standards adopted by the |
745 | Cost-Accounting Standards Board created pursuant to 50 U.S.C. s. |
746 | 2168. |
747 | d. "Implicit productive output" means the annual eligible |
748 | costs attributable to all contracts or subcontracts subject to |
749 | federal procurement regulations of the single plant or operation |
750 | at which the machinery or equipment is used. |
751 | e. "Industrial machinery and equipment" means tangible |
752 | personal property or other property that has a depreciable life |
753 | of 3 years or more, that qualifies as an eligible cost under |
754 | federal procurement regulations, and that is used as an integral |
755 | part of the process of production of tangible personal property. |
756 | A building and its structural components are not industrial |
757 | machinery and equipment unless the building or structural |
758 | component is so closely related to the industrial machinery and |
759 | equipment that it houses or supports that the building or |
760 | structural component can be expected to be replaced when the |
761 | machinery and equipment are replaced. Heating and air- |
762 | conditioning systems are not industrial machinery and equipment |
763 | unless the sole justification for their installation is to meet |
764 | the requirements of the production process, even though the |
765 | system may provide incidental comfort to employees or serve, to |
766 | an insubstantial degree, nonproduction activities. The term |
767 | includes parts and accessories only to the extent that the |
768 | exemption of such parts and accessories is consistent with the |
769 | provisions of this paragraph. |
770 | f. "National defense implicit price deflator" means the |
771 | national defense implicit price deflator for the gross national |
772 | product as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the |
773 | United States Department of Commerce. |
774 | 5. The exclusions provided in subparagraph (b)5. apply to |
775 | this exemption. This exemption applies only to machinery or |
776 | equipment purchased pursuant to production contracts with the |
777 | United States Department of Defense and Armed Forces, the |
778 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other federal |
779 | agencies for which the contracts are classified for national |
780 | security reasons. In no event shall the provisions of this |
781 | paragraph apply to any expanding business the increase in |
782 | productive output of which could be measured under the |
783 | provisions of sub-subparagraph (b)6.b. as physically comparable |
784 | between the two periods. |
785 | (e) Gas or electricity used for certain agricultural |
786 | purposes.- |
787 | 1. Butane gas, propane gas, natural gas, and all other |
788 | forms of liquefied petroleum gases are exempt from the tax |
789 | imposed by this chapter if used in any tractor, vehicle, or |
790 | other farm equipment which is used exclusively on a farm or for |
791 | processing farm products on the farm and no part of which gas is |
792 | used in any vehicle or equipment driven or operated on the |
793 | public highways of this state. This restriction does not apply |
794 | to the movement of farm vehicles or farm equipment between |
795 | farms. The transporting of bees by water and the operating of |
796 | equipment used in the apiary of a beekeeper is also deemed an |
797 | exempt use. |
798 | 2. Electricity used directly or indirectly for production |
799 | or processing of agricultural products on the farm is exempt |
800 | from the tax imposed by this chapter. This exemption applies |
801 | only if the electricity used for the exempt purposes is |
802 | separately metered. If the electricity is not separately |
803 | metered, it is conclusively presumed that some portion of the |
804 | electricity is used for a nonexempt purpose, and all of the |
805 | electricity used for such purposes is taxable. |
806 | (f) Motion picture or video equipment used in motion |
807 | picture or television production activities and sound recording |
808 | equipment used in the production of master tapes and master |
809 | records.- |
810 | 1. Motion picture or video equipment and sound recording |
811 | equipment purchased or leased for use in this state in |
812 | production activities is exempt from the tax imposed by this |
813 | chapter. The exemption provided by this paragraph shall inure to |
814 | the taxpayer upon presentation of the certificate of exemption |
815 | issued to the taxpayer under the provisions of s. 288.1258. |
816 | 2. For the purpose of the exemption provided in |
817 | subparagraph 1.: |
818 | a. "Motion picture or video equipment" and "sound |
819 | recording equipment" includes only tangible personal property or |
820 | other property that has a depreciable life of 3 years or more |
821 | and that is used by the lessee or purchaser exclusively as an |
822 | integral part of production activities; however, motion picture |
823 | or video equipment and sound recording equipment does not |
824 | include supplies, tape, records, film, or video tape used in |
825 | productions or other similar items; vehicles or vessels; or |
826 | general office equipment not specifically suited to production |
827 | activities. In addition, the term does not include equipment |
828 | purchased or leased by television or radio broadcasting or cable |
829 | companies licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. |
830 | Furthermore, a building and its structural components are not |
831 | motion picture or video equipment and sound recording equipment |
832 | unless the building or structural component is so closely |
833 | related to the motion picture or video equipment and sound |
834 | recording equipment that it houses or supports that the building |
835 | or structural component can be expected to be replaced when the |
836 | motion picture or video equipment and sound recording equipment |
837 | are replaced. Heating and air-conditioning systems are not |
838 | motion picture or video equipment and sound recording equipment |
839 | unless the sole justification for their installation is to meet |
840 | the requirements of the production activities, even though the |
841 | system may provide incidental comfort to employees or serve, to |
842 | an insubstantial degree, nonproduction activities. |
843 | b. "Production activities" means activities directed |
844 | toward the preparation of a: |
845 | (I) Master tape or master record embodying sound; or |
846 | (II) Motion picture or television production which is |
847 | produced for theatrical, commercial, advertising, or educational |
848 | purposes and utilizes live or animated actions or a combination |
849 | of live and animated actions. The motion picture or television |
850 | production shall be commercially produced for sale or for |
851 | showing on screens or broadcasting on television and may be on |
852 | film or video tape. |
853 | (g) Building materials used in the rehabilitation of real |
854 | property located in an enterprise zone.- |
855 | 1. Building materials used in the rehabilitation of real |
856 | property located in an enterprise zone are exempt from the tax |
857 | imposed by this chapter upon an affirmative showing to the |
858 | satisfaction of the department that the items have been used for |
859 | the rehabilitation of real property located in an enterprise |
860 | zone. Except as provided in subparagraph 2., this exemption |
861 | inures to the owner, lessee, or lessor at the time the real |
862 | property is rehabilitated, but only through a refund of |
863 | previously paid taxes. To receive a refund pursuant to this |
864 | paragraph, the owner, lessee, or lessor of the rehabilitated |
865 | real property must file an application under oath with the |
866 | governing body or enterprise zone development agency having |
867 | jurisdiction over the enterprise zone where the business is |
868 | located, as applicable. A single application for a refund may be |
869 | submitted for multiple, contiguous parcels that were part of a |
870 | single parcel that was divided as part of the rehabilitation of |
871 | the property. All other requirements of this paragraph apply to |
872 | each parcel on an individual basis. The application must |
873 | include: |
874 | a. The name and address of the person claiming the refund. |
875 | b. An address and assessment roll parcel number of the |
876 | rehabilitated real property for which a refund of previously |
877 | paid taxes is being sought. |
878 | c. A description of the improvements made to accomplish |
879 | the rehabilitation of the real property. |
880 | d. A copy of a valid building permit issued by the county |
881 | or municipal building department for the rehabilitation of the |
882 | real property. |
883 | e. A sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, from the |
884 | general contractor licensed in this state with whom the |
885 | applicant contracted to make the improvements necessary to |
886 | rehabilitate the real property, which lists the building |
887 | materials used to rehabilitate the real property, the actual |
888 | cost of the building materials, and the amount of sales tax paid |
889 | in this state on the building materials. If a general contractor |
890 | was not used, the applicant, not a general contractor, shall |
891 | make the sworn statement required by this sub-subparagraph. |
892 | Copies of the invoices that evidence the purchase of the |
893 | building materials used in the rehabilitation and the payment of |
894 | sales tax on the building materials must be attached to the |
895 | sworn statement provided by the general contractor or by the |
896 | applicant. Unless the actual cost of building materials used in |
897 | the rehabilitation of real property and the payment of sales |
898 | taxes is documented by a general contractor or by the applicant |
899 | in this manner, the cost of the building materials is deemed to |
900 | be an amount equal to 40 percent of the increase in assessed |
901 | value for ad valorem tax purposes. |
902 | f. The identifying number assigned pursuant to s. 290.0065 |
903 | to the enterprise zone in which the rehabilitated real property |
904 | is located. |
905 | g. A certification by the local building code inspector |
906 | that the improvements necessary to rehabilitate the real |
907 | property are substantially completed. |
908 | h. A statement of whether the business is a small business |
909 | as defined by s. 288.703. |
910 | i. If applicable, the name and address of each permanent |
911 | employee of the business, including, for each employee who is a |
912 | resident of an enterprise zone, the identifying number assigned |
913 | pursuant to s. 290.0065 to the enterprise zone in which the |
914 | employee resides. |
915 | 2. This exemption inures to a municipality, county, other |
916 | governmental unit or agency, or nonprofit community-based |
917 | organization through a refund of previously paid taxes if the |
918 | building materials used in the rehabilitation are paid for from |
919 | the funds of a community development block grant, State Housing |
920 | Initiatives Partnership Program, or similar grant or loan |
921 | program. To receive a refund, a municipality, county, other |
922 | governmental unit or agency, or nonprofit community-based |
923 | organization must file an application that includes the same |
924 | information required in subparagraph 1. In addition, the |
925 | application must include a sworn statement signed by the chief |
926 | executive officer of the municipality, county, other |
927 | governmental unit or agency, or nonprofit community-based |
928 | organization seeking a refund which states that the building |
929 | materials for which a refund is sought were funded by a |
930 | community development block grant, State Housing Initiatives |
931 | Partnership Program, or similar grant or loan program. |
932 | 3. Within 10 working days after receipt of an application, |
933 | the governing body or enterprise zone development agency shall |
934 | review the application to determine if it contains all the |
935 | information required by subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. and |
936 | meets the criteria set out in this paragraph. The governing body |
937 | or agency shall certify all applications that contain the |
938 | required information and are eligible to receive a refund. If |
939 | applicable, the governing body or agency shall also certify if |
940 | 20 percent of the employees of the business are residents of an |
941 | enterprise zone, excluding temporary and part-time employees. |
942 | The certification must be in writing, and a copy of the |
943 | certification shall be transmitted to the executive director of |
944 | the department. The applicant is responsible for forwarding a |
945 | certified application to the department within the time |
946 | specified in subparagraph 4. |
947 | 4. An application for a refund must be submitted to the |
948 | department within 6 months after the rehabilitation of the |
949 | property is deemed to be substantially completed by the local |
950 | building code inspector or by November 1 after the rehabilitated |
951 | property is first subject to assessment. |
952 | 5. Only one exemption through a refund of previously paid |
953 | taxes for the rehabilitation of real property is permitted for |
954 | any single parcel of property unless there is a change in |
955 | ownership, a new lessor, or a new lessee of the real property. A |
956 | refund may not be granted unless the amount to be refunded |
957 | exceeds $500. A refund may not exceed the lesser of 97 percent |
958 | of the Florida sales or use tax paid on the cost of the building |
959 | materials used in the rehabilitation of the real property as |
960 | determined pursuant to sub-subparagraph 1.e. or $5,000, or, if |
961 | at least 20 percent of the employees of the business are |
962 | residents of an enterprise zone, excluding temporary and part- |
963 | time employees, the amount of refund may not exceed the lesser |
964 | of 97 percent of the sales tax paid on the cost of the building |
965 | materials or $10,000. A refund shall be made within 30 days |
966 | after formal approval by the department of the application for |
967 | the refund. |
968 | 6. The department shall adopt rules governing the manner |
969 | and form of refund applications and may establish guidelines as |
970 | to the requisites for an affirmative showing of qualification |
971 | for exemption under this paragraph. |
972 | 7. The department shall deduct an amount equal to 10 |
973 | percent of each refund granted under this paragraph from the |
974 | amount transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax |
975 | Clearing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 212.20 for the county area in |
976 | which the rehabilitated real property is located and shall |
977 | transfer that amount to the General Revenue Fund. |
978 | 8. For the purposes of the exemption provided in this |
979 | paragraph, the term: |
980 | a. "Building materials" means tangible personal property |
981 | that becomes a component part of improvements to real property. |
982 | b. "Real property" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
983 | 192.001(12), except that the term does not include a condominium |
984 | parcel or condominium property as defined in s. 718.103. |
985 | c. "Rehabilitation of real property" means the |
986 | reconstruction, renovation, restoration, rehabilitation, |
987 | construction, or expansion of improvements to real property. |
988 | d. "Substantially completed" has the same meaning as |
989 | provided in s. 192.042(1). |
990 | 9. This paragraph expires on the date specified in s. |
991 | 290.016 for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act. |
992 | (h) Business property used in an enterprise zone.- |
993 | 1. Business property purchased for use by businesses |
994 | located in an enterprise zone which is subsequently used in an |
995 | enterprise zone shall be exempt from the tax imposed by this |
996 | chapter. This exemption inures to the business only through a |
997 | refund of previously paid taxes. A refund shall be authorized |
998 | upon an affirmative showing by the taxpayer to the satisfaction |
999 | of the department that the requirements of this paragraph have |
1000 | been met. |
1001 | 2. To receive a refund, the business must file under oath |
1002 | with the governing body or enterprise zone development agency |
1003 | having jurisdiction over the enterprise zone where the business |
1004 | is located, as applicable, an application which includes: |
1005 | a. The name and address of the business claiming the |
1006 | refund. |
1007 | b. The identifying number assigned pursuant to s. 290.0065 |
1008 | to the enterprise zone in which the business is located. |
1009 | c. A specific description of the property for which a |
1010 | refund is sought, including its serial number or other permanent |
1011 | identification number. |
1012 | d. The location of the property. |
1013 | e. The sales invoice or other proof of purchase of the |
1014 | property, showing the amount of sales tax paid, the date of |
1015 | purchase, and the name and address of the sales tax dealer from |
1016 | whom the property was purchased. |
1017 | f. Whether the business is a small business as defined by |
1018 | s. 288.703. |
1019 | g. If applicable, the name and address of each permanent |
1020 | employee of the business, including, for each employee who is a |
1021 | resident of an enterprise zone, the identifying number assigned |
1022 | pursuant to s. 290.0065 to the enterprise zone in which the |
1023 | employee resides. |
1024 | 3. Within 10 working days after receipt of an application, |
1025 | the governing body or enterprise zone development agency shall |
1026 | review the application to determine if it contains all the |
1027 | information required pursuant to subparagraph 2. and meets the |
1028 | criteria set out in this paragraph. The governing body or agency |
1029 | shall certify all applications that contain the information |
1030 | required pursuant to subparagraph 2. and meet the criteria set |
1031 | out in this paragraph as eligible to receive a refund. If |
1032 | applicable, the governing body or agency shall also certify if |
1033 | 20 percent of the employees of the business are residents of an |
1034 | enterprise zone, excluding temporary and part-time employees. |
1035 | The certification shall be in writing, and a copy of the |
1036 | certification shall be transmitted to the executive director of |
1037 | the Department of Revenue. The business shall be responsible for |
1038 | forwarding a certified application to the department within the |
1039 | time specified in subparagraph 4. |
1040 | 4. An application for a refund pursuant to this paragraph |
1041 | must be submitted to the department within 6 months after the |
1042 | tax is due on the business property that is purchased. |
1043 | 5. The amount refunded on purchases of business property |
1044 | under this paragraph shall be the lesser of 97 percent of the |
1045 | sales tax paid on such business property or $5,000, or, if no |
1046 | less than 20 percent of the employees of the business are |
1047 | residents of an enterprise zone, excluding temporary and part- |
1048 | time employees, the amount refunded on purchases of business |
1049 | property under this paragraph shall be the lesser of 97 percent |
1050 | of the sales tax paid on such business property or $10,000. A |
1051 | refund approved pursuant to this paragraph shall be made within |
1052 | 30 days after formal approval by the department of the |
1053 | application for the refund. A refund may not be granted under |
1054 | this paragraph unless the amount to be refunded exceeds $100 in |
1055 | sales tax paid on purchases made within a 60-day time period. |
1056 | 6. The department shall adopt rules governing the manner |
1057 | and form of refund applications and may establish guidelines as |
1058 | to the requisites for an affirmative showing of qualification |
1059 | for exemption under this paragraph. |
1060 | 7. If the department determines that the business property |
1061 | is used outside an enterprise zone within 3 years from the date |
1062 | of purchase, the amount of taxes refunded to the business |
1063 | purchasing such business property shall immediately be due and |
1064 | payable to the department by the business, together with the |
1065 | appropriate interest and penalty, computed from the date of |
1066 | purchase, in the manner provided by this chapter. |
1067 | Notwithstanding this subparagraph, business property used |
1068 | exclusively in: |
1069 | a. Licensed commercial fishing vessels, |
1070 | b. Fishing guide boats, or |
1071 | c. Ecotourism guide boats |
1072 | |
1073 | that leave and return to a fixed location within an area |
1074 | designated under s. 379.2353, Florida Statutes 2010, are |
1075 | eligible for the exemption provided under this paragraph if all |
1076 | requirements of this paragraph are met. Such vessels and boats |
1077 | must be owned by a business that is eligible to receive the |
1078 | exemption provided under this paragraph. This exemption does not |
1079 | apply to the purchase of a vessel or boat. |
1080 | 8. The department shall deduct an amount equal to 10 |
1081 | percent of each refund granted under this paragraph from the |
1082 | amount transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax |
1083 | Clearing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 212.20 for the county area in |
1084 | which the business property is located and shall transfer that |
1085 | amount to the General Revenue Fund. |
1086 | 9. For the purposes of this exemption, "business property" |
1087 | means new or used property defined as "recovery property" in s. |
1088 | 168(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, except: |
1089 | a. Property classified as 3-year property under s. |
1090 | 168(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; |
1091 | b. Industrial machinery and equipment as defined in sub- |
1092 | subparagraph (b)6.a. and eligible for exemption under paragraph |
1093 | (b); |
1094 | c. Building materials as defined in sub-subparagraph |
1095 | (g)8.a.; and |
1096 | d. Business property having a sales price of under $5,000 |
1097 | per unit. |
1098 | 10. This paragraph expires on the date specified in s. |
1099 | 290.016 for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act. |
1100 | (i) Aircraft modification services.-There shall be exempt |
1101 | from the tax imposed by this chapter all charges for aircraft |
1102 | modification services, including parts and equipment furnished |
1103 | or installed in connection therewith, performed under authority |
1104 | of a supplemental type certificate issued by the Federal |
1105 | Aviation Administration. |
1106 | (j) Machinery and equipment used in semiconductor, |
1107 | defense, or space technology production.- |
1108 | 1.a. Industrial machinery and equipment used in |
1109 | semiconductor technology facilities certified under subparagraph |
1110 | 5. to manufacture, process, compound, or produce semiconductor |
1111 | technology products for sale or for use by these facilities are |
1112 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. For purposes of |
1113 | this paragraph, industrial machinery and equipment includes |
1114 | molds, dies, machine tooling, other appurtenances or accessories |
1115 | to machinery and equipment, testing equipment, test beds, |
1116 | computers, and software, whether purchased or self-fabricated, |
1117 | and, if self-fabricated, includes materials and labor for |
1118 | design, fabrication, and assembly. |
1119 | b. Industrial machinery and equipment used in defense or |
1120 | space technology facilities certified under subparagraph 5. to |
1121 | design, manufacture, assemble, process, compound, or produce |
1122 | defense technology products or space technology products for |
1123 | sale or for use by these facilities are exempt from the tax |
1124 | imposed by this chapter. |
1125 | 2. Building materials purchased for use in manufacturing |
1126 | or expanding clean rooms in semiconductor-manufacturing |
1127 | facilities are exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. |
1128 | 3. In addition to meeting the criteria mandated by |
1129 | subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., a business must be certified |
1130 | by the Department of Economic Opportunity in order to qualify |
1131 | for exemption under this paragraph. |
1132 | 4. For items purchased tax-exempt pursuant to this |
1133 | paragraph, possession of a written certification from the |
1134 | purchaser, certifying the purchaser's entitlement to the |
1135 | exemption, relieves the seller of the responsibility of |
1136 | collecting the tax on the sale of such items, and the department |
1137 | shall look solely to the purchaser for recovery of the tax if it |
1138 | determines that the purchaser was not entitled to the exemption. |
1139 | 5.a. To be eligible to receive the exemption provided by |
1140 | subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., a qualifying business entity |
1141 | shall initially apply to Enterprise Florida, Inc. The original |
1142 | certification is valid for a period of 2 years. In lieu of |
1143 | submitting a new application, the original certification may be |
1144 | renewed biennially by submitting to the Department of Economic |
1145 | Opportunity a statement, certified under oath, that there has |
1146 | not been a material change in the conditions or circumstances |
1147 | entitling the business entity to the original certification. The |
1148 | initial application and the certification renewal statement |
1149 | shall be developed by the Department of Economic Opportunity. |
1150 | b. The Division of Strategic Business Development of the |
1151 | Department of Economic Opportunity shall review each submitted |
1152 | initial application and determine whether or not the application |
1153 | is complete within 5 working days. Once complete, the division |
1154 | shall, within 10 working days, evaluate the application and |
1155 | recommend approval or disapproval to the Department of Economic |
1156 | Opportunity. |
1157 | c. Upon receipt of the initial application and |
1158 | recommendation from the division or upon receipt of a |
1159 | certification renewal statement, the Department of Economic |
1160 | Opportunity shall certify within 5 working days those applicants |
1161 | who are found to meet the requirements of this section and |
1162 | notify the applicant of the original certification or |
1163 | certification renewal. If the Department of Economic Opportunity |
1164 | finds that the applicant does not meet the requirements, it |
1165 | shall notify the applicant and Enterprise Florida, Inc., within |
1166 | 10 working days that the application for certification has been |
1167 | denied and the reasons for denial. The Department of Economic |
1168 | Opportunity has final approval authority for certification under |
1169 | this section. |
1170 | d. The initial application and certification renewal |
1171 | statement must indicate, for program evaluation purposes only, |
1172 | the average number of full-time equivalent employees at the |
1173 | facility over the preceding calendar year, the average wage and |
1174 | benefits paid to those employees over the preceding calendar |
1175 | year, the total investment made in real and tangible personal |
1176 | property over the preceding calendar year, and the total value |
1177 | of tax-exempt purchases and taxes exempted during the previous |
1178 | year. The department shall assist the Department of Economic |
1179 | Opportunity in evaluating and verifying information provided in |
1180 | the application for exemption. |
1181 | e. The Department of Economic Opportunity may use the |
1182 | information reported on the initial application and |
1183 | certification renewal statement for evaluation purposes only. |
1184 | 6. A business certified to receive this exemption may |
1185 | elect to designate one or more state universities or community |
1186 | colleges as recipients of up to 100 percent of the amount of the |
1187 | exemption. To receive these funds, the institution must agree to |
1188 | match the funds with equivalent cash, programs, services, or |
1189 | other in-kind support on a one-to-one basis for research and |
1190 | development projects requested by the certified business. The |
1191 | rights to any patents, royalties, or real or intellectual |
1192 | property must be vested in the business unless otherwise agreed |
1193 | to by the business and the university or community college. |
1194 | 7. As used in this paragraph, the term: |
1195 | a. "Semiconductor technology products" means raw |
1196 | semiconductor wafers or semiconductor thin films that are |
1197 | transformed into semiconductor memory or logic wafers, including |
1198 | wafers containing mixed memory and logic circuits; related |
1199 | assembly and test operations; active-matrix flat panel displays; |
1200 | semiconductor chips; semiconductor lasers; optoelectronic |
1201 | elements; and related semiconductor technology products as |
1202 | determined by the Department of Economic Opportunity. |
1203 | b. "Clean rooms" means manufacturing facilities enclosed |
1204 | in a manner that meets the clean manufacturing requirements |
1205 | necessary for high-technology semiconductor-manufacturing |
1206 | environments. |
1207 | c. "Defense technology products" means products that have |
1208 | a military application, including, but not limited to, weapons, |
1209 | weapons systems, guidance systems, surveillance systems, |
1210 | communications or information systems, munitions, aircraft, |
1211 | vessels, or boats, or components thereof, which are intended for |
1212 | military use and manufactured in performance of a contract with |
1213 | the United States Department of Defense or the military branch |
1214 | of a recognized foreign government or a subcontract thereunder |
1215 | which relates to matters of national defense. |
1216 | d. "Space technology products" means products that are |
1217 | specifically designed or manufactured for application in space |
1218 | activities, including, but not limited to, space launch |
1219 | vehicles, space flight vehicles, missiles, satellites or |
1220 | research payloads, avionics, and associated control systems and |
1221 | processing systems and components of any of the foregoing. The |
1222 | term does not include products that are designed or manufactured |
1223 | for general commercial aviation or other uses even though those |
1224 | products may also serve an incidental use in space applications. |
1225 | (k) Samples.-Paint color card samples, flooring and wall |
1226 | samples, fabric swatch samples, window covering samples, and |
1227 | similar samples, when such samples serve no useful purpose other |
1228 | than as a comparison of color, texture, or design; are provided |
1229 | by the manufacturer to a dealer or ultimate consumer for no |
1230 | charge; and are given away by the dealer to the ultimate |
1231 | consumer for no charge, are exempt. |
1232 | (l) Growth enhancers or performance enhancers for cattle.- |
1233 | There is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter the sale of |
1234 | performance-enhancing or growth-enhancing products for cattle. |
1235 | (m) Educational materials purchased by certain child care |
1236 | facilities.-Educational materials, such as glue, paper, paints, |
1237 | crayons, unique craft items, scissors, books, and educational |
1238 | toys, purchased by a child care facility that meets the |
1239 | standards delineated in s. 402.305, is licensed under s. |
1240 | 402.308, holds a current Gold Seal Quality Care designation |
1241 | pursuant to s. 402.281, and provides basic health insurance to |
1242 | all employees are exempt from the taxes imposed by this chapter. |
1243 | For purposes of this paragraph, the term "basic health |
1244 | insurance" shall be defined and promulgated in rules developed |
1245 | jointly by the Department of Children and Family Services, the |
1246 | Agency for Health Care Administration, and the Financial |
1247 | Services Commission. |
1248 | (n) Materials for construction of single-family homes in |
1249 | certain areas.- |
1250 | 1. As used in this paragraph, the term: |
1251 | a. "Building materials" means tangible personal property |
1252 | that becomes a component part of a qualified home. |
1253 | b. "Qualified home" means a single-family home having an |
1254 | appraised value of no more than $160,000 which is located in an |
1255 | enterprise zone, empowerment zone, or Front Porch Florida |
1256 | Community and which is constructed and occupied by the owner |
1257 | thereof for residential purposes. |
1258 | c. "Substantially completed" has the same meaning as |
1259 | provided in s. 192.042(1). |
1260 | 2. Building materials used in the construction of a |
1261 | qualified home and the costs of labor associated with the |
1262 | construction of a qualified home are exempt from the tax imposed |
1263 | by this chapter upon an affirmative showing to the satisfaction |
1264 | of the department that the requirements of this paragraph have |
1265 | been met. This exemption inures to the owner through a refund of |
1266 | previously paid taxes. To receive this refund, the owner must |
1267 | file an application under oath with the department which |
1268 | includes: |
1269 | a. The name and address of the owner. |
1270 | b. The address and assessment roll parcel number of the |
1271 | home for which a refund is sought. |
1272 | c. A copy of the building permit issued for the home. |
1273 | d. A certification by the local building code inspector |
1274 | that the home is substantially completed. |
1275 | e. A sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, from the |
1276 | general contractor licensed in this state with whom the owner |
1277 | contracted to construct the home, which statement lists the |
1278 | building materials used in the construction of the home and the |
1279 | actual cost thereof, the labor costs associated with such |
1280 | construction, and the amount of sales tax paid on these |
1281 | materials and labor costs. If a general contractor was not used, |
1282 | the owner shall provide this information in a sworn statement, |
1283 | under penalty of perjury. Copies of invoices evidencing payment |
1284 | of sales tax must be attached to the sworn statement. |
1285 | f. A sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, from the |
1286 | owner affirming that he or she is occupying the home for |
1287 | residential purposes. |
1288 | 3. An application for a refund under this paragraph must |
1289 | be submitted to the department within 6 months after the date |
1290 | the home is deemed to be substantially completed by the local |
1291 | building code inspector. Within 30 working days after receipt of |
1292 | the application, the department shall determine if it meets the |
1293 | requirements of this paragraph. A refund approved pursuant to |
1294 | this paragraph shall be made within 30 days after formal |
1295 | approval of the application by the department. |
1296 | 4. The department shall establish by rule an application |
1297 | form and criteria for establishing eligibility for exemption |
1298 | under this paragraph. |
1299 | 5. The exemption shall apply to purchases of materials on |
1300 | or after July 1, 2000. |
1301 | (o) Building materials in redevelopment projects.- |
1302 | 1. As used in this paragraph, the term: |
1303 | a. "Building materials" means tangible personal property |
1304 | that becomes a component part of a housing project or a mixed- |
1305 | use project. |
1306 | b. "Housing project" means the conversion of an existing |
1307 | manufacturing or industrial building to housing units in an |
1308 | urban high-crime area, enterprise zone, empowerment zone, Front |
1309 | Porch Community, designated brownfield area, or urban infill |
1310 | area and in which the developer agrees to set aside at least 20 |
1311 | percent of the housing units in the project for low-income and |
1312 | moderate-income persons or the construction in a designated |
1313 | brownfield area of affordable housing for persons described in |
1314 | s. 420.0004(9), (11), (12), or (17) or in s. 159.603(7). |
1315 | c. "Mixed-use project" means the conversion of an existing |
1316 | manufacturing or industrial building to mixed-use units that |
1317 | include artists' studios, art and entertainment services, or |
1318 | other compatible uses. A mixed-use project must be located in an |
1319 | urban high-crime area, enterprise zone, empowerment zone, Front |
1320 | Porch Community, designated brownfield area, or urban infill |
1321 | area, and the developer must agree to set aside at least 20 |
1322 | percent of the square footage of the project for low-income and |
1323 | moderate-income housing. |
1324 | d. "Substantially completed" has the same meaning as |
1325 | provided in s. 192.042(1). |
1326 | 2. Building materials used in the construction of a |
1327 | housing project or mixed-use project are exempt from the tax |
1328 | imposed by this chapter upon an affirmative showing to the |
1329 | satisfaction of the department that the requirements of this |
1330 | paragraph have been met. This exemption inures to the owner |
1331 | through a refund of previously paid taxes. To receive this |
1332 | refund, the owner must file an application under oath with the |
1333 | department which includes: |
1334 | a. The name and address of the owner. |
1335 | b. The address and assessment roll parcel number of the |
1336 | project for which a refund is sought. |
1337 | c. A copy of the building permit issued for the project. |
1338 | d. A certification by the local building code inspector |
1339 | that the project is substantially completed. |
1340 | e. A sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, from the |
1341 | general contractor licensed in this state with whom the owner |
1342 | contracted to construct the project, which statement lists the |
1343 | building materials used in the construction of the project and |
1344 | the actual cost thereof, and the amount of sales tax paid on |
1345 | these materials. If a general contractor was not used, the owner |
1346 | shall provide this information in a sworn statement, under |
1347 | penalty of perjury. Copies of invoices evidencing payment of |
1348 | sales tax must be attached to the sworn statement. |
1349 | 3. An application for a refund under this paragraph must |
1350 | be submitted to the department within 6 months after the date |
1351 | the project is deemed to be substantially completed by the local |
1352 | building code inspector. Within 30 working days after receipt of |
1353 | the application, the department shall determine if it meets the |
1354 | requirements of this paragraph. A refund approved pursuant to |
1355 | this paragraph shall be made within 30 days after formal |
1356 | approval of the application by the department. |
1357 | 4. The department shall establish by rule an application |
1358 | form and criteria for establishing eligibility for exemption |
1359 | under this paragraph. |
1360 | 5. The exemption shall apply to purchases of materials on |
1361 | or after July 1, 2000. |
1362 | (p) Community contribution tax credit for donations.- |
1363 | 1. Authorization.-Persons who are registered with the |
1364 | department under s. 212.18 to collect or remit sales or use tax |
1365 | and who make donations to eligible sponsors are eligible for tax |
1366 | credits against their state sales and use tax liabilities as |
1367 | provided in this paragraph: |
1368 | a. The credit shall be computed as 50 percent of the |
1369 | person's approved annual community contribution. |
1370 | b. The credit shall be granted as a refund against state |
1371 | sales and use taxes reported on returns and remitted in the 12 |
1372 | months preceding the date of application to the department for |
1373 | the credit as required in sub-subparagraph 3.c. If the annual |
1374 | credit is not fully used through such refund because of |
1375 | insufficient tax payments during the applicable 12-month period, |
1376 | the unused amount may be included in an application for a refund |
1377 | made pursuant to sub-subparagraph 3.c. in subsequent years |
1378 | against the total tax payments made for such year. Carryover |
1379 | credits may be applied for a 3-year period without regard to any |
1380 | time limitation that would otherwise apply under s. 215.26. |
1381 | c. A person may not receive more than $200,000 in annual |
1382 | tax credits for all approved community contributions made in any |
1383 | one year. |
1384 | d. All proposals for the granting of the tax credit |
1385 | require the prior approval of the Department of Economic |
1386 | Opportunity. |
1387 | e. The total amount of tax credits which may be granted |
1388 | for all programs approved under this paragraph, s. 220.183, and |
1389 | s. 624.5105 is $10.5 million annually for projects that provide |
1390 | homeownership opportunities for low-income or very-low-income |
1391 | households as defined in s. 420.9071(19) and (28) and $3.5 |
1392 | million annually for all other projects. |
1393 | f. A person who is eligible to receive the credit provided |
1394 | for in this paragraph, s. 220.183, or s. 624.5105 may receive |
1395 | the credit only under the one section of the person's choice. |
1396 | 2. Eligibility requirements.- |
1397 | a. A community contribution by a person must be in the |
1398 | following form: |
1399 | (I) Cash or other liquid assets; |
1400 | (II) Real property; |
1401 | (III) Goods or inventory; or |
1402 | (IV) Other physical resources as identified by the |
1403 | Department of Economic Opportunity. |
1404 | b. All community contributions must be reserved |
1405 | exclusively for use in a project. As used in this sub- |
1406 | subparagraph, the term "project" means any activity undertaken |
1407 | by an eligible sponsor which is designed to construct, improve, |
1408 | or substantially rehabilitate housing that is affordable to low- |
1409 | income or very-low-income households as defined in s. |
1410 | 420.9071(19) and (28); designed to provide commercial, |
1411 | industrial, or public resources and facilities; or designed to |
1412 | improve entrepreneurial and job-development opportunities for |
1413 | low-income persons. A project may be the investment necessary to |
1414 | increase access to high-speed broadband capability in rural |
1415 | communities with enterprise zones, including projects that |
1416 | result in improvements to communications assets that are owned |
1417 | by a business. A project may include the provision of museum |
1418 | educational programs and materials that are directly related to |
1419 | any project approved between January 1, 1996, and December 31, |
1420 | 1999, and located in an enterprise zone designated pursuant to |
1421 | s. 290.0065. This paragraph does not preclude projects that |
1422 | propose to construct or rehabilitate housing for low-income or |
1423 | very-low-income households on scattered sites. With respect to |
1424 | housing, contributions may be used to pay the following eligible |
1425 | low-income and very-low-income housing-related activities: |
1426 | (I) Project development impact and management fees for |
1427 | low-income or very-low-income housing projects; |
1428 | (II) Down payment and closing costs for eligible persons, |
1429 | as defined in s. 420.9071(19) and (28); |
1430 | (III) Administrative costs, including housing counseling |
1431 | and marketing fees, not to exceed 10 percent of the community |
1432 | contribution, directly related to low-income or very-low-income |
1433 | projects; and |
1434 | (IV) Removal of liens recorded against residential |
1435 | property by municipal, county, or special district local |
1436 | governments when satisfaction of the lien is a necessary |
1437 | precedent to the transfer of the property to an eligible person, |
1438 | as defined in s. 420.9071(19) and (28), for the purpose of |
1439 | promoting home ownership. Contributions for lien removal must be |
1440 | received from a nonrelated third party. |
1441 | c. The project must be undertaken by an "eligible |
1442 | sponsor," which includes: |
1443 | (I) A community action program; |
1444 | (II) A nonprofit community-based development organization |
1445 | whose mission is the provision of housing for low-income or |
1446 | very-low-income households or increasing entrepreneurial and |
1447 | job-development opportunities for low-income persons; |
1448 | (III) A neighborhood housing services corporation; |
1449 | (IV) A local housing authority created under chapter 421; |
1450 | (V) A community redevelopment agency created under s. |
1451 | 163.356; |
1452 | (VI) A historic preservation district agency or |
1453 | organization; |
1454 | (VII) A regional workforce board; |
1455 | (VIII) A direct-support organization as provided in s. |
1456 | 1009.983; |
1457 | (IX) An enterprise zone development agency created under |
1458 | s. 290.0056; |
1459 | (X) A community-based organization incorporated under |
1460 | chapter 617 which is recognized as educational, charitable, or |
1461 | scientific pursuant to s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code |
1462 | and whose bylaws and articles of incorporation include |
1463 | affordable housing, economic development, or community |
1464 | development as the primary mission of the corporation; |
1465 | (XI) Units of local government; |
1466 | (XII) Units of state government; or |
1467 | (XIII) Any other agency that the Department of Economic |
1468 | Opportunity designates by rule. |
1469 | |
1470 | In no event may a contributing person have a financial interest |
1471 | in the eligible sponsor. |
1472 | d. The project must be located in an area designated an |
1473 | enterprise zone or a Front Porch Florida Community, unless the |
1474 | project increases access to high-speed broadband capability for |
1475 | rural communities with enterprise zones but is physically |
1476 | located outside the designated rural zone boundaries. Any |
1477 | project designed to construct or rehabilitate housing for low- |
1478 | income or very-low-income households as defined in s. |
1479 | 420.9071(19) and (28) is exempt from the area requirement of |
1480 | this sub-subparagraph. |
1481 | e.(I) If, during the first 10 business days of the state |
1482 | fiscal year, eligible tax credit applications for projects that |
1483 | provide homeownership opportunities for low-income or very-low- |
1484 | income households as defined in s. 420.9071(19) and (28) are |
1485 | received for less than the annual tax credits available for |
1486 | those projects, the Department of Economic Opportunity shall |
1487 | grant tax credits for those applications and shall grant |
1488 | remaining tax credits on a first-come, first-served basis for |
1489 | any subsequent eligible applications received before the end of |
1490 | the state fiscal year. If, during the first 10 business days of |
1491 | the state fiscal year, eligible tax credit applications for |
1492 | projects that provide homeownership opportunities for low-income |
1493 | or very-low-income households as defined in s. 420.9071(19) and |
1494 | (28) are received for more than the annual tax credits available |
1495 | for those projects, the Department of Economic Opportunity shall |
1496 | grant the tax credits for those applications as follows: |
1497 | (A) If tax credit applications submitted for approved |
1498 | projects of an eligible sponsor do not exceed $200,000 in total, |
1499 | the credits shall be granted in full if the tax credit |
1500 | applications are approved. |
1501 | (B) If tax credit applications submitted for approved |
1502 | projects of an eligible sponsor exceed $200,000 in total, the |
1503 | amount of tax credits granted pursuant to sub-sub-sub- |
1504 | subparagraph (A) shall be subtracted from the amount of |
1505 | available tax credits, and the remaining credits shall be |
1506 | granted to each approved tax credit application on a pro rata |
1507 | basis. |
1508 | (II) If, during the first 10 business days of the state |
1509 | fiscal year, eligible tax credit applications for projects other |
1510 | than those that provide homeownership opportunities for low- |
1511 | income or very-low-income households as defined in s. |
1512 | 420.9071(19) and (28) are received for less than the annual tax |
1513 | credits available for those projects, the Department of Economic |
1514 | Opportunity shall grant tax credits for those applications and |
1515 | shall grant remaining tax credits on a first-come, first-served |
1516 | basis for any subsequent eligible applications received before |
1517 | the end of the state fiscal year. If, during the first 10 |
1518 | business days of the state fiscal year, eligible tax credit |
1519 | applications for projects other than those that provide |
1520 | homeownership opportunities for low-income or very-low-income |
1521 | households as defined in s. 420.9071(19) and (28) are received |
1522 | for more than the annual tax credits available for those |
1523 | projects, the Department of Economic Opportunity shall grant the |
1524 | tax credits for those applications on a pro rata basis. |
1525 | 3. Application requirements.- |
1526 | a. Any eligible sponsor seeking to participate in this |
1527 | program must submit a proposal to the Department of Economic |
1528 | Opportunity which sets forth the name of the sponsor, a |
1529 | description of the project, and the area in which the project is |
1530 | located, together with such supporting information as is |
1531 | prescribed by rule. The proposal must also contain a resolution |
1532 | from the local governmental unit in which the project is located |
1533 | certifying that the project is consistent with local plans and |
1534 | regulations. |
1535 | b. Any person seeking to participate in this program must |
1536 | submit an application for tax credit to the Department of |
1537 | Economic Opportunity which sets forth the name of the sponsor, a |
1538 | description of the project, and the type, value, and purpose of |
1539 | the contribution. The sponsor shall verify the terms of the |
1540 | application and indicate its receipt of the contribution, which |
1541 | verification must be in writing and accompany the application |
1542 | for tax credit. The person must submit a separate tax credit |
1543 | application to the Department of Economic Opportunity for each |
1544 | individual contribution that it makes to each individual |
1545 | project. |
1546 | c. Any person who has received notification from the |
1547 | Department of Economic Opportunity that a tax credit has been |
1548 | approved must apply to the department to receive the refund. |
1549 | Application must be made on the form prescribed for claiming |
1550 | refunds of sales and use taxes and be accompanied by a copy of |
1551 | the notification. A person may submit only one application for |
1552 | refund to the department within any 12-month period. |
1553 | 4. Administration.- |
1554 | a. The Department of Economic Opportunity may adopt rules |
1555 | pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to administer |
1556 | this paragraph, including rules for the approval or disapproval |
1557 | of proposals by a person. |
1558 | b. The decision of the Department of Economic Opportunity |
1559 | must be in writing, and, if approved, the notification shall |
1560 | state the maximum credit allowable to the person. Upon approval, |
1561 | the Department of Economic Opportunity shall transmit a copy of |
1562 | the decision to the Department of Revenue. |
1563 | c. The Department of Economic Opportunity shall |
1564 | periodically monitor all projects in a manner consistent with |
1565 | available resources to ensure that resources are used in |
1566 | accordance with this paragraph; however, each project must be |
1567 | reviewed at least once every 2 years. |
1568 | d. The Department of Economic Opportunity shall, in |
1569 | consultation with the statewide and regional housing and |
1570 | financial intermediaries, market the availability of the |
1571 | community contribution tax credit program to community-based |
1572 | organizations. |
1573 | 5. Expiration.-This paragraph expires June 30, 2015; |
1574 | however, any accrued credit carryover that is unused on that |
1575 | date may be used until the expiration of the 3-year carryover |
1576 | period for such credit. |
1577 | (q) Entertainment industry tax credit; authorization; |
1578 | eligibility for credits.-The credits against the state sales tax |
1579 | authorized pursuant to s. 288.1254 shall be deducted from any |
1580 | sales and use tax remitted by the dealer to the department by |
1581 | electronic funds transfer and may only be deducted on a sales |
1582 | and use tax return initiated through electronic data |
1583 | interchange. The dealer shall separately state the credit on the |
1584 | electronic return. The net amount of tax due and payable must be |
1585 | remitted by electronic funds transfer. If the credit for the |
1586 | qualified expenditures is larger than the amount owed on the |
1587 | sales and use tax return that is eligible for the credit, the |
1588 | unused amount of the credit may be carried forward to a |
1589 | succeeding reporting period as provided in s. 288.1254(4)(e). A |
1590 | dealer may only obtain a credit using the method described in |
1591 | this subparagraph. A dealer is not authorized to obtain a credit |
1592 | by applying for a refund. |
1593 | (6) EXEMPTIONS; POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.- |
1594 | (a) There are also exempt from the tax imposed by this |
1595 | chapter sales made to the United States Government, a state, or |
1596 | any county, municipality, or political subdivision of a state |
1597 | when payment is made directly to the dealer by the governmental |
1598 | entity. This exemption shall not inure to any transaction |
1599 | otherwise taxable under this chapter when payment is made by a |
1600 | government employee by any means, including, but not limited to, |
1601 | cash, check, or credit card when that employee is subsequently |
1602 | reimbursed by the governmental entity. This exemption does not |
1603 | include sales, rental, use, consumption, or storage for use in |
1604 | any political subdivision or municipality in this state of |
1605 | machines and equipment and parts and accessories therefor used |
1606 | in the generation, transmission, or distribution of electrical |
1607 | energy by systems owned and operated by a political subdivision |
1608 | in this state for transmission or distribution expansion. |
1609 | Likewise exempt are charges for services rendered by radio and |
1610 | television stations, including line charges, talent fees, or |
1611 | license fees and charges for films, videotapes, and |
1612 | transcriptions used in producing radio or television broadcasts. |
1613 | The exemption provided in this subsection does not include |
1614 | sales, rental, use, consumption, or storage for use in any |
1615 | political subdivision or municipality in this state of machines |
1616 | and equipment and parts and accessories therefor used in |
1617 | providing two-way telecommunications services to the public for |
1618 | hire by the use of a telecommunications facility, as defined in |
1619 | s. 364.02(14), and for which a certificate is required under |
1620 | chapter 364, which facility is owned and operated by any county, |
1621 | municipality, or other political subdivision of the state. Any |
1622 | immunity of any political subdivision of the state or other |
1623 | entity of local government from taxation of the property used to |
1624 | provide telecommunication services that is taxed as a result of |
1625 | this section is hereby waived. However, the exemption provided |
1626 | in this subsection includes transactions taxable under this |
1627 | chapter which are for use by the operator of a public-use |
1628 | airport, as defined in s. 332.004, in providing such |
1629 | telecommunications services for the airport or its tenants, |
1630 | concessionaires, or licensees, or which are for use by a public |
1631 | hospital for the provision of such telecommunications services. |
1632 | (b) The exemption provided under this subsection does not |
1633 | include sales of tangible personal property made to contractors |
1634 | employed directly to or as agents of any such government or |
1635 | political subdivision when such tangible personal property goes |
1636 | into or becomes a part of public works owned by such government |
1637 | or political subdivision. A determination of whether a |
1638 | particular transaction is properly characterized as an exempt |
1639 | sale to a government entity or a taxable sale to a contractor |
1640 | shall be based upon the substance of the transaction rather than |
1641 | the form in which the transaction is cast. However, for sales of |
1642 | tangible personal property that go into or become a part of |
1643 | public works owned by a governmental entity, other than the |
1644 | Federal Government, a governmental entity claiming the exemption |
1645 | provided under this subsection shall certify to the dealer and |
1646 | the contractor the entity's claim to the exemption by providing |
1647 | the dealer and the contractor a certificate of entitlement to |
1648 | the exemption for such sales. If the department later determines |
1649 | that such sales, in which the governmental entity provided the |
1650 | dealer and the contractor with a certificate of entitlement to |
1651 | the exemption, were not exempt sales to the governmental entity, |
1652 | the governmental entity shall be liable for any tax, penalty, |
1653 | and interest determined to be owed on such transactions. |
1654 | Possession by a dealer or contractor of a certificate of |
1655 | entitlement to the exemption from the governmental entity |
1656 | relieves the dealer from the responsibility of collecting tax on |
1657 | the sale and the contractor for any liability for tax, penalty, |
1658 | or interest related to the sale, and the department shall look |
1659 | solely to the governmental entity for recovery of tax, penalty, |
1660 | and interest if the department determines that the transaction |
1661 | was not an exempt sale to the governmental entity. The |
1662 | governmental entity may not transfer liability for such tax, |
1663 | penalty, and interest to another party by contract or agreement. |
1664 | (c) The department shall adopt rules for determining |
1665 | whether a particular transaction is properly characterized as an |
1666 | exempt sale to a governmental entity or a taxable sale to a |
1667 | contractor which give special consideration to factors that |
1668 | govern the status of the tangible personal property before being |
1669 | affixed to real property. In developing such rules, assumption |
1670 | of the risk of damage or loss is of paramount consideration in |
1671 | the determination. The department shall also adopt, by rule, a |
1672 | certificate of entitlement to exemption for use as provided in |
1673 | paragraph (b). The certificate shall require the governmental |
1674 | entity to affirm that it will comply with the requirements of |
1675 | this subsection and the rules adopted under paragraph (b) in |
1676 | order to qualify for the exemption and that it acknowledges its |
1677 | liability for any tax, penalty, or interest later determined by |
1678 | the department to be owed on such transactions. |
1679 | (3)(7) MISCELLANEOUS EXEMPTIONS.-Exemptions provided to |
1680 | any entity by this chapter do not inure to any transaction that |
1681 | is otherwise taxable under this chapter when payment is made by |
1682 | a representative or employee of the entity by any means, |
1683 | including, but not limited to, cash, check, or credit card, even |
1684 | when that representative or employee is subsequently reimbursed |
1685 | by the entity. In addition, exemptions provided to any entity by |
1686 | this subsection do not inure to any transaction that is |
1687 | otherwise taxable under this chapter unless the entity has |
1688 | obtained a sales tax exemption certificate from the department |
1689 | or the entity obtains or provides other documentation as |
1690 | required by the department. Eligible purchases or leases made |
1691 | with such a certificate must be in strict compliance with this |
1692 | subsection and departmental rules, and any person who makes an |
1693 | exempt purchase with a certificate that is not in strict |
1694 | compliance with this subsection and the rules is liable for and |
1695 | shall pay the tax. The department may adopt rules to administer |
1696 | this subsection. |
1697 | (a) Artificial commemorative flowers.-Exempt from the tax |
1698 | imposed by this chapter is the sale of artificial commemorative |
1699 | flowers by bona fide nationally chartered veterans' |
1700 | organizations. |
1701 | (b) Boiler fuels.-When purchased for use as a combustible |
1702 | fuel, purchases of natural gas, residual oil, recycled oil, |
1703 | waste oil, solid waste material, coal, sulfur, wood, wood |
1704 | residues or wood bark used in an industrial manufacturing, |
1705 | processing, compounding, or production process at a fixed |
1706 | location in this state are exempt from the taxes imposed by this |
1707 | chapter; however, such exemption shall not be allowed unless the |
1708 | purchaser signs a certificate stating that the fuel to be |
1709 | exempted is for the exclusive use designated herein. This |
1710 | exemption does not apply to the use of boiler fuels that are not |
1711 | used in manufacturing, processing, compounding, or producing |
1712 | items of tangible personal property for sale, or to the use of |
1713 | boiler fuels used by any firm subject to regulation by the |
1714 | Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business |
1715 | and Professional Regulation. |
1716 | (c) Crustacea bait.-Also exempt from the tax imposed by |
1717 | this chapter is the purchase by commercial fishers of bait |
1718 | intended solely for use in the entrapment of Callinectes sapidus |
1719 | and Menippe mercenaria. |
1720 | (d) Feeds.-Feeds for poultry, ostriches, and livestock, |
1721 | including racehorses and dairy cows, are exempt. |
1722 | (e) Film rentals.-Film rentals are exempt when an |
1723 | admission is charged for viewing such film, and license fees and |
1724 | direct charges for films, videotapes, and transcriptions used by |
1725 | television or radio stations or networks are exempt. |
1726 | (f) Flags.-Also exempt are sales of the flag of the United |
1727 | States and the official state flag of Florida. |
1728 | (g) Florida Retired Educators Association and its local |
1729 | chapters.-Also exempt from payment of the tax imposed by this |
1730 | chapter are purchases of office supplies, equipment, and |
1731 | publications made by the Florida Retired Educators Association |
1732 | and its local chapters. |
1733 | (a)(h) Guide dogs for the blind.-Also exempt are the sale |
1734 | or rental of guide dogs for the blind, commonly referred to as |
1735 | "seeing-eye dogs," and the sale of food or other items for such |
1736 | guide dogs. |
1737 | 1. The department shall issue a consumer's certificate of |
1738 | exemption to any blind person who holds an identification card |
1739 | as provided for in s. 413.091 and who either owns or rents, or |
1740 | contemplates the ownership or rental of, a guide dog for the |
1741 | blind. The consumer's certificate of exemption shall be issued |
1742 | without charge and shall be of such size as to be capable of |
1743 | being carried in a wallet or billfold. |
1744 | 2. The department shall make such rules concerning items |
1745 | exempt from tax under the provisions of this paragraph as may be |
1746 | necessary to provide that any person authorized to have a |
1747 | consumer's certificate of exemption need only present such a |
1748 | certificate at the time of paying for exempt goods and shall not |
1749 | be required to pay any tax thereon. |
1750 | (b)(i) Hospital meals and rooms.-Also exempt from payment |
1751 | of the tax imposed by this chapter on rentals and meals are |
1752 | patients and inmates of any hospital or other physical plant or |
1753 | facility designed and operated primarily for the care of persons |
1754 | who are ill, aged, infirm, mentally or physically incapacitated, |
1755 | or otherwise dependent on special care or attention. Residents |
1756 | of a home for the aged are exempt from payment of taxes on meals |
1757 | provided through the facility. A home for the aged is defined as |
1758 | a facility that is licensed or certified in part or in whole |
1759 | under chapter 400, chapter 429, or chapter 651, or that is |
1760 | financed by a mortgage loan made or insured by the United States |
1761 | Department of Housing and Urban Development under s. 202, s. 202 |
1762 | with a s. 8 subsidy, s. 221(d)(3) or (4), s. 232, or s. 236 of |
1763 | the National Housing Act, or other such similar facility |
1764 | designed and operated primarily for the care of the aged. |
1765 | (c)(j) Household fuels.-Also exempt from payment of the |
1766 | tax imposed by this chapter are sales of utilities to |
1767 | residential households or owners of residential models in this |
1768 | state by utility companies who pay the gross receipts tax |
1769 | imposed under s. 203.01, and sales of fuel to residential |
1770 | households or owners of residential models, including oil, |
1771 | kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, coal, wood, and other fuel |
1772 | products used in the household or residential model for the |
1773 | purposes of heating, cooking, lighting, and refrigeration, |
1774 | regardless of whether such sales of utilities and fuels are |
1775 | separately metered and billed direct to the residents or are |
1776 | metered and billed to the landlord. If any part of the utility |
1777 | or fuel is used for a nonexempt purpose, the entire sale is |
1778 | taxable. The landlord shall provide a separate meter for |
1779 | nonexempt utility or fuel consumption. For the purposes of this |
1780 | paragraph, licensed family day care homes shall also be exempt. |
1781 | (d)(k) Meals provided by certain nonprofit organizations.- |
1782 | There is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter the sale of |
1783 | prepared meals by a nonprofit volunteer organization to |
1784 | handicapped, elderly, or indigent persons when such meals are |
1785 | delivered as a charitable function by the organization to such |
1786 | persons at their places of residence. |
1787 | (l) Organizations providing special educational, cultural, |
1788 | recreational, and social benefits to minors.-Also exempt from |
1789 | the tax imposed by this chapter are sales or leases to and sales |
1790 | of donated property by nonprofit organizations which are |
1791 | incorporated pursuant to chapter 617 the primary purpose of |
1792 | which is providing activities that contribute to the development |
1793 | of good character or good sportsmanship, or to the educational |
1794 | or cultural development, of minors. This exemption is extended |
1795 | only to that level of the organization that has a salaried |
1796 | executive officer or an elected nonsalaried executive officer. |
1797 | For the purpose of this paragraph, the term "donated property" |
1798 | means any property transferred to such nonprofit organization |
1799 | for less than 50 percent of its fair market value. |
1800 | (m) Religious institutions.- |
1801 | 1. There are exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter |
1802 | transactions involving sales or leases directly to religious |
1803 | institutions when used in carrying on their customary nonprofit |
1804 | religious activities or sales or leases of tangible personal |
1805 | property by religious institutions having an established |
1806 | physical place for worship at which nonprofit religious services |
1807 | and activities are regularly conducted and carried on. |
1808 | 2. As used in this paragraph, the term "religious |
1809 | institutions" means churches, synagogues, and established |
1810 | physical places for worship at which nonprofit religious |
1811 | services and activities are regularly conducted and carried on. |
1812 | The term "religious institutions" includes nonprofit |
1813 | corporations the sole purpose of which is to provide free |
1814 | transportation services to church members, their families, and |
1815 | other church attendees. The term "religious institutions" also |
1816 | includes nonprofit state, nonprofit district, or other nonprofit |
1817 | governing or administrative offices the function of which is to |
1818 | assist or regulate the customary activities of religious |
1819 | institutions. The term "religious institutions" also includes |
1820 | any nonprofit corporation that is qualified as nonprofit under |
1821 | s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, |
1822 | and that owns and operates a Florida television station, at |
1823 | least 90 percent of the programming of which station consists of |
1824 | programs of a religious nature and the financial support for |
1825 | which, exclusive of receipts for broadcasting from other |
1826 | nonprofit organizations, is predominantly from contributions |
1827 | from the general public. The term "religious institutions" also |
1828 | includes any nonprofit corporation that is qualified as |
1829 | nonprofit under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of |
1830 | 1986, as amended, the primary activity of which is making and |
1831 | distributing audio recordings of religious scriptures and |
1832 | teachings to blind or visually impaired persons at no charge. |
1833 | The term "religious institutions" also includes any nonprofit |
1834 | corporation that is qualified as nonprofit under s. 501(c)(3) of |
1835 | the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the sole or |
1836 | primary function of which is to provide, upon invitation, |
1837 | nonprofit religious services, evangelistic services, religious |
1838 | education, administrative assistance, or missionary assistance |
1839 | for a church, synagogue, or established physical place of |
1840 | worship at which nonprofit religious services and activities are |
1841 | regularly conducted. |
1842 | (n) Veterans' organizations.- |
1843 | 1. There are exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter |
1844 | transactions involving sales or leases to qualified veterans' |
1845 | organizations and their auxiliaries when used in carrying on |
1846 | their customary veterans' organization activities. |
1847 | 2. As used in this paragraph, the term "veterans' |
1848 | organizations" means nationally chartered or recognized |
1849 | veterans' organizations, including, but not limited to, Florida |
1850 | chapters of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Catholic War |
1851 | Veterans of the U.S.A., Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., and |
1852 | the Disabled American Veterans, Department of Florida, Inc., |
1853 | which hold current exemptions from federal income tax under s. |
1854 | 501(c)(4) or (19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as |
1855 | amended. |
1856 | (o) Schools, colleges, and universities.-Also exempt from |
1857 | the tax imposed by this chapter are sales or leases to state |
1858 | tax-supported schools, colleges, or universities. |
1859 | (p) Section 501(c)(3) organizations.-Also exempt from the |
1860 | tax imposed by this chapter are sales or leases to organizations |
1861 | determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be currently |
1862 | exempt from federal income tax pursuant to s. 501(c)(3) of the |
1863 | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, when such leases or |
1864 | purchases are used in carrying on their customary nonprofit |
1865 | activities. |
1866 | (q) Resource recovery equipment.-Also exempt is resource |
1867 | recovery equipment which is owned and operated by or on behalf |
1868 | of any county or municipality, certified by the Department of |
1869 | Environmental Protection under the provisions of s. 403.715. |
1870 | (e)(r) School books and school lunches.-This exemption |
1871 | applies to school books used in regularly prescribed courses of |
1872 | study, and to school lunches served in public, parochial, or |
1873 | nonprofit schools operated for and attended by pupils of grades |
1874 | K through 12. Yearbooks, magazines, newspapers, directories, |
1875 | bulletins, and similar publications distributed by such |
1876 | educational institutions to their students are also exempt. |
1877 | School books and food sold or served at community colleges and |
1878 | other institutions of higher learning are taxable. |
1879 | (s) Tasting beverages.-Vinous and alcoholic beverages |
1880 | provided by distributors or vendors for the purpose of "wine |
1881 | tasting" and "spirituous beverage tasting" as contemplated under |
1882 | the provisions of ss. 564.06 and 565.12, respectively, are |
1883 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. |
1884 | (t) Boats temporarily docked in state.- |
1885 | 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 328, |
1886 | pertaining to the registration of vessels, a boat upon which the |
1887 | state sales or use tax has not been paid is exempt from the use |
1888 | tax under this chapter if it enters and remains in this state |
1889 | for a period not to exceed a total of 20 days in any calendar |
1890 | year calculated from the date of first dockage or slippage at a |
1891 | facility, registered with the department, that rents dockage or |
1892 | slippage space in this state. If a boat brought into this state |
1893 | for use under this paragraph is placed in a facility, registered |
1894 | with the department, for repairs, alterations, refitting, or |
1895 | modifications and such repairs, alterations, refitting, or |
1896 | modifications are supported by written documentation, the 20-day |
1897 | period shall be tolled during the time the boat is physically in |
1898 | the care, custody, and control of the repair facility, including |
1899 | the time spent on sea trials conducted by the facility. The 20- |
1900 | day time period may be tolled only once within a calendar year |
1901 | when a boat is placed for the first time that year in the |
1902 | physical care, custody, and control of a registered repair |
1903 | facility; however, the owner may request and the department may |
1904 | grant an additional tolling of the 20-day period for purposes of |
1905 | repairs that arise from a written guarantee given by the |
1906 | registered repair facility, which guarantee covers only those |
1907 | repairs or modifications made during the first tolled period. |
1908 | Within 72 hours after the date upon which the registered repair |
1909 | facility took possession of the boat, the facility must have in |
1910 | its possession, on forms prescribed by the department, an |
1911 | affidavit which states that the boat is under its care, custody, |
1912 | and control and that the owner does not use the boat while in |
1913 | the facility. Upon completion of the repairs, alterations, |
1914 | refitting, or modifications, the registered repair facility |
1915 | must, within 72 hours after the date of release, have in its |
1916 | possession a copy of the release form which shows the date of |
1917 | release and any other information the department requires. The |
1918 | repair facility shall maintain a log that documents all |
1919 | alterations, additions, repairs, and sea trials during the time |
1920 | the boat is under the care, custody, and control of the |
1921 | facility. The affidavit shall be maintained by the registered |
1922 | repair facility as part of its records for as long as required |
1923 | by s. 213.35. When, within 6 months after the date of its |
1924 | purchase, a boat is brought into this state under this |
1925 | paragraph, the 6-month period provided in s. 212.05(1)(a)2. or |
1926 | s. 212.06(8) shall be tolled. |
1927 | 2. During the period of repairs, alterations, refitting, |
1928 | or modifications and during the 20-day period referred to in |
1929 | subparagraph 1., the boat may be listed for sale, contracted for |
1930 | sale, or sold exclusively by a broker or dealer registered with |
1931 | the department without incurring a use tax under this chapter; |
1932 | however, the sales tax levied under this chapter applies to such |
1933 | sale. |
1934 | 3. The mere storage of a boat at a registered repair |
1935 | facility does not qualify as a tax-exempt use in this state. |
1936 | 4. As used in this paragraph, "registered repair facility" |
1937 | means: |
1938 | a. A full-service facility that: |
1939 | (I) Is located on a navigable body of water; |
1940 | (II) Has haulout capability such as a dry dock, travel |
1941 | lift, railway, or similar equipment to service craft under the |
1942 | care, custody, and control of the facility; |
1943 | (III) Has adequate piers and storage facilities to provide |
1944 | safe berthing of vessels in its care, custody, and control; and |
1945 | (IV) Has necessary shops and equipment to provide repair |
1946 | or warranty work on vessels under the care, custody, and control |
1947 | of the facility; |
1948 | b. A marina that: |
1949 | (I) Is located on a navigable body of water; |
1950 | (II) Has adequate piers and storage facilities to provide |
1951 | safe berthing of vessels in its care, custody, and control; and |
1952 | (III) Has necessary shops and equipment to provide repairs |
1953 | or warranty work on vessels; or |
1954 | c. A shoreside facility that: |
1955 | (I) Is located on a navigable body of water; |
1956 | (II) Has adequate piers and storage facilities to provide |
1957 | safe berthing of vessels in its care, custody, and control; and |
1958 | (III) Has necessary shops and equipment to provide repairs |
1959 | or warranty work. |
1960 | (u) Volunteer fire departments.-Also exempt are |
1961 | firefighting and rescue service equipment and supplies purchased |
1962 | by volunteer fire departments, duly chartered under the Florida |
1963 | Statutes as corporations not for profit. |
1964 | (v) Professional services.- |
1965 | 1. Also exempted are professional, insurance, or personal |
1966 | service transactions that involve sales as inconsequential |
1967 | elements for which no separate charges are made. |
1968 | 2. The personal service transactions exempted pursuant to |
1969 | subparagraph 1. do not exempt the sale of information services |
1970 | involving the furnishing of printed, mimeographed, or |
1971 | multigraphed matter, or matter duplicating written or printed |
1972 | matter in any other manner, other than professional services and |
1973 | services of employees, agents, or other persons acting in a |
1974 | representative or fiduciary capacity or information services |
1975 | furnished to newspapers and radio and television stations. As |
1976 | used in this subparagraph, the term "information services" |
1977 | includes the services of collecting, compiling, or analyzing |
1978 | information of any kind or nature and furnishing reports thereof |
1979 | to other persons. |
1980 | 3. This exemption does not apply to any service warranty |
1981 | transaction taxable under s. 212.0506. |
1982 | 4. This exemption does not apply to any service |
1983 | transaction taxable under s. 212.05(1)(i). |
1984 | (w) Certain newspaper, magazine, and newsletter |
1985 | subscriptions, shoppers, and community newspapers.-Likewise |
1986 | exempt are newspaper, magazine, and newsletter subscriptions in |
1987 | which the product is delivered to the customer by mail. Also |
1988 | exempt are free, circulated publications that are published on a |
1989 | regular basis, the content of which is primarily advertising, |
1990 | and that are distributed through the mail, home delivery, or |
1991 | newsstands. The exemption for newspaper, magazine, and |
1992 | newsletter subscriptions which is provided in this paragraph |
1993 | applies only to subscriptions entered into after March 1, 1997. |
1994 | (x) Sporting equipment brought into the state.-Sporting |
1995 | equipment brought into Florida, for a period of not more than 4 |
1996 | months in any calendar year, used by an athletic team or an |
1997 | individual athlete in a sporting event is exempt from the use |
1998 | tax if such equipment is removed from the state within 7 days |
1999 | after the completion of the event. |
2000 | (y) Charter fishing vessels.-The charge for chartering any |
2001 | boat or vessel, with the crew furnished, solely for the purpose |
2002 | of fishing is exempt from the tax imposed under s. 212.04 or s. |
2003 | 212.05. This exemption does not apply to any charge to enter or |
2004 | stay upon any "head-boat," party boat, or other boat or vessel. |
2005 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to exempt any boat |
2006 | from sales or use tax upon the purchase thereof except as |
2007 | provided in paragraph (t) and s. 212.05. |
2008 | (z) Vending machines sponsored by nonprofit or charitable |
2009 | organizations.-Also exempt are food or drinks for human |
2010 | consumption sold for 25 cents or less through a coin-operated |
2011 | vending machine sponsored by a nonprofit corporation qualified |
2012 | as nonprofit pursuant to s. 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal |
2013 | Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. |
2014 | (aa) Certain commercial vehicles.-Also exempt is the sale, |
2015 | lease, or rental of a commercial motor vehicle as defined in s. |
2016 | 207.002(2), when the following conditions are met: |
2017 | 1. The sale, lease, or rental occurs between two commonly |
2018 | owned and controlled corporations; |
2019 | 2. Such vehicle was titled and registered in this state at |
2020 | the time of the sale, lease, or rental; and |
2021 | 3. Florida sales tax was paid on the acquisition of such |
2022 | vehicle by the seller, lessor, or renter. |
2023 | (bb) Community cemeteries.-Also exempt are purchases by |
2024 | any nonprofit corporation that has qualified under s. 501(c)(13) |
2025 | of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and is |
2026 | operated for the purpose of maintaining a cemetery that was |
2027 | donated to the community by deed. |
2028 | (cc) Works of art.- |
2029 | 1. Also exempt are works of art sold to or used by an |
2030 | educational institution. |
2031 | 2. This exemption also applies to the sale to or use in |
2032 | this state of any work of art by any person if it was purchased |
2033 | or imported exclusively for the purpose of being donated to any |
2034 | educational institution, or loaned to and made available for |
2035 | display by any educational institution, provided that the term |
2036 | of the loan agreement is for at least 10 years. |
2037 | 3. The exemption provided by this paragraph for donations |
2038 | is allowed only if the person who purchased the work of art |
2039 | transfers title to the donated work of art to an educational |
2040 | institution. Such transfer of title shall be evidenced by an |
2041 | affidavit meeting requirements established by rule to document |
2042 | entitlement to the exemption. Nothing in this paragraph shall |
2043 | preclude a work of art donated to an educational institution |
2044 | from remaining in the possession of the donor or purchaser, as |
2045 | long as title to the work of art lies with the educational |
2046 | institution. |
2047 | 4. A work of art is presumed to have been purchased in or |
2048 | imported into this state exclusively for loan as provided in |
2049 | subparagraph 2., if it is so loaned or placed in storage in |
2050 | preparation for such a loan within 90 days after purchase or |
2051 | importation, whichever is later; but a work of art is not deemed |
2052 | to be placed in storage in preparation for loan for purposes of |
2053 | this exemption if it is displayed at any place other than an |
2054 | educational institution. |
2055 | 5. The exemptions provided by this paragraph are allowed |
2056 | only if the person who purchased the work of art gives to the |
2057 | vendor an affidavit meeting the requirements, established by |
2058 | rule, to document entitlement to the exemption. The person who |
2059 | purchased the work of art shall forward a copy of such affidavit |
2060 | to the Department of Revenue at the time it is issued to the |
2061 | vendor. |
2062 | 6. The exemption for loans provided by subparagraph 2. |
2063 | applies only for the period during which a work of art is in the |
2064 | possession of the educational institution or is in storage |
2065 | before transfer of possession to that institution; and when it |
2066 | ceases to be so possessed or held, tax based upon the sales |
2067 | price paid by the owner is payable, and the statute of |
2068 | limitations provided in s. 95.091 shall begin to run at that |
2069 | time. However, tax shall not become due if the work of art is |
2070 | donated to an educational institution after the loan ceases. |
2071 | 7. Any educational institution to which a work of art has |
2072 | been donated pursuant to this paragraph shall make available to |
2073 | the department the title to the work of art and any other |
2074 | relevant information. Any educational institution which has |
2075 | received a work of art on loan pursuant to this paragraph shall |
2076 | make available to the department information relating to the |
2077 | work of art. Any educational institution that transfers from its |
2078 | possession a work of art as defined by this paragraph which has |
2079 | been loaned to it must notify the Department of Revenue within |
2080 | 60 days after the transfer. |
2081 | 8. For purposes of the exemptions provided by this |
2082 | paragraph, the term: |
2083 | a. "Educational institutions" includes state tax- |
2084 | supported, parochial, church, and nonprofit private schools, |
2085 | colleges, or universities that conduct regular classes and |
2086 | courses of study required for accreditation by or membership in |
2087 | the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Florida |
2088 | Council of Independent Schools, or the Florida Association of |
2089 | Christian Colleges and Schools, Inc.; nonprofit private schools |
2090 | that conduct regular classes and courses of study accepted for |
2091 | continuing education credit by a board of the Division of |
2092 | Medical Quality Assurance of the Department of Health; or |
2093 | nonprofit libraries, art galleries, performing arts centers that |
2094 | provide educational programs to school children, which programs |
2095 | involve performances or other educational activities at the |
2096 | performing arts center and serve a minimum of 50,000 school |
2097 | children a year, and museums open to the public. |
2098 | b. "Work of art" includes pictorial representations, |
2099 | sculpture, jewelry, antiques, stamp collections and coin |
2100 | collections, and other tangible personal property, the value of |
2101 | which is attributable predominantly to its artistic, historical, |
2102 | political, cultural, or social importance. |
2103 | (dd) Taxicab leases.-The lease of or license to use a |
2104 | taxicab or taxicab-related equipment and services provided by a |
2105 | taxicab company to an independent taxicab operator are exempt, |
2106 | provided, however, the exemptions provided under this paragraph |
2107 | only apply if sales or use tax has been paid on the acquisition |
2108 | of the taxicab and its related equipment. |
2109 | (ee) Aircraft repair and maintenance labor charges.-There |
2110 | shall be exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter all labor |
2111 | charges for the repair and maintenance of qualified aircraft, |
2112 | aircraft of more than 15,000 pounds maximum certified takeoff |
2113 | weight, and rotary wing aircraft of more than 10,000 pounds |
2114 | maximum certified takeoff weight. Except as otherwise provided |
2115 | in this chapter, charges for parts and equipment furnished in |
2116 | connection with such labor charges are taxable. |
2117 | (ff) Certain electricity or steam uses.- |
2118 | 1. Subject to the provisions of subparagraph 4., charges |
2119 | for electricity or steam used to operate machinery and equipment |
2120 | at a fixed location in this state when such machinery and |
2121 | equipment is used to manufacture, process, compound, produce, or |
2122 | prepare for shipment items of tangible personal property for |
2123 | sale, or to operate pollution control equipment, recycling |
2124 | equipment, maintenance equipment, or monitoring or control |
2125 | equipment used in such operations are exempt to the extent |
2126 | provided in this paragraph. If 75 percent or more of the |
2127 | electricity or steam used at the fixed location is used to |
2128 | operate qualifying machinery or equipment, 100 percent of the |
2129 | charges for electricity or steam used at the fixed location are |
2130 | exempt. If less than 75 percent but 50 percent or more of the |
2131 | electricity or steam used at the fixed location is used to |
2132 | operate qualifying machinery or equipment, 50 percent of the |
2133 | charges for electricity or steam used at the fixed location are |
2134 | exempt. If less than 50 percent of the electricity or steam used |
2135 | at the fixed location is used to operate qualifying machinery or |
2136 | equipment, none of the charges for electricity or steam used at |
2137 | the fixed location are exempt. |
2138 | 2. This exemption applies only to industries classified |
2139 | under SIC Industry Major Group Numbers 10, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, |
2140 | 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, |
2141 | and 39 and Industry Group Number 212. As used in this paragraph, |
2142 | "SIC" means those classifications contained in the Standard |
2143 | Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, as published by the |
2144 | Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the |
2145 | President. |
2146 | 3. Possession by a seller of a written certification by |
2147 | the purchaser, certifying the purchaser's entitlement to an |
2148 | exemption permitted by this subsection, relieves the seller from |
2149 | the responsibility of collecting the tax on the nontaxable |
2150 | amounts, and the department shall look solely to the purchaser |
2151 | for recovery of such tax if it determines that the purchaser was |
2152 | not entitled to the exemption. |
2153 | 4. Such exemption shall be applied as follows: beginning |
2154 | July 1, 2000, 100 percent of the charges for such electricity or |
2155 | steam shall be exempt. |
2156 | (gg) Fair associations.-Also exempt from the tax imposed |
2157 | by this chapter is the sale, use, lease, rental, or grant of a |
2158 | license to use, made directly to or by a fair association, of |
2159 | real or tangible personal property; any charge made by a fair |
2160 | association, or its agents, for parking, admissions, or for |
2161 | temporary parking of vehicles used for sleeping quarters; |
2162 | rentals, subleases, and sublicenses of real or tangible personal |
2163 | property between the owner of the central amusement attraction |
2164 | and any owner of an amusement ride, as those terms are used in |
2165 | ss. 616.15(1)(b) and 616.242(3)(a), for the furnishing of |
2166 | amusement rides at a public fair or exposition; and other |
2167 | transactions of a fair association which are incurred directly |
2168 | by the fair association in the financing, construction, and |
2169 | operation of a fair, exposition, or other event or facility that |
2170 | is authorized by s. 616.08. As used in this paragraph, the terms |
2171 | "fair association" and "public fair or exposition" have the same |
2172 | meaning as those terms are defined in s. 616.001. This exemption |
2173 | does not apply to the sale of tangible personal property made by |
2174 | a fair association through an agent or independent contractor; |
2175 | sales of admissions and tangible personal property by a |
2176 | concessionaire, vendor, exhibitor, or licensee; or rentals and |
2177 | subleases of tangible personal property or real property between |
2178 | the owner of the central amusement attraction and a |
2179 | concessionaire, vendor, exhibitor, or licensee, except for the |
2180 | furnishing of amusement rides, which transactions are exempt. |
2181 | (hh) Solar energy systems.-Also exempt are solar energy |
2182 | systems or any component thereof. The Florida Solar Energy |
2183 | Center shall from time to time certify to the department a list |
2184 | of equipment and requisite hardware considered to be a solar |
2185 | energy system or a component thereof. |
2186 | (ii) Nonprofit cooperative hospital laundries.-Also exempt |
2187 | are sales or leases to nonprofit organizations that are |
2188 | incorporated under chapter 617 and which are treated, for |
2189 | federal income tax purposes, as cooperatives under subchapter T |
2190 | of the Internal Revenue Code, whose sole purpose is to offer |
2191 | laundry supplies and services to their members who must all be |
2192 | exempt from federal income tax pursuant to s. 501(c)(3) of the |
2193 | Internal Revenue Code. A member of a nonprofit cooperative |
2194 | hospital laundry whose Internal Revenue Code status changes |
2195 | shall, within 90 days after such change, divest all |
2196 | participation in the cooperative. The provision of laundry |
2197 | supplies and services to a nonmember business pursuant to a |
2198 | declaration of emergency under s. 252.36(2) and a written |
2199 | emergency plan of operation executed by the members of the |
2200 | cooperative does not invalidate or cause the denial of a |
2201 | cooperative's certificate of exemption. |
2202 | (jj) Complimentary meals.-Also exempt from the tax imposed |
2203 | by this chapter are food or drinks that are furnished as part of |
2204 | a packaged room rate by any person offering for rent or lease |
2205 | any transient living accommodations as described in s. |
2206 | 509.013(4)(a) which are licensed under part I of chapter 509 and |
2207 | which are subject to the tax under s. 212.03, if a separate |
2208 | charge or specific amount for the food or drinks is not shown. |
2209 | Such food or drinks are considered to be sold at retail as part |
2210 | of the total charge for the transient living accommodations. |
2211 | Moreover, the person offering the accommodations is not |
2212 | considered to be the consumer of items purchased in furnishing |
2213 | such food or drinks and may purchase those items under |
2214 | conditions of a sale for resale. |
2215 | (kk) Nonprofit corporation conducting the correctional |
2216 | work programs.-Products sold pursuant to s. 946.515 by the |
2217 | corporation organized pursuant to part II of chapter 946 are |
2218 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. This exemption |
2219 | applies retroactively to July 1, 1983. |
2220 | (ll) Parent-teacher organizations, parent-teacher |
2221 | associations, and schools having grades K through 12.- |
2222 | 1. Sales or leases to parent-teacher organizations and |
2223 | associations the purpose of which is to raise funds for schools |
2224 | that teach grades K through 12 and that are associated with |
2225 | schools having grades K through 12 are exempt from the tax |
2226 | imposed by this chapter. |
2227 | 2. Parent-teacher organizations and associations described |
2228 | in subparagraph 1., and schools having grades K through 12, may |
2229 | pay tax to their suppliers on the cost price of school materials |
2230 | and supplies purchased, rented, or leased for resale or rental |
2231 | to students in grades K through 12, of items sold for |
2232 | fundraising purposes, and of items sold through vending machines |
2233 | located on the school premises, in lieu of collecting the tax |
2234 | imposed by this chapter from the purchaser. This paragraph also |
2235 | applies to food or beverages sold through vending machines |
2236 | located in the student lunchroom or dining room of a school |
2237 | having kindergarten through grade 12. |
2238 | (mm) Mobile home lot improvements.-Items purchased by |
2239 | developers for use in making improvements to a mobile home lot |
2240 | owned by the developer may be purchased tax-exempt as a sale for |
2241 | resale if made pursuant to a contract that requires the |
2242 | developer to sell a mobile home to a purchaser, place the mobile |
2243 | home on the lot, and make the improvements to the lot for a |
2244 | single lump-sum price. The developer must collect and remit |
2245 | sales tax on the entire lump-sum price. |
2246 | (nn) Veterans Administration.-When a veteran of the armed |
2247 | forces purchases an aircraft, boat, mobile home, motor vehicle, |
2248 | or other vehicle from a dealer pursuant to the provisions of 38 |
2249 | U.S.C. s. 3902(a), or any successor provision of the United |
2250 | States Code, the amount that is paid directly to the dealer by |
2251 | the Veterans Administration is not taxable. However, any portion |
2252 | of the purchase price which is paid directly to the dealer by |
2253 | the veteran is taxable. |
2254 | (oo) Complimentary items.-There is exempt from the tax |
2255 | imposed by this chapter: |
2256 | 1. Any food or drink, whether or not cooked or prepared on |
2257 | the premises, provided without charge as a sample or for the |
2258 | convenience of customers by a dealer that primarily sells food |
2259 | product items at retail. |
2260 | 2. Any item given to a customer as part of a price |
2261 | guarantee plan related to point-of-sale errors by a dealer that |
2262 | primarily sells food products at retail. |
2263 | |
2264 | The exemptions in this paragraph do not apply to businesses with |
2265 | the primary activity of serving prepared meals or alcoholic |
2266 | beverages for immediate consumption. |
2267 | (pp) Donated foods or beverages.-Any food or beverage |
2268 | donated by a dealer that sells food products at retail to a food |
2269 | bank or an organization that holds a current exemption from |
2270 | federal corporate income tax pursuant to s. 501(c) of the |
2271 | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is exempt from the |
2272 | tax imposed by this chapter. |
2273 | (qq) Racing dogs.-The sale of a racing dog by its owner is |
2274 | exempt if the owner is also the breeder of the animal. |
2275 | (rr) Equipment used in aircraft repair and maintenance.- |
2276 | There shall be exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter |
2277 | replacement engines, parts, and equipment used in the repair or |
2278 | maintenance of qualified aircraft, aircraft of more than 15,000 |
2279 | pounds maximum certified takeoff weight, and rotary wing |
2280 | aircraft of more than 10,300 pounds maximum certified takeoff |
2281 | weight, when such parts or equipment are installed on such |
2282 | aircraft that is being repaired or maintained in this state. |
2283 | (ss) Aircraft sales or leases.-The sale or lease of a |
2284 | qualified aircraft or an aircraft of more than 15,000 pounds |
2285 | maximum certified takeoff weight for use by a common carrier is |
2286 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. As used in this |
2287 | paragraph, "common carrier" means an airline operating under |
2288 | Federal Aviation Administration regulations contained in Title |
2289 | 14, chapter I, part 121 or part 129 of the Code of Federal |
2290 | Regulations. |
2291 | (tt) Nonprofit water systems.-Sales or leases to a not- |
2292 | for-profit corporation which holds a current exemption from |
2293 | federal income tax under s. 501(c)(4) or (12) of the Internal |
2294 | Revenue Code, as amended, are exempt from the tax imposed by |
2295 | this chapter if the sole or primary function of the corporation |
2296 | is to construct, maintain, or operate a water system in this |
2297 | state. |
2298 | (uu) Library cooperatives.-Sales or leases to library |
2299 | cooperatives certified under s. 257.41(2) are exempt from the |
2300 | tax imposed by this chapter. |
2301 | (vv) Advertising agencies.- |
2302 | 1. As used in this paragraph, the term "advertising |
2303 | agency" means any firm that is primarily engaged in the business |
2304 | of providing advertising materials and services to its clients. |
2305 | 2. The sale of advertising services by an advertising |
2306 | agency to a client is exempt from the tax imposed by this |
2307 | chapter. Also exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter are |
2308 | items of tangible personal property such as photographic |
2309 | negatives and positives, videos, films, galleys, mechanicals, |
2310 | veloxes, illustrations, digital audiotapes, analog tapes, |
2311 | printed advertisement copies, compact discs for the purpose of |
2312 | recording, digital equipment, and artwork and the services used |
2313 | to produce those items if the items are: |
2314 | a. Sold to an advertising agency that is acting as an |
2315 | agent for its clients pursuant to contract, and are created for |
2316 | the performance of advertising services for the clients; |
2317 | b. Produced, fabricated, manufactured, or otherwise |
2318 | created by an advertising agency for its clients, and are used |
2319 | in the performance of advertising services for the clients; or |
2320 | c. Sold by an advertising agency to its clients in the |
2321 | performance of advertising services for the clients, whether or |
2322 | not the charges for these items are marked up or separately |
2323 | stated. |
2324 | |
2325 | The exemption provided by this subparagraph does not apply when |
2326 | tangible personal property such as film, paper, and videotapes |
2327 | is purchased to create items such as photographic negatives and |
2328 | positives, videos, films, galleys, mechanicals, veloxes, |
2329 | illustrations, and artwork that are sold to an advertising |
2330 | agency or produced in-house by an advertising agency on behalf |
2331 | of its clients. |
2332 | 3. The items exempted from tax under subparagraph 2. and |
2333 | the creative services used by an advertising agency to design |
2334 | the advertising for promotional goods such as displays, display |
2335 | containers, exhibits, newspaper inserts, brochures, catalogues, |
2336 | direct mail letters or flats, shirts, hats, pens, pencils, key |
2337 | chains, or other printed goods or materials are not subject to |
2338 | tax. However, when such promotional goods are produced or |
2339 | reproduced for distribution, tax applies to the sales price |
2340 | charged to the client for such promotional goods. |
2341 | 4. For items purchased by an advertising agency and exempt |
2342 | from tax under this paragraph, possession of an exemption |
2343 | certificate from the advertising agency certifying the agency's |
2344 | entitlement to exemption relieves the vendor of the |
2345 | responsibility of collecting the tax on the sale of such items |
2346 | to the advertising agency, and the department shall look solely |
2347 | to the advertising agency for recovery of tax if it determines |
2348 | that the advertising agency was not entitled to the exemption. |
2349 | 5. The exemptions provided by this paragraph apply |
2350 | retroactively, except that all taxes that have been collected |
2351 | must be remitted, and taxes that have been remitted before July |
2352 | 1, 1999, on transactions that are subject to exemption under |
2353 | this paragraph are not subject to refund. |
2354 | 6. The department may adopt rules that interpret or define |
2355 | the provisions of these exemptions and provide examples |
2356 | regarding the application of these exemptions. |
2357 | (ww) Bullion.-The sale of gold, silver, or platinum |
2358 | bullion, or any combination thereof, in a single transaction is |
2359 | exempt if the sales price exceeds $500. The dealer must maintain |
2360 | proper documentation, as prescribed by rule of the department, |
2361 | to identify that portion of a transaction which involves the |
2362 | sale of gold, silver, or platinum bullion and is exempt under |
2363 | this paragraph. |
2364 | (xx) Certain repair and labor charges.- |
2365 | 1. Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs 2. and 3., |
2366 | there is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter all labor |
2367 | charges for the repair of, and parts and materials used in the |
2368 | repair of and incorporated into, industrial machinery and |
2369 | equipment which is used for the manufacture, processing, |
2370 | compounding, production, or preparation for shipping of items of |
2371 | tangible personal property at a fixed location within this |
2372 | state. |
2373 | 2. This exemption applies only to industries classified |
2374 | under SIC Industry Major Group Numbers 10, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, |
2375 | 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, |
2376 | and 39 and Industry Group Number 212. As used in this |
2377 | subparagraph, "SIC" means those classifications contained in the |
2378 | Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, as published by |
2379 | the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the |
2380 | President. |
2381 | 3. This exemption shall be applied as follows: |
2382 | a. Beginning July 1, 2000, 50 percent of such charges for |
2383 | repair parts and labor shall be exempt. |
2384 | b. Beginning July 1, 2001, 75 percent of such charges for |
2385 | repair parts and labor shall be exempt. |
2386 | c. Beginning July 1, 2002, 100 percent of such charges for |
2387 | repair parts and labor shall be exempt. |
2388 | (yy) Film and other printing supplies.-Also exempt are the |
2389 | following materials purchased, produced, or created by |
2390 | businesses classified under SIC Industry Numbers 275, 276, 277, |
2391 | 278, or 279 for use in producing graphic matter for sale: film, |
2392 | photographic paper, dyes used for embossing and engraving, |
2393 | artwork, typography, lithographic plates, and negatives. As used |
2394 | in this paragraph, "SIC" means those classifications contained |
2395 | in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, as |
2396 | published by the Office of Management and Budget, Executive |
2397 | Office of the President. |
2398 | (zz) People-mover systems.-People-mover systems, and parts |
2399 | thereof, which are purchased or manufactured by contractors |
2400 | employed either directly by or as agents for the United States |
2401 | Government, the state, a county, a municipality, a political |
2402 | subdivision of the state, or the public operator of a public-use |
2403 | airport as defined by s. 332.004(14) are exempt from the tax |
2404 | imposed by this chapter when the systems or parts go into or |
2405 | become part of publicly owned facilities. In the case of |
2406 | contractors who manufacture and install such systems and parts, |
2407 | this exemption extends to the purchase of component parts and |
2408 | all other manufacturing and fabrication costs. The department |
2409 | may provide a form to be used by contractors to provide to |
2410 | suppliers of people-mover systems or parts to certify the |
2411 | contractors' eligibility for the exemption provided under this |
2412 | paragraph. As used in this paragraph, "people-mover systems" |
2413 | includes wheeled passenger vehicles and related control and |
2414 | power distribution systems that are part of a transportation |
2415 | system for use by the general public, regardless of whether such |
2416 | vehicles are operator-controlled or driverless, self-propelled |
2417 | or propelled by external power and control systems, or conducted |
2418 | on roads, rails, guidebeams, or other permanent structures that |
2419 | are an integral part of such transportation system. "Related |
2420 | control and power distribution systems" includes any electrical |
2421 | or electronic control or signaling equipment, but does not |
2422 | include the embedded wiring, conduits, or cabling used to |
2423 | transmit electrical or electronic signals among such control |
2424 | equipment, power distribution equipment, signaling equipment, |
2425 | and wheeled vehicles. |
2426 | (aaa) Florida Fire and Emergency Services Foundation.- |
2427 | Sales or leases to the Florida Fire and Emergency Services |
2428 | Foundation are exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. |
2429 | (bbb) Railroad roadway materials.-Also exempt from the tax |
2430 | imposed by this chapter are railroad roadway materials used in |
2431 | the construction, repair, or maintenance of railways. Railroad |
2432 | roadway materials shall include rails, ties, ballasts, |
2433 | communication equipment, signal equipment, power transmission |
2434 | equipment, and any other track materials. |
2435 | (ccc) Advertising materials distributed free of charge by |
2436 | mail in an envelope.-Likewise exempt are materials consisting |
2437 | exclusively of advertisements, such as individual coupons or |
2438 | other individual cards, sheets, or pages of printed advertising, |
2439 | that are distributed free of charge by mail in an envelope for |
2440 | 10 or more persons on a monthly, bimonthly, or other regular |
2441 | basis. |
2442 | (ddd) Certain delivery charges.-Separately stated charges |
2443 | that can be avoided at the option of the purchaser for the |
2444 | delivery, inspection, placement, or removal from packaging or |
2445 | shipping materials of furniture or appliances by the selling |
2446 | dealer at the premises of the purchaser or the removal of |
2447 | similar items from the premises of the purchaser are exempt. If |
2448 | any charge for delivery, inspection, placement, or removal of |
2449 | furniture or appliances includes the modification, assembly, or |
2450 | construction of such furniture or appliances, then all of the |
2451 | charges are taxable. |
2452 | (eee) Bookstore operations at a postsecondary educational |
2453 | institution.-Also exempt from payment of the tax imposed by this |
2454 | chapter on renting, leasing, letting, or granting a license for |
2455 | the use of any real property are payments to a postsecondary |
2456 | educational institution made by any person pursuant to a grant |
2457 | of the right to conduct bookstore operations on real property |
2458 | owned or leased by the postsecondary educational institution. As |
2459 | used in this paragraph, the term "bookstore operations" means |
2460 | activities consisting predominantly of sales, distribution, and |
2461 | provision of textbooks, merchandise, and services traditionally |
2462 | offered in college and university bookstores for the benefit of |
2463 | the institution's students, faculty, and staff. |
2464 | (fff) Aircraft temporarily in the state.- |
2465 | 1. An aircraft owned by a nonresident is exempt from the |
2466 | use tax imposed under this chapter if the aircraft enters and |
2467 | remains in this state for less than a total of 21 days during |
2468 | the 6-month period after the date of purchase. The temporary use |
2469 | of the aircraft and subsequent removal from this state may be |
2470 | proven by invoices for fuel, tie-down, or hangar charges issued |
2471 | by out-of-state vendors or suppliers or similar documentation |
2472 | that clearly and specifically identifies the aircraft. The |
2473 | exemption provided in this subparagraph is in addition to the |
2474 | exemptions provided in subparagraph 2. and s. 212.05(1)(a). |
2475 | 2. An aircraft owned by a nonresident is exempt from the |
2476 | use tax imposed under this chapter if the aircraft enters or |
2477 | remains in this state exclusively for purposes of flight |
2478 | training, repairs, alterations, refitting, or modification. Such |
2479 | purposes shall be supported by written documentation issued by |
2480 | in-state vendors or suppliers which clearly and specifically |
2481 | identifies the aircraft. The exemption provided in this |
2482 | subparagraph is in addition to the exemptions provided in |
2483 | subparagraph 1. and s. 212.05(1)(a). |
2484 | (ggg) Fractional aircraft ownership programs.-The sale or |
2485 | use of aircraft primarily used in a fractional aircraft |
2486 | ownership program or of any parts or labor used in the |
2487 | completion, maintenance, repair, or overhaul of such aircraft is |
2488 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. The exemption is |
2489 | not allowed unless the program manager of the fractional |
2490 | aircraft ownership program furnishes the dealer with a |
2491 | certificate stating that the lease, purchase, repair, or |
2492 | maintenance is for aircraft primarily used in a fractional |
2493 | aircraft ownership program and that the program manager |
2494 | qualifies for the exemption. If a program manager makes tax- |
2495 | exempt purchases on a continual basis, the program manager may |
2496 | allow the dealer to keep the certificate on file. The program |
2497 | manager must inform a dealer that keeps the certificate on file |
2498 | if the program manager no longer qualifies for the exemption. |
2499 | The department may adopt rules to administer this paragraph, |
2500 | including rules determining the format of the certificate. |
2501 | (8) PARTIAL EXEMPTIONS; VESSELS ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE OR |
2502 | FOREIGN COMMERCE.- |
2503 | (a) The sale or use of vessels and parts thereof used to |
2504 | transport persons or property in interstate or foreign commerce, |
2505 | including commercial fishing vessels, is subject to the taxes |
2506 | imposed in this chapter only to the extent provided herein. The |
2507 | basis of the tax shall be the ratio of intrastate mileage to |
2508 | interstate or foreign mileage traveled by the carrier's vessels |
2509 | which were used in interstate or foreign commerce and which had |
2510 | at least some Florida mileage during the previous fiscal year. |
2511 | The ratio would be determined at the close of the carrier's |
2512 | fiscal year. However, during the fiscal year in which the vessel |
2513 | begins its initial operations in this state, the vessel's |
2514 | mileage apportionment factor may be determined on the basis of |
2515 | an estimated ratio of anticipated miles in this state to |
2516 | anticipated total miles for that year and, subsequently, |
2517 | additional tax shall be paid on the vessel, or a refund may be |
2518 | applied for, on the basis of the actual ratio of the vessel's |
2519 | miles in this state to its total miles for that year. This ratio |
2520 | shall be applied each month to the total Florida purchases of |
2521 | such vessels and parts thereof which are used in Florida to |
2522 | establish that portion of the total used and consumed in |
2523 | intrastate movement and subject to the tax at the applicable |
2524 | rate. The basis for imposition of any discretionary surtax shall |
2525 | be as set forth in s. 212.054. Items, appropriate to carry out |
2526 | the purposes for which a vessel is designed or equipped and |
2527 | used, purchased by the owner, operator, or agent of a vessel for |
2528 | use on board such vessel shall be deemed to be parts of the |
2529 | vessel upon which the same are used or consumed. Vessels and |
2530 | parts thereof used to transport persons or property in |
2531 | interstate and foreign commerce are hereby determined to be |
2532 | susceptible to a distinct and separate classification for |
2533 | taxation under the provisions of this chapter. Vessels and parts |
2534 | thereof used exclusively in intrastate commerce do not qualify |
2535 | for the proration of tax. |
2536 | (b) The partial exemption provided for in this subsection |
2537 | shall not be allowed unless the purchaser signs an affidavit |
2538 | stating that the item or items to be partially exempted are for |
2539 | the exclusive use designated herein and setting forth the extent |
2540 | of such partial exemption. Any person furnishing a false |
2541 | affidavit to such effect for the purpose of evading payment of |
2542 | any tax imposed under this chapter is subject to the penalties |
2543 | set forth in s. 212.12 and as otherwise provided by law. |
2544 | (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that neither |
2545 | subsection (4) nor this subsection shall be construed as |
2546 | imposing the tax provided by this chapter on vessels used as |
2547 | common carriers, contract carriers, or private carriers, engaged |
2548 | in interstate or foreign commerce, except to the extent provided |
2549 | by the pro rata formula provided in subsection (4) and in |
2550 | paragraph (a). |
2551 | (9) PARTIAL EXEMPTIONS; RAILROADS AND MOTOR VEHICLES |
2552 | ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.- |
2553 | (a) Railroads that are licensed as common carriers by the |
2554 | Surface Transportation Board and parts thereof used to transport |
2555 | persons or property in interstate or foreign commerce are |
2556 | subject to tax imposed in this chapter only to the extent |
2557 | provided herein. The basis of the tax shall be the ratio of |
2558 | intrastate mileage to interstate or foreign mileage traveled by |
2559 | the carrier during the previous fiscal year of the carrier. Such |
2560 | ratio is to be determined at the close of the carrier's fiscal |
2561 | year. However, during the fiscal year in which the railroad |
2562 | begins its initial operations in this state, the railroad's |
2563 | mileage apportionment factor may be determined on the basis of |
2564 | an estimated ratio of anticipated miles in this state to |
2565 | anticipated total miles for that year and, subsequently, |
2566 | additional tax shall be paid on the railroad, or a refund may be |
2567 | applied for, on the basis of the actual ratio of the railroad's |
2568 | miles in this state to its total miles for that year. This ratio |
2569 | shall be applied each month to the purchases of the railroad in |
2570 | this state which are used in this state to establish that |
2571 | portion of the total used and consumed in intrastate movement |
2572 | and subject to tax under this chapter. The basis for imposition |
2573 | of any discretionary surtax is set forth in s. 212.054. |
2574 | Railroads that are licensed as common carriers by the Surface |
2575 | Transportation Board and parts thereof used to transport persons |
2576 | or property in interstate and foreign commerce are hereby |
2577 | determined to be susceptible to a distinct and separate |
2578 | classification for taxation under the provisions of this |
2579 | chapter. |
2580 | (b) Motor vehicles that are engaged in interstate commerce |
2581 | as common carriers, and parts thereof, used to transport persons |
2582 | or property in interstate or foreign commerce are subject to tax |
2583 | imposed in this chapter only to the extent provided herein. The |
2584 | basis of the tax shall be the ratio of intrastate mileage to |
2585 | interstate or foreign mileage traveled by the carrier's motor |
2586 | vehicles which were used in interstate or foreign commerce and |
2587 | which had at least some Florida mileage during the previous |
2588 | fiscal year of the carrier. Such ratio is to be determined at |
2589 | the close of the carrier's fiscal year. However, during the |
2590 | fiscal year in which the carrier begins its initial operations |
2591 | in this state, the carrier's mileage apportionment factor may be |
2592 | determined on the basis of an estimated ratio of anticipated |
2593 | miles in this state to anticipated total miles for that year |
2594 | and, subsequently, additional tax shall be paid on the carrier, |
2595 | or a refund may be applied for, on the basis of the actual ratio |
2596 | of the carrier's miles in this state to its total miles for that |
2597 | year. This ratio shall be applied each month to the purchases in |
2598 | this state of such motor vehicles and parts thereof which are |
2599 | used in this state to establish that portion of the total used |
2600 | and consumed in intrastate movement and subject to tax under |
2601 | this chapter. The basis for imposition of any discretionary |
2602 | surtax is set forth in s. 212.054. Motor vehicles that are |
2603 | engaged in interstate commerce, and parts thereof, used to |
2604 | transport persons or property in interstate and foreign commerce |
2605 | are hereby determined to be susceptible to a distinct and |
2606 | separate classification for taxation under the provisions of |
2607 | this chapter. Motor vehicles and parts thereof used exclusively |
2608 | in intrastate commerce do not qualify for the proration of tax. |
2609 | For purposes of this paragraph, parts of a motor vehicle engaged |
2610 | in interstate commerce include a separate tank not connected to |
2611 | the fuel supply system of the motor vehicle into which diesel |
2612 | fuel is placed to operate a refrigeration unit or other |
2613 | equipment. |
2614 | (10) PARTIAL EXEMPTION; MOTOR VEHICLE SOLD TO RESIDENT OF |
2615 | ANOTHER STATE.- |
2616 | (a) The tax collected on the sale of a new or used motor |
2617 | vehicle in this state to a resident of another state shall be an |
2618 | amount equal to the sales tax which would be imposed on such |
2619 | sale under the laws of the state of which the purchaser is a |
2620 | resident, except that such tax shall not exceed the tax that |
2621 | would otherwise be imposed under this chapter. At the time of |
2622 | the sale, the purchaser shall execute a notarized statement of |
2623 | his or her intent to license the vehicle in the state of which |
2624 | the purchaser is a resident within 45 days of the sale and of |
2625 | the fact of the payment to the State of Florida of a sales tax |
2626 | in an amount equivalent to the sales tax of his or her state of |
2627 | residence and shall submit the statement to the appropriate |
2628 | sales tax collection agency in his or her state of residence. |
2629 | Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the |
2630 | removal of the vehicle from this state following the filing of |
2631 | an intent to license the vehicle in the purchaser's home state |
2632 | if the purchaser licenses the vehicle in his or her home state |
2633 | within 45 days after the date of sale. |
2634 | (b) Notwithstanding the partial exemption allowed in |
2635 | paragraph (a), a vehicle is subject to this state's sales tax at |
2636 | the applicable state sales tax rate plus authorized surtaxes |
2637 | when the vehicle is purchased by a nonresident corporation or |
2638 | partnership and: |
2639 | 1. An officer of the corporation is a resident of this |
2640 | state; |
2641 | 2. A stockholder of the corporation who owns at least 10 |
2642 | percent of the corporation is a resident of this state; or |
2643 | 3. A partner in the partnership who has at least 10 |
2644 | percent ownership is a resident of this state. |
2645 | |
2646 | However, if the vehicle is removed from this state within 45 |
2647 | days after purchase and remains outside the state for a minimum |
2648 | of 180 days, the vehicle may qualify for the partial exemption |
2649 | allowed in paragraph (a) despite the residency of owners or |
2650 | stockholders of the purchasing entity. |
2651 | (c) Nothing herein shall require the payment of tax to the |
2652 | State of Florida for assessments made prior to July 1, 2001, if |
2653 | the tax imposed by this section has been paid to the state in |
2654 | which the vehicle was licensed and the department has assessed a |
2655 | like amount of tax on the same transactions. This provision |
2656 | shall apply retroactively to assessments that have been |
2657 | protested prior to August 1, 1999, and have not been paid on the |
2658 | date this act takes effect. |
2659 | (11) PARTIAL EXEMPTION; FLYABLE AIRCRAFT.- |
2660 | (a) The tax imposed on the sale by a manufacturer of |
2661 | flyable aircraft, who designs such aircraft, which sale may |
2662 | include necessary equipment and modifications placed on such |
2663 | flyable aircraft prior to delivery by the manufacturer, shall be |
2664 | an amount equal to the sales tax which would be imposed on such |
2665 | sale under the laws of the state in which the aircraft will be |
2666 | domiciled. |
2667 | (b) This partial exemption applies only if the purchaser |
2668 | is a resident of another state who will not use the aircraft in |
2669 | this state, or if the purchaser is a resident of another state |
2670 | and uses the aircraft in interstate or foreign commerce, or if |
2671 | the purchaser is a resident of a foreign country. |
2672 | (c) The maximum tax collectible under this subsection may |
2673 | not exceed 6 percent of the sales price of such aircraft. No |
2674 | Florida tax may be imposed on the sale of such aircraft if the |
2675 | state in which the aircraft will be domiciled does not allow |
2676 | Florida sales or use tax to be credited against its sales or use |
2677 | tax. Furthermore, no tax may be imposed on the sale of such |
2678 | aircraft if the state in which the aircraft will be domiciled |
2679 | has enacted a sales and use tax exemption for flyable aircraft |
2680 | or if the aircraft will be domiciled outside the United States. |
2681 | (d) The purchaser shall execute a sworn affidavit |
2682 | attesting that he or she is not a resident of this state and |
2683 | stating where the aircraft will be domiciled. If the aircraft is |
2684 | subsequently used in this state within 6 months of the time of |
2685 | purchase, in violation of the intent of this subsection, the |
2686 | purchaser shall be liable for payment of the full use tax |
2687 | imposed by this chapter and shall be subject to the penalty |
2688 | imposed by s. 212.12(2), which penalty shall be mandatory. |
2689 | Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the owner of |
2690 | an aircraft purchased pursuant to this subsection may permit the |
2691 | aircraft to be returned to this state for repairs within 6 |
2692 | months after the date of sale without the aircraft being in |
2693 | violation of the law and without incurring liability for payment |
2694 | of tax or penalty on the purchase price of the aircraft, so long |
2695 | as the aircraft is removed from this state within 20 days after |
2696 | the completion of the repairs and such removal can be proven by |
2697 | invoices for fuel, tie-down, or hangar charges issued by out-of- |
2698 | state vendors or suppliers or similar documentation. |
2699 | (12) PARTIAL EXEMPTION; MASTER TAPES, RECORDS, FILMS, OR |
2700 | VIDEO TAPES.- |
2701 | (a) There are exempt from the taxes imposed by this |
2702 | chapter the gross receipts from the sale or lease of, and the |
2703 | storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, master |
2704 | tapes or master records embodying sound, or master films or |
2705 | master video tapes; except that amounts paid to recording |
2706 | studios or motion picture or television studios for the tangible |
2707 | elements of such master tapes, records, films, or video tapes |
2708 | are taxable as otherwise provided in this chapter. This |
2709 | exemption will inure to the taxpayer upon presentation of the |
2710 | certificate of exemption issued to the taxpayer under the |
2711 | provisions of s. 288.1258. |
2712 | (b) For the purposes of this subsection, the term: |
2713 | 1. "Amounts paid for the tangible elements" does not |
2714 | include any amounts paid for the copyrightable, artistic, or |
2715 | other intangible elements of such master tapes, records, films, |
2716 | or video tapes, whether designated as royalties or otherwise, |
2717 | including, but not limited to, services rendered in producing, |
2718 | fabricating, processing, or imprinting tangible personal |
2719 | property or any other services or production expenses in |
2720 | connection therewith which may otherwise be construed as |
2721 | constituting a "sale" under s. 212.02. |
2722 | 2. "Master films or master video tapes" means films or |
2723 | video tapes utilized by the motion picture and television |
2724 | production industries in making visual images for reproduction. |
2725 | 3. "Master tapes or master records embodying sound" means |
2726 | tapes, records, and other devices utilized by the recording |
2727 | industry in making recordings embodying sound. |
2728 | 4. "Motion picture or television studio" means a facility |
2729 | in which film or video tape productions or parts of productions |
2730 | are made and which contains the necessary equipment and |
2731 | personnel for this purpose and includes a mobile unit or vehicle |
2732 | that is equipped in much the same manner as a stationary studio |
2733 | and used in the making of film or video tape productions. |
2734 | 5. "Recording studio" means a place where, by means of |
2735 | mechanical or electronic devices, voices, music, or other sounds |
2736 | are transmitted to tapes, records, or other devices capable of |
2737 | reproducing sound. |
2738 | 6. "Recording industry" means any person engaged in an |
2739 | occupation or business of making recordings embodying sound for |
2740 | a livelihood or for a profit. |
2741 | 7. "Motion picture or television production industry" |
2742 | means any person engaged in an occupation or business for a |
2743 | livelihood or for profit of making visual motion picture or |
2744 | television visual images for showing on screen or television for |
2745 | theatrical, commercial, advertising, or educational purposes. |
2746 | (13) No transactions shall be exempt from the tax imposed |
2747 | by this chapter except those expressly exempted herein. All laws |
2748 | granting tax exemptions, to the extent they may be inconsistent |
2749 | or in conflict with this chapter, including, but not limited to, |
2750 | the following designated laws, shall yield to and be superseded |
2751 | by the provisions of this subsection: ss. 125.019, 153.76, |
2752 | 154.2331, 159.15, 159.31, 159.50, 159.708, 163.385, 163.395, |
2753 | 215.76, 243.33, 315.11, 348.65, 348.762, 349.13, 403.1834, |
2754 | 616.07, and 623.09, and the following Laws of Florida, acts of |
2755 | the year indicated: s. 31, chapter 30843, 1955; s. 19, chapter |
2756 | 30845, 1955; s. 12, chapter 30927, 1955; s. 8, chapter 31179, |
2757 | 1955; s. 15, chapter 31263, 1955; s. 13, chapter 31343, 1955; s. |
2758 | 16, chapter 59-1653; s. 13, chapter 59-1356; s. 12, chapter 61- |
2759 | 2261; s. 19, chapter 61-2754; s. 10, chapter 61-2686; s. 11, |
2760 | chapter 63-1643; s. 11, chapter 65-1274; s. 16, chapter 67-1446; |
2761 | and s. 10, chapter 67-1681. This subsection does not supersede |
2762 | the authority of a local government to adopt financial and local |
2763 | government incentives pursuant to s. 163.2517. |
2764 | (14) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.-The |
2765 | department shall establish a technical assistance advisory |
2766 | committee with public and private sector members, including |
2767 | representatives of both manufacturers and retailers, to advise |
2768 | the Department of Revenue and the Department of Health in |
2769 | determining the taxability of specific products and product |
2770 | lines pursuant to subsection (1) and paragraph (2)(a). In |
2771 | determining taxability and in preparing a list of specific |
2772 | products and product lines that are or are not taxable, the |
2773 | committee shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 120. |
2774 | Private sector members shall not be compensated for serving on |
2775 | the committee. |
2776 | (15) ELECTRICAL ENERGY USED IN AN ENTERPRISE ZONE.- |
2777 | (a) Beginning July 1, 1995, charges for electrical energy |
2778 | used by a qualified business at a fixed location in an |
2779 | enterprise zone in a municipality which has enacted an ordinance |
2780 | pursuant to s. 166.231(8) which provides for exemption of |
2781 | municipal utility taxes on such businesses or in an enterprise |
2782 | zone jointly authorized by a county and a municipality which has |
2783 | enacted an ordinance pursuant to s. 166.231(8) which provides |
2784 | for exemption of municipal utility taxes on such businesses |
2785 | shall receive an exemption equal to 50 percent of the tax |
2786 | imposed by this chapter, or, if no less than 20 percent of the |
2787 | employees of the business are residents of an enterprise zone, |
2788 | excluding temporary and part-time employees, the exemption shall |
2789 | be equal to 100 percent of the tax imposed by this chapter. A |
2790 | qualified business may receive such exemption for a period of 5 |
2791 | years from the billing period beginning not more than 30 days |
2792 | following notification to the applicable utility company by the |
2793 | department that an exemption has been authorized pursuant to |
2794 | this subsection and s. 166.231(8). |
2795 | (b) To receive this exemption, a business must file an |
2796 | application, with the enterprise zone development agency having |
2797 | jurisdiction over the enterprise zone where the business is |
2798 | located, on a form provided by the department for the purposes |
2799 | of this subsection and s. 166.231(8). The application shall be |
2800 | made under oath and shall include: |
2801 | 1. The name and location of the business. |
2802 | 2. The identifying number assigned pursuant to s. 290.0065 |
2803 | to the enterprise zone in which the business is located. |
2804 | 3. The date on which electrical service is to be first |
2805 | initiated to the business. |
2806 | 4. The name and mailing address of the entity from which |
2807 | electrical energy is to be purchased. |
2808 | 5. The date of the application. |
2809 | 6. The name of the city in which the business is located. |
2810 | 7. If applicable, the name and address of each permanent |
2811 | employee of the business including, for each employee who is a |
2812 | resident of an enterprise zone, the identifying number assigned |
2813 | pursuant to s. 290.0065 to the enterprise zone in which the |
2814 | employee resides. |
2815 | 8. Whether the business is a small business as defined by |
2816 | s. 288.703. |
2817 | (c) Within 10 working days after receipt of an |
2818 | application, the enterprise zone development agency shall review |
2819 | the application to determine if it contains all information |
2820 | required pursuant to paragraph (b) and meets the criteria set |
2821 | out in this subsection. The agency shall certify all |
2822 | applications that contain the information required pursuant to |
2823 | paragraph (b) and meet the criteria set out in this subsection |
2824 | as eligible to receive an exemption. If applicable, the agency |
2825 | shall also certify if 20 percent of the employees of the |
2826 | business are residents of an enterprise zone, excluding |
2827 | temporary and part-time employees. The certification shall be in |
2828 | writing, and a copy of the certification shall be transmitted to |
2829 | the executive director of the Department of Revenue. The |
2830 | applicant shall be responsible for forwarding a certified |
2831 | application to the department within 6 months after the |
2832 | occurrence of the appropriate qualifying provision set out in |
2833 | paragraph (f). |
2834 | (d) If, in a subsequent audit conducted by the department, |
2835 | it is determined that the business did not meet the criteria |
2836 | mandated in this subsection, the amount of taxes exempted shall |
2837 | immediately be due and payable to the department by the |
2838 | business, together with the appropriate interest and penalty, |
2839 | computed from the due date of each bill for the electrical |
2840 | energy purchased as exempt under this subsection, in the manner |
2841 | prescribed by this chapter. |
2842 | (e) The department shall adopt rules governing |
2843 | applications for, issuance of, and the form of applications for |
2844 | the exemption authorized in this subsection and provisions for |
2845 | recapture of taxes exempted under this subsection, and the |
2846 | department may establish guidelines as to qualifications for |
2847 | exemption. |
2848 | (f) For the purpose of the exemption provided in this |
2849 | subsection, the term "qualified business" means a business which |
2850 | is: |
2851 | 1. First occupying a new structure to which electrical |
2852 | service, other than that used for construction purposes, has not |
2853 | been previously provided or furnished; |
2854 | 2. Newly occupying an existing, remodeled, renovated, or |
2855 | rehabilitated structure to which electrical service, other than |
2856 | that used for remodeling, renovation, or rehabilitation of the |
2857 | structure, has not been provided or furnished in the three |
2858 | preceding billing periods; or |
2859 | 3. Occupying a new, remodeled, rebuilt, renovated, or |
2860 | rehabilitated structure for which a refund has been granted |
2861 | pursuant to paragraph (5)(g). |
2862 | (g) This subsection expires on the date specified in s. |
2863 | 290.016 for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act, |
2864 | except that: |
2865 | 1. Paragraph (d) shall not expire; and |
2866 | 2. Any qualified business which has been granted an |
2867 | exemption under this subsection prior to that date shall be |
2868 | allowed the full benefit of this exemption as if this subsection |
2869 | had not expired on that date. |
2870 | (16) EXEMPTIONS; SPACE ACTIVITIES.- |
2871 | (a) There shall be exempt from the tax imposed by this |
2872 | chapter: |
2873 | 1. The sale, lease, use, storage, consumption, or |
2874 | distribution in this state of any orbital space facility, space |
2875 | propulsion system, or space vehicle, satellite, or station of |
2876 | any kind possessing space flight capacity, including the |
2877 | components thereof. |
2878 | 2. The sale, lease, use, storage, consumption, or |
2879 | distribution in this state of tangible personal property placed |
2880 | on or used aboard any orbital space facility, space propulsion |
2881 | system, or space vehicle, satellite, or station of any kind, |
2882 | irrespective of whether such tangible personal property is |
2883 | returned to this state for subsequent use, storage, or |
2884 | consumption in any manner. This exemption is not affected by the |
2885 | failure of a launch to occur, or the destruction of a launch |
2886 | vehicle or any components thereof. |
2887 | (b) This subsection shall be strictly construed and |
2888 | enforced. |
2889 | (17) EXEMPTIONS; CERTAIN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS.- |
2890 | (a) Subject to paragraph (d), the tax imposed by this |
2891 | chapter does not apply to the sale to or use by a government |
2892 | contractor of overhead materials. The term "government |
2893 | contractor" includes prime contractors and subcontractors. |
2894 | (b) As used in this subsection, the term "overhead |
2895 | materials" means all tangible personal property, other than |
2896 | qualifying property as defined in s. 212.02(14)(a) and |
2897 | electricity, which is used or consumed in the performance of a |
2898 | qualifying contract, title to which property vests in or passes |
2899 | to the government under the contract. |
2900 | (c) As used in this subsection and in s. 212.02(14)(a), |
2901 | the term "qualifying contract" means a contract with the United |
2902 | States Department of Defense or the National Aeronautics and |
2903 | Space Administration, or a subcontract thereunder, but does not |
2904 | include a contract or subcontract for the repair, alteration, |
2905 | improvement, or construction of real property, except to the |
2906 | extent that purchases under such a contract would otherwise be |
2907 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. |
2908 | (d) The exemption provided in this subsection applies as |
2909 | follows: |
2910 | 1. Beginning July 1, 2000, the tax imposed by this chapter |
2911 | shall be applicable to 60 percent of the sales price or cost |
2912 | price of such overhead materials. |
2913 | 2. Beginning July 1, 2001, the tax imposed by this chapter |
2914 | shall be applicable to 40 percent of the sales price or cost |
2915 | price of such overhead materials. |
2916 | 3. Beginning July 1, 2002, the tax imposed by this chapter |
2917 | shall be applicable to 20 percent of the sales price or cost |
2918 | price of such overhead materials. |
2919 | 4. Beginning July 1, 2003, the entire sales price or cost |
2920 | price of such overhead materials is exempt from the tax imposed |
2921 | by this chapter. |
2922 | |
2923 | The exemption provided in this subsection does not apply to any |
2924 | part of the cost of overhead materials allocated to a contract |
2925 | that is not a qualifying contract. |
2926 | (e) Possession by a seller of a resale certificate or |
2927 | direct-pay permit relieves the seller from the responsibility of |
2928 | collecting the tax, and the department shall look solely to the |
2929 | contractor for recovery of such tax if it determines that the |
2930 | contractor was not entitled to the exemption. The contractor |
2931 | shall self-accrue and remit any applicable sales or use tax due |
2932 | with respect to overhead materials and with respect to costs |
2933 | allocable to contracts that are not qualifying contracts. The |
2934 | department may amend its rules to reflect the use of resale |
2935 | certificates and direct-pay permits with respect to the |
2936 | exemption provided for in this subsection. |
2937 | (f) This subsection is not an expression of legislative |
2938 | intent as to the applicability of any tax to any sale or use of |
2939 | overhead materials prior to July 1, 1999. In addition, this |
2940 | subsection does not imply that transactions or costs that are |
2941 | not described in this subsection are taxable. |
2942 | (18) MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED PREDOMINANTLY FOR |
2943 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.- |
2944 | (a) Machinery and equipment used predominantly for |
2945 | research and development as defined in this subsection are |
2946 | exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. |
2947 | (b) For purposes of this subsection: |
2948 | 1. "Machinery and equipment" includes, but is not limited |
2949 | to, molds, dies, machine tooling, other appurtenances or |
2950 | accessories to machinery and equipment, testing and measuring |
2951 | equipment, test beds, computers, and software, whether purchased |
2952 | or self-fabricated, and, if self-fabricated, includes materials |
2953 | and labor for design, fabrication, and assembly. |
2954 | 2. "Predominantly" means at least 50 percent of the time. |
2955 | 3. "Research and development" means research that has one |
2956 | of the following as its ultimate goal: |
2957 | a. Basic research in a scientific field of endeavor; |
2958 | b. Advancing knowledge or technology in a scientific or |
2959 | technical field of endeavor; |
2960 | c. The development of a new product, whether or not the |
2961 | new product is offered for sale; |
2962 | d. The improvement of an existing product, whether or not |
2963 | the improved product is offered for sale; |
2964 | e. The development of new uses of an existing product, |
2965 | whether or not a new use is offered as a rationale to purchase |
2966 | the product; or |
2967 | f. The design and development of prototypes, whether or |
2968 | not a resulting product is offered for sale. |
2969 | |
2970 | The term "research and development" does not include ordinary |
2971 | testing or inspection of materials or products used for quality |
2972 | control, market research, efficiency surveys, consumer surveys, |
2973 | advertising and promotions, management studies, or research in |
2974 | connection with literary, historical, social science, |
2975 | psychological, or other similar nontechnical activities. |
2976 | (c) The department may adopt rules pursuant to ss. |
2977 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 that provide for administering and |
2978 | implementing this exemption. |
2979 | (d) A person who claims the exemption provided in this |
2980 | subsection shall furnish the vendor of the machinery or |
2981 | equipment, including the vendor of materials and labor used in |
2982 | self-fabrication of the machinery or equipment, an affidavit |
2983 | stating that the item or items for which an exemption is claimed |
2984 | are machinery and equipment that will be used predominantly for |
2985 | research and development as required by this subsection. A |
2986 | purchaser who claims the exemption by refund shall include the |
2987 | affidavit with the refund application. The affidavit must |
2988 | contain the purchaser's name, address, sales and use tax |
2989 | registration number, and, if applicable, federal employer's |
2990 | identification number. Any person fraudulently furnishing an |
2991 | affidavit to the vendor for the purpose of evading payment of |
2992 | any tax imposed under this chapter shall be subject to the |
2993 | penalty set forth in s. 212.085 and as otherwise provided by |
2994 | law. |
2995 | (e) In lieu of furnishing an affidavit, a purchaser |
2996 | claiming the exemption provided in this subsection who has a |
2997 | direct-pay permit may furnish the vendor with a copy of the |
2998 | direct-pay permit and shall maintain all documentation necessary |
2999 | to prove the exempt status of the purchases and fabrication |
3000 | activity. |
3001 | (f) Purchasers shall maintain all documentation necessary |
3002 | to prove the exempt status of purchases and fabrication activity |
3003 | and make such documentation available for inspection pursuant to |
3004 | the requirements of s. 212.13(2). |
3005 | Section 4. (1) Effective July 1, 2015, ss. 212.051, |
3006 | 212.052, 212.0598, 212.0602, 212.0801, 212.0821, 212.09, |
3007 | 212.096, 212.097, and 212.098, Florida Statutes, are repealed. |
3008 | (2) Unless modified or reenacted as provided in s. |
3009 | 11.9035, Florida Statutes, effective July 1, 2015, any |
3010 | exemption, deduction, or credit from the state sales and use tax |
3011 | or any exclusion of sales and services from such tax granted by |
3012 | the following is repealed: |
3013 | (a) Section 212.02, Florida Statutes, except rent on low- |
3014 | income housing under s. 212.02(2), Florida Statutes. |
3015 | (b) Section 212.03, Florida Statutes, except rent charges |
3016 | paid by long-term residents under s. 212.03(4), Florida |
3017 | Statutes; rent charges paid by full-time students, by active |
3018 | military personnel, and by permanent residents under s. |
3019 | 212.03(7)(a); Florida Statutes; rent charges in mobile home |
3020 | parks under s. 212.03(7)(c), Florida Statutes; and rent charges |
3021 | for living accommodations in migrant labor camps under s. |
3022 | 212.03(7)(d), Florida Statutes. |
3023 | (c) Section 212.031, Florida Statutes, except utility |
3024 | charges under s. 212.031(7), Florida Statutes. |
3025 | (d) Sections 212.04, 212.05, and 212.0506, Florida |
3026 | Statutes. |
3027 | (e) Sections 212.06 and 212.081, Florida Statutes, except |
3028 | any sale exempted by federal law or the United States |
3029 | Constitution. |
3030 | (f) Sections 212.0601, 212.07, 212.12, 212.20, and 376.75, |
3031 | Florida Statutes. |
3032 | Section 5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this |
3033 | act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |