Florida Governor Signs Bill Requiring E-Commerce Taxation

Florida on Monday joined the ranks of states that tax electronic commerce and other forms of remote sales.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill (S.B. 50) requiring out-of-state sellers to collect and remit the state’s 6% sales tax effective July 1. The bill’s passage means Missouri is the only outlier of the 45 sales tax states without a collect-and-remit requirement for remote vendors.

• Out-of-state merchants with more than $100,000 in annual sales to Florida-based buyers will have to collect and remit sales taxes to the state. The requirement also applies to online ...