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Short, sourced notes on Florida sales and use tax filing — deadline relief, rate changes and registration quirks that don't fit neatly on the reference pages.

Ready to file? Returns are filed with the Florida Department of Revenue, never through this site.Sign in to the DOR portal →Opens the Department's own sign-in at login.prd.floridarevenue.com — the direct link to the Revenue Premier taxpayer portal, which is notoriously hard to find from the DOR home page. If it stops working, start from the Department's eFile and Pay Sales and Use Tax page, which also covers guest filing with a certificate number and business partner number.

Posts here go deeper on one topic at a time than the reference pages do, with the same rule as the rest of the site: every figure links to the government document it came from.

Florida's $5,000 Surtax Cap on Big-Ticket Holiday Sales: Worked Examples

The $5,000 surtax cap applies per single item of tangible personal property, not per invoice and not to services. Four worked examples with county rates.

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Florida Sales Tax E-Pay Deadlines Through the Holidays (and the $30 You Can Lose)

Electronic payments must be initiated by 5 p.m. ET the business day before the 20th. The holiday-season dates, and the arithmetic of the collection allowance and the late penalty.

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Closing a Florida Sales Tax Account After the Holidays: The Final Return and What Keeps Running

Stopping sales does not stop the filing obligation. What closing a Florida sales tax registration involves, and what a seasonal seller should ask the Department.

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Your Florida Annual Resale Certificate Expires December 31: What to Do Now

Florida's Annual Resale Certificate expires every December 31. When the new one is available, how sellers verify a customer's certificate, and the other year-end items to check.

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Hurricane season and your Florida sales tax deadline: what relief actually looks like

What to do if a filing deadline lands during a declared disaster, how Florida has granted relief in past storms, what documentation to keep, and why an active 2026 season is a reason to check DOR guidance before a deadline, not after.

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