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Old 10-28-2021, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna View Post
I don’t think the tax is the result of a state law. I’m pretty sure the collection of state and local sales taxes is the result of a federal law requiring online merchants to collect state taxes and local taxes, then distribute those collections to the state or locality where the purchase was shipped.
It is a florida law The link also shows which Senators voted yes or no. All our local representatives voted yes
Senate Bill 50 (2021) - The Florida Senate
The impetus was a US Supreme Court decision a few years ago that made state taxation of internet sales without the seller having a state's physical location legal
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