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Beginning at midnight ET on Thursday, March 20, 2025, and ending at 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, qualified target industry businesses subject to the Florida corporate income tax may apply online for an allocation of Florida research and development tax credit for expenses incurred in the 2024 calendar year.​


To apply for this credit, a business must first obtain a letter from the Florida Department of Commerce certifying that it is a qualified target industry business.


For more information about the research and development tax credit, visit the Florida Department of Revenue’s Corporate Income Tax Incentives webpage under the Incentives Related to Investment in Florida section.

To apply, visit the Corporate Income Tax Research and Development Credit webpage.

3/12/2025Approved
  

​Beginning January 1, 2025, dealers should temporarily stop collecting the following discretionary sales surtaxes:


  • The Hillsborough County 0.5% indigent care surtax; and
  • The Hillsborough County 0.5% local government infrastructure surtax.

However, dealers should continue to collect the 6% state sales tax and Hillsborough County 0.5% school capital outlay discretionary sales surtax for a combined tax rate of 6.5% for Hillsborough County. For commercial rental periods occurring during the temporary suspension period, dealers should continue to collect the 2% state sales tax on commercial rentals and Hillsborough County 0.5% school capital outlay discretionary sales surtax for a combined tax rate of 2.5% for Hillsborough County.


​The Department of Revenue (Department) will notify dealers when to begin collecting all Hillsborough County discretionary sales surtaxes again.

Re​​ad Tax Information Publication #24A01-15 for more information.

11/19/2024Approved