Florida Statutes
Chapter 202 - Communications Services Tax Simplification Law
202.13 - Intent.


(1) If the operation or imposition of the taxes imposed or administered under this chapter is declared invalid, ineffective, inapplicable, unconstitutional, or void for any reason, chapters 166, 203, 212, and 337, as such chapters existed before January 1, 2000, shall fully apply to the sale, use, or consumption of communications services. If any exemption from the tax is declared invalid, ineffective, inapplicable, unconstitutional, or void for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the taxes imposed or administered under this chapter, but such sale, use, or consumption shall be subject to the taxes imposed under this chapter to the same extent as if such exemption never existed.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to exempt from the taxes imposed or administered pursuant to this chapter only the communications services set forth in this chapter as exempt from such taxes, to the extent that such exemptions are in accordance with the constitutions of this state and of the United States.
(3) The tax on dealers of communications services authorized under this chapter, including the tax imposed by local governments under ss. 202.19 and 202.20, shall supersede the authority of local governments to levy franchise fees as set out in 47 U.S.C. s. 542 without regard to the fact that this is a tax of general applicability on all providers of communications services.
History.—ss. 5, 58, ch. 2000-260; s. 38, ch. 2001-140.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XIV - Taxation and Finance

Chapter 202 - Communications Services Tax Simplification Law

202.10 - Short Title.

202.105 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

202.11 - Definitions.

202.12 - Sales of Communications Services.

202.12001 - Combined Rate for Tax Collected Pursuant to Ss. 202.12(1)(a) and 203.01(1)(b).

202.125 - Sales of Communications Services; Specified Exemptions.

202.13 - Intent.

202.14 - Credit Against Tax Imposed.

202.151 - Use Tax Imposed on Certain Purchasers of Communications Services.

202.155 - Special Rules for Mobile Communications Services.

202.16 - Payment.

202.17 - Registration.

202.175 - Toll-Free Telephone Number for Verification of Dealer Registration Numbers and Resale Certificates.

202.177 - Verification System for Certificate Numbers of Purchasers Seeking to Purchase for Resale.

202.18 - Allocation and Disposition of Tax Proceeds.

202.19 - Authorization to Impose Local Communications Services Tax.

202.193 - Local Communications Services Tax Clearing Trust Fund.

202.195 - Proprietary Confidential Business Information; Public Records Exemption.

202.20 - Local Communications Services Tax Conversion Rates.

202.21 - Effective Dates; Procedures for Informing Dealers of Communications Services of Tax Levies and Rate Changes.

202.22 - Determination of Local Tax Situs.

202.23 - Procedure on Purchaser’s Request for Refund or Credit of Communications Services Taxes.

202.231 - Provision of Information to Local Taxing Jurisdictions.

202.24 - Limitations on Local Taxes and Fees Imposed on Dealers of Communications Services.

202.25 - Jurisdiction; Dealers Not Qualified to Do Business in This State.

202.26 - Department Powers.

202.27 - Return Filing; Rules for Self-Accrual.

202.28 - Credit for Collecting Tax; Penalties.

202.29 - Bad Debts.

202.30 - Payment of Taxes by Electronic Funds Transfer; Filing of Returns by Electronic Data Interchange.

202.32 - State and Local Agencies to Cooperate in Administration of Law.

202.33 - Taxes Declared to Be Government Funds; Penalties for Failure to Remit Taxes; Warrants.

202.34 - Records Required to Be Kept; Power to Inspect; Audit Procedure.

202.35 - Powers of Department in Dealing With Delinquents; Tax to Be Separately Stated.

202.36 - Departmental Powers; Hearings; Distress Warrants; Bonds; Subpoenas and Subpoenas Duces Tecum.

202.37 - Special Rules for Administration of Local Communications Services Tax.

202.381 - Transition From Previous Taxes.

202.41 - Security for Bonded Indebtedness Pledged Under Previous Law.