15175667, 12A-1.038 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 15175667

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Division:

Sales and Use Tax

Chapter:

SALES AND USE TAX

Overview

RULE:

12A-1.038	Consumer's Certificate of Exemption; Exemption Certificates
12A-1.039	Sales for Resale

PURPOSE:

Rule 12A-1.038, F.A.C., provides, in part, guidance as to how a dealer may document a sale made to a nongovernmental tax-exempt entity.  Rule 12A-1.039, F.A.C., provides similar guidance for sales made to registered dealers for the purposes of resale.  In an effort to assist taxpayers using modern technology, the Department has developed a mobile application that can be used to confirm a customer’s status as a tax-exempt entity or a registered dealer.  The purpose of a portion of the proposed changes to the two rules is to include information regarding the availability and use of this new method.
To make it easier for taxpayers using modern technology to receive a copy of their Annual Resale Certificate and to reduce costs to the state, the Department will provide those certificates through a secure link on its website beginning in January, 2015.  A change is being proposed to Rule 12A-1.039, F.A.C., to provide information as to this availability.
The Department has determined that three provisions of Rule 12A-1.039, F.A.C., are unnecessary and provide no benefit to either the taxpayer or the Department.  Those provisions are 1) including a taxpayer’s registration effective date on the Annual Resale Certificate issued by the Department, as the certificates are issued each year and are clearly labeled with each year’s date; 2) the requirement that a taxpayer sign his or her Annual Resale Certificate; and 3) the requirement of a signed statement by the purchaser on a sales invoice, purchase order, or separate form documenting the sale.  Accordingly, the Department is proposing that these provisions be stricken from the rule.
Finally, technical changes are made to both rules for Departmental addresses and to the time period during which Department operators are available.

SUBJECT:

The subject areas of the rule development workshop are the availability and use of the Department’s FL Tax mobile application; the availability of the Annual Resale Certificate through a secure link on the Department’s website; the removal of the requirement that a taxpayer must sign his or her Annual Resale Certificate; the removal of the registration effective date from the information that will included on the Annual Resale Certificate; the removal of the requirement of obtaining a signed statement on a written proof of sale; and technical changes for Departmental addresses and to the time period in which Department operators are available.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

212.07(1)(b), 212.17(6), 212.18(2), 213.06(1) FS.

LAW:

95.091(3), 212.02(4)(14), 212.05(1)(b), (i), (j), 212.06(1)(c), (16), 212.0601, 212.07(1), 212.08(5)(m), (6), (7), 212.085, 212.13(5)(c), (d), 212.17(6), 212.18(2), (3), 218.186, 212.21(2), 213.053(10), 218.186

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

10/15/2014 Vol. 40/201

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

212.07(1)(b), 212.17(6), 212.18(2), 213.06(1) FS., 95.091(3), 212.02(4)(14), 212.05(1)(b), (i), (j), 212.06(1)(c), (16), 212.0601, 212.07(1), 212.08(5)(m), (6), (7), 212.085, 212.13(5)(c), (d), 212.17(6), 212.18(2), (3), 218.186, 212.21(2), 213.053(10), 218.186

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=12A-1.038&PDate=10/15/2014&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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