Florida TaxWatch (FTW) has lobbied lawmakers for two years to adopt an e-fairness bill and secure a Seminole gaming compact to capture nearly $1.5 billion in annual revenue that, essentially, is being left on the table.
Those two budget-boosters remain among 2021 priorities in dealing with the state’s projected $2.7 billion two-year funding shortfall, the Tallahassee-based taxpayer watchdog said last week in a statement highlighting the recommendations from its June Roadmap for a Responsible Recovery report.
Florida is one of seven states that doesn’t require retailers to remit sales taxes from online purchases and the only state that hasn’t changed online sales tax collection laws after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2018 that allowed states to compel remote sellers to remit sales taxes.
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