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Florida Reduces Business Rent Tax Rate

April 28, 2021 Business & Tax Blog Corporate Sales Tax

Florida is the only state that imposes sales tax on the lease of commercial real property. Over the last several years, this tax rate has been reduced in increments from 6.0% to 5.5%. Under recently enacted legislation, this rate will be further reduced to 2.0%. However, this rate reduction will not go into effect until two months after Florida’s Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund is replenished to pre-pandemic levels. Depending upon future unemployment claims, Florida economists estimate this may occur in 2024 or 2025. The 3.5% reduction is estimated to save commercial tenants approximately $1.2 billion annually. The local sales tax portion of the commercial rent tax is not changed by the new legislation.