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Florida sales tax: 6% state rate plus county discretionary surtax, with the $5,000 per-item surtax cap applied correctly.
This calculator applies Florida's 6% state sales tax under Fla. Stat. § 212.05 together with the county discretionary sales surtax under § 212.055, and — unlike a flat combined-rate calculator — it enforces the rule that trips most people up: the surtax applies only to the first $5,000 of the sales price of any single item of tangible personal property, per § 212.054(2)(b)1. The 6% state tax has no ceiling, so on a $20,000 machine you pay 6% on the whole price but surtax on just $5,000. Retailers, equipment dealers and buyers comparing quotes get the state and surtax bases separated.
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Tests the ceiling item by item as the statute does, so two $4,000 items are treated differently from one $8,000 item.
Puts a dollar figure on the difference between a naive combined rate and the correct calculation.
Taxable freight is folded into the item's sales price, which is what pushes some invoices over the cap.
The state rate is 6%. Counties add a discretionary sales surtax of 0.5% to 1.5% in most cases, so combined rates run from 6% in counties with no surtax to about 7.5% in Hillsborough, Duval and Leon. County rates are republished each January in form DR-15DSS.
The county surtax is capped, not the state tax. Surtax applies only to the first $5,000 of the sales price of a single item of tangible personal property, so a $20,000 boat in a 1% county carries $1,200 state tax but only $50 of surtax. The cap does not apply to services, commercial rent or admissions.
Usually yes. Delivery and freight are part of the taxable sales price unless the charge is stated separately on the invoice and the buyer had the option to avoid it by picking the item up — Rule 12A-1.045. When taxable, freight counts toward the item's sales price for the $5,000 surtax cap.
Groceries — food products for human consumption sold for off-premises use — are exempt under Fla. Stat. § 212.08(1), and so are prescription medicines. Prepared meals, hot food, soft drinks and candy are taxable at the full combined rate. Check with the Department of Revenue for edge cases like bakery items sold for on-site eating.
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