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E-Fairness

AIF SUPPORTS efforts to enforce the fair collection of state sales tax. Common sense updates can and should be made to Florida’s tax system to level the playing field for all retailers selling goods in Florida.

Today, “brick and mortar” retailers are at a disadvantage to out-of-state, online-only retailers concerning the collection of state sales tax. Under current law, online-only retailers forgo collecting sales tax at the point of purchase, despite the fact that it is still due, and the burden is passed on to unknowing consumers. This is not a new tax; instead, this is an issue of fairness and evenhandedness.