Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 384 Ì781560!Î781560 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 02/16/2015 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Bean) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 14 - 29 4 and insert: 5 6 (1)(a) As used in this section, the term “small business” 7 means a “dealer,” as defined in s. 212.06, Florida Statutes, 8 which: 9 1. Has registered with the Department of Revenue; 10 2. Began operation in this state on or before March 3, 11 2015; and 12 3. Owed and remitted to the department less than $200,000 13 in tax under chapter 212, Florida Statutes, for the period 14 beginning on: 15 a. October 1, 2014, and ending on September 30, 2015, if 16 the dealer was operating in this state during that entire 17 period; or 18 b. The date that the dealer began operation in this state, 19 if that date occurred after October 1, 2014, and ending on 20 September 30, 2015. 21 (b) If the dealer is eligible to have filed a consolidated 22 return under s. 212.11(1)(e), Florida Statutes, the dealer must 23 have owed and remitted less than $200,000 to the department in 24 tax under chapter 212, Florida Statutes, for all of the dealer’s 25 places of business for the period applicable to the dealer under 26 subparagraph (a)3. 27 (2) The tax levied under chapter 212, Florida Statutes, may 28 not be collected during the period from 12:00 a.m. on November 29 28, 2015, through 11:59 p.m. on November 28, 2015, on the sale 30 at retail, as defined in s. 212.02 (14), Florida Statutes, by a 31 small business of any item or article of tangible personal 32 property, as defined in s. 212.02(19), Florida Statutes, which 33 has a sales price of $1,000 or less per item or article. 34 35 36 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 37 And the title is amended as follows: 38 Delete lines 3 - 6 39 and insert: 40 tax holiday; providing a definition for the term 41 “small business”; providing that the tax levied under 42 ch. 212, F.S., may not be collected on the sale of 43 certain items or articles of tangible personal 44 property by a small business during a