Florida Florida Statutes
§ 212.12 — Dealer's credit for collecting tax; penalties for noncompliance; powers of Department of Revenue in dealing with delinquents; rounding; records required
FS § 212.12Ch. 212
Statute text
View on source(1)(a) Notwithstanding any other law and for the purpose of compensating persons granting licenses for and the lessors of real and personal property taxed hereunder, for the purpose of compensating dealers in tangible personal property, for the purpose of compensating dealers providing communication services and taxable services, for the purpose of compensating owners of places where admissions are collected, and for the purpose of compensating remitters of any taxes or fees reported on the same documents utilized for the sales and use tax, as compensation for the keeping of prescribed records, filing timely tax returns, and the proper accounting and remitting of taxes by them, such seller, person, lessor, dealer, owner, and remitter who files the return required pursuant to s. 212.11 only by electronic means and who pays the amount due on such return only by electronic means shall be allowed 2.5 percent of the amount of the tax due, accounted for, and remitted to the department in the form of a deduction. However, if the amount of the tax due and remitted to the department by electronic means for the reporting period exceeds $1,200, an allowance is not allowed for all amounts in excess of $1,200. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “electronic means” has the same meaning as provided in s. 213.755(2)(c).
(b)The Department of Revenue may deny the collection allowance if a taxpayer files an incomplete return or if the required tax return or tax is delinquent at the time of payment.1. An “incomplete return” is, for purposes of this chapter, a return which is lacking such uniformity, completeness, and arrangement that the physical handling, verification, review of the return, or determination of other taxes and fees reported on the return may not be readily accomplished. 2. The department shall adopt rules requiring such information as it may deem necessary to ensure that the tax levied hereunder is properly collected, reviewed, compiled, reported, and enforced, including, but not limited to: the amount of gross sales; the amount of taxable sales; the amount of tax collected or due; the amount of lawful refunds, deductions, or credits claimed; the amount claimed as the dealer's collection allowance; the amount of penalty and interest; the amount due with the return; and such other information as the Department of Revenue may specify. The department shall require that transient rentals and agricultural equipment transactions be separately shown. Sales made through vending machines as defined in s. 212.0515 must be separately shown on the return. Sales made through coin-operated amusement machines as defined by s. 212.02 and the number of machines operated must be separately shown on the return or on a form prescribed by the department. If a separate form is required, the same penalties for late filing, incomplete filing, or failure to file as provided for the sales tax return shall apply to the form.
(c)The collection allowance and other credits or deductions provided in this chapter shall be applied proportionally to any taxes or fees reported on the same documents used for the sales and use tax. (d)1. A dealer entitled to the collection allowance provided in this section may elect to forego the collection allowance and direct that the amount be transferred into the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. Such an election must be made with the timely filing of a return and may not be rescinded once made. If a dealer who makes such an election files a delinquent return, underpays the tax, or files an incomplete return, the amount transferred into the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund shall be the amount of the collection allowance remaining after resolution of liability for all of the tax, interest, and penalty due on that return or underpayment of tax. The Department of Education shall distribute the remaining amount from the trust fund to the school districts that have adopted resolutions stating that those funds will be used to ensure that up-to-date technology is purchased for the classrooms in the district and that teachers are trained in the use of that technology. Revenues collected in districts that do not adopt such a resolution shall be equally distributed to districts that have adopted such resolutions. 2. This paragraph applies to all taxes, surtaxes, and any local option taxes administered under this chapter and remitted directly to the department. This paragraph does not apply to a locally imposed and self-administered convention development tax, tourist development tax, or tourist impact tax administered under this chapter. 3. Revenues from the dealer-collection allowances shall be transferred quarterly from the General Revenue Fund to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. The Department of Revenue shall provide to the Department of Education quarterly information about such revenues by county to which the collection allowance was attributed. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 120 to the contrary, the Department of Revenue may adopt rules to carry out the amendment made by chapter 2006-52, Laws of Florida, to this section. (2)(a) When any person required hereunder to make any return or to pay any tax or fee imposed by this chapter either fails to timely file such return or fails to pay the tax or fee shown due on the return within the time required hereunder, in addition to all other penalties provided herein and by the laws of this state in respect to such taxes or fees, a specific penalty shall be added to the tax or fee in the amount of 10 percent of either the tax or fee shown on the return that is not timely filed or any tax or fee not paid timely. The penalty may not be less than $50 for failure to timely file a tax return required by s. 212.11(1) or timely pay the tax or fee shown due on the return except as provided in s. 213.21(10). If a person fails to timely file a return required by s. 212.11(1) and to timely pay the tax or fee shown due on the return, only one penalty of 10 percent, which may not be less than $50, shall be imposed.
(b)When any person required under this section to make a return or to pay a tax or fee imposed by this chapter fails to disclose the tax or fee on the return within the time required, excluding a noncompliant filing event generated by situations covered in paragraph (a), in addition to all other penalties provided in this section and by the laws of this state in respect to such taxes or fees, a specific penalty shall be added to the additional tax or fee owed in the amount of 10 percent of any such unpaid tax or fee not paid timely if the failure is for not more than 30 days, with an additional 10 percent of any such unpaid tax or fee for each additional 30 days, or fraction thereof, while the failure continues, not to exceed a total penalty of 50 percent, in the aggregate, of any unpaid tax or fee.
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Legislative history
s. 12, ch. 26319, 1949; s. 11, ch. 26871, 1951; s. 3, ch. 57-109; s. 3, ch. 57-398; s. 4, ch. 61-276; s. 7, ch. 63-253; s. 10, ch. 65-329; s. 5, ch. 65-371; s. 2, ch. 65-420; s. 8, ch. 67-180; s. 13, ch. 68-27; s. 17, ch. 69-222; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 125, ch. 71-136; s. 10, ch. 76-261; s. 3, ch. 76-284; s. 3, ch. 78-59; s. 10, ch. 81-178; s. 2, ch. 81-221; s. 6, ch. 81-319; s. 8, ch. 82-154; s. 73, ch. 83-217; s. 9, ch. 83-297; s. 59, ch. 83-310; s. 7, ch. 84-324; s. 20, ch. 84-549; s. 2, ch. 85-142; s. 63, ch. 85-342; s. 76, ch. 86-152; s. 7, ch. 86-166; ss. 17, 88, ch. 87-6; s. 6, ch. 87-99; ss. 16, 56, ch. 87-101; s. 8, ch. 87-402; ss. 30, 31, 32, ch. 87-548; s. 12, ch. 88-119; s. 74, ch. 88-130; s. 27, ch. 90-132; ss. 32, 169, ch. 91-112; s. 240, ch. 91-224; s. 14, ch. 92-319; s. 19, ch. 92-320; s. 24, ch. 94-314; s. 1500, ch. 95-147; s. 31, ch. 96-397; s. 26, ch. 97-99; s. 13, ch. 98-342; s. 79, ch. 99-2; s. 14, ch. 99-208; s. 3, ch. 2000-276; s. 17, ch. 2000-355; ss. 26, 28, ch. 2002-218; s. 20, ch. 2003-254; s. 187, ch. 2003-261; s. 3, ch. 2005-197; s. 16, ch. 2005-280; ss. 1, 2, 4, ch. 2006-52; s. 25, ch. <a href="#!-- #ID=LAW2007-1