SCORE
provides Florida businesses the tools and resources they need to be successful. SCORE is a nonprofit association of volunteer business
counselors supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Their experienced volunteers provide free or low-cost business advice
and mentoring, as well as workshops and webinars.
Presented by the Department’s General Tax Administration Program, the following webinars are available on SCORE’s website:
File and Pay Florida Taxes with Confidence. In this recorded
webinar, learn how to enroll to file and pay electronically, where to file and pay on the Department’s website, line-by-line information using the long
form sales tax return, and information about resources that will help.
Listen to this webinar recorded in February 2019.
Use
Tax and You: What businesses should know about Florida’s most misunderstood tax. In this recorded webinar, learn the definition
of use tax, how it differs from sales tax, how it applies to your business, when it is due, and why it is often discovered during
audits. Listen to this
webinar recorded in July 2018.
Florida Reemployment Tax
Basics: Foundation for Your Success. In this recorded webinar, learn about reemployment tax requirements and responsibilities, how
to file and pay electronically, records you will need to keep, and more.
Listen to this webinar recorded in July
2017.
The following guides and tutorials provide overviews and additional information on subject matters commonly used by taxpayers when interacting
with the Department. You may need to disable pop-up blockers.
For more brochures, forms, guides, and additional information, visit the Department's
Forms and Publications
webpage.
Guides to Completing Tax Applications
Tutorials - Tax and Fee Overviews
Tutorials - Tips for Success
- How to Complete Sales and Use Tax Return
(Form DR-15) - Takes you step-by-step through completing your tax return and includes information about estimated tax, use tax,
credits, and local option taxes.
- How to Complete Sales and Use Tax Return
(Form DR-15EZ) - Takes you step-by-step through completing your tax return and includes information about use tax and local option
taxes.
- How to Calculate and Pay Estimated Sales and
Use Tax - Recommended for taxpayers who must pay estimated tax.
- How to Calculate, Collect, and Report Your Discretionary
Sales Surtax - Focuses on how to report DSS and explains the $5,000 cap, and how to report DSS collected at different county
rates.
- How
to e-File and e-Pay Sales and Use Tax Return (Form DR-15)
- Recommended for taxpayers who wish to file and pay sales and use tax
online.
- Internet Enrollment for eServices - Helps taxpayers and
reemployment tax agents enroll an account, maintain the user profile, and retrieve a user ID and password.
- Motor Vehicle Dealers: How to Calculate, Collect, and
Report Sales Tax - Helps motor vehicle dealers to collect and pay Florida taxes timely, avoid filing errors, and accurately
complete the Sales and Use Tax Return (Form DR-15).
- Pay Using the Payment Only Website - Helps taxpayers understand the process of making a tax, fee, or remittance payment only.
- Remote Sales
- Aids taxpayers in understanding remote sales and explains 2021 legislation regarding requirements to register and collect sales tax on remote sales.
- Voluntary Disclosure - Provides taxpayers information on how to voluntarily self-disclose previously unpaid or underpaid tax liabilities.
- What to Expect from a Florida Tax Audit
- Tax audits can identify underpaid and overpaid taxes and can be educational and promote voluntary compliance. This tutorial provides information to
help taxpayers prepare for and know what to expect during an audit.
