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File and Pay Florida Taxes With ConfidenceGood afternoon, Lexa. Thank you for the introduction. Some of the topics we will be discussing today include how to enroll, file, and pay electronically. Overview of the online DR-15 . Discuss other electronic activities, and tips for successful filing. You can use the departments website 24/7 to enroll or you can file and pay electronically without enrolling. Information sent through the departments website is encrypted and secure. The department encourages all taxpayers to enroll for e-services. Tiffany are there any advantages in enrolling in e-services? Yes they can save your bank account and contact information. View your filing history and print returns and another thing you can do is view bills posted to the account. Michael now that we have discussed some of the advantages of enrollment, how do I enroll to file and pay electronically ? Before you visit the site, make sure you have the following items. First the important role oil identification number also known as the FEIN ever. Also the so security number also known as the SSN that was submitted on your Florida business tax application along with your business partner number. You also need contact information, the person in charge of the payment and the person in charge of the electronic return you will need to choose a payment option, ACH debit or ACH credit. You will need banking information such as the bank account number, the routing number and the account type such as checking or savings. To use the website to enroll, simply visit Florida and select businesses and employers under information for. If using a mobile device, the section will be located at the bottom of the page. Once on the page select enroll for e-services. We will begin by selecting enroll new account then click next. This brings us to the verification page. Once your you will enter your FEIN or your SSN whichever you used to register with the department along with your business partner number. Michael, what if I am unable to locate that number? How can I enroll without it? Great question. You can submit the enrollment and authorization for e-services application form DR-600 which is found on the website within the forms and publications section under e-services. After priding providing your FEIN or SSN clicking next will begin the Roman process. For complete step-by-step guide on Internet enrollment and other webinars on various topics which you may find helpful you can visit the home page on various topics which you may find helpful you can visit the home page@ and click on general tax and select taxpayer education and tutorials. On the taxpayer education page you will see helpful links to new business information, a section for previously recorded SCORE webinars and learn more with tax tutorials. When you expand the learn more with text tutorials tab, Internet enrollment for e-services is the sixth bullet down. Click on the tutorial to get more details on enrollment for e-services. When enrollment is successfully completed, the department will assign a user ID and password. Please note, it will take two business days before you can use these credentials to file and pay electronically. As taxpayers realize the benefits of the enrollment and e-filing and of technology has evolved we have seen an increase in voluntary enrollment and e-filing. Tiffany, why would I want to file and pay electronically? Michael, here are a few of the benefits. It's convenient. It provides the access for filing returns and paying tax 24 hours a day, 70s we. Eliminates paperwork. You no longer need to mail in a paper return. It allows you to file and pay at the same time. And the department provides the service for no additional fee. In fact, when filing and paying cells A collection allowance may be claimed. It's fast, it ensures timely information to your tax account. It provides critical confirmation your tax return and her payment was accepted. It is accurate. It verifies calculation before you submit the return which eliminates math errors. It is secure. It ensures security and confidentiality for all transactions. With security in mind, older browsers have outdated security technology that may expose your confidential information. Using up-to-date browsers with current security technology, it keeps your information safe. Michael, can you tell us more about which browsers are compatible? >> Sure. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of our customers, the Florida Department of revenue raised its standards for secure communication between web browsers and interactive website. Optimize performance and security, you must use one of the browsers listed. Such as crown crone or edge. Makes you have most recent version. If you use an older version may be blocked from logging into a Department of revenue interactive website. Keep in mind any taxpayer can electronically file and pay their taxes. However, those who have remitted $20,000 in sales tax during the most recent state fiscal year are required to fire and file electronically the following year. Michael. Can you direct me to where I can filing pay my taxes on the website? Sure. You can access the website visit Florida and select file and pay taxes, fees, and remittances. This is where I can access other sites correct? That is correct. This page provides links to the various tax file and pay sites and options to make a bill payment. Keep in mind, I payment only does not include a tax return. Now our next step is to click on the sales and use tax to reach the sales tax login page. The login page is where you can enter the user ID and password provided by the department upon enrollment. Earlier you mentioned that my login becomes active after two business days. What if I want to file and pay the same day I enroll for e-services? I am glad you asked. Since the enrollment process takes two business days, you can file and pay immediately using the alternative login method. This requires your certificate number without dashes and your business partner number. Your business partner number is a unique identifier assigned by the department and is located on the back of your certificate of registration. When you have entered your credentials, the bulletin board appears with up-to-date information related to your specific tax type. The this is our e-services calendar of submission deadlines in which you are also given the latest date to e-file with payment. Tax returns and payments are due on the first day of the month following each reporting period and are late after the 20th. We do find a lot of businesses wait until the last day to file and pay their taxes and sometimes wait until the last day can be a problem. Looking at the example, if the sale took place during April and the taxpayer files returns monthly there returns are due May 1 and do after May 20. So Tiffany, if I need to report my sales tax for the month of April when is the last day I can timely submit my return with payment electronically. Electronic filing with payment are treated differently the department does not allow for same-day debit electronic payments must be initiated in a confirmation number received no later than 5 PM Eastern on the business ranking day prior to the 20th. Initiations completed after 5 PM Easter will be processed the next business day. Upon submission, you will receive a confirmation page with the confirmation number. To encourage taxpayers to print or save as a PDF to their computer. In this example, May 20 is on a Monday. The April tax return is due on May 1 and is late after May 20. Tax returns filed electronically postmarked or hand-delivered to one of our service centers on this date are considered timely. This is not the case for paying our taxes electronically. I return with payment or tax payment only, must be initiated no later than 5 PM Eastern on business day prior to the 20th. In this example, the payment must be initiated no later than 5 PM Eastern on Friday the 17th to be debited on the 20th. That brings up a good question. What if I didn't have any sales this month? If you file a return without payment for example, a zero return or return only, you will be timely if you submit your return and receive a confirmation number no later than midnight Eastern on the 20th. Here is the Florida e-services calendar of electronic payment deadlines publication. Form DR 659. It shows the deadline submission dates according to tax type and is located within our forms and publications section under e-services. What if I wanted to pay in advance. Does the department offer such an option? That's a great question. The department offers payment scheduling which allows taxpayers to initiate the return of payment in advance and select a future date for the payment to be debited. I can initiate my return on today February 28, and schedule my payment to be debited from my account on March 20. So now we have covered enrollment. We've covered day lines and payment scheduling, let's discuss the process to file and pay electronically. From the pile and pay access menu page under select tax website, choose sales and use tax. This brings us to the choose activity page. Here we can file and pay , submit a payment only, or take advantage of other miscellaneous options which we will cover more later in the webinar. Why are some boxes grayed out ? Tiffany, if we look at the current slide, the DR-15 sales option is greater because an amended return the option below the DR-15 was started but not submitted or deleted. To resolve this issue, click on the available option, the amended DR-15 in this case submit or delete information and the grayed out options will then become highlighted. Looking a bit further down on this slide, the cancel submission option is grayed out because there is no submission available for cancellation at this time. After a submission is initiated this option will become highlighted. To access the tax return click on DR 15 sales and use return. Now we will take a look at the online DR-15, sales and use tax return. As we can see, the electronic return mirrors the paper return with the exception of the collection allowance which is not allowed for paper returns. This is the electronic version of form DR-15. Your certificate number will display at the top left of the page. The collection. Will default to the current period. By clicking the drop-down arrow, you are given the options of selecting limited, prior and future collection period. Now we will discuss columns one through four lines A through E of the DR-15 sales and use tax return. First, let's look at columns one through four. Here you'll need to determine the following. Gross sales equals the total amount of exempt sales plus taxable sales. Do not include tax collected in gross sales. Exempt sales include sales for resale, sales of items specifically exempt, and sales to organizations that hold a valid Florida consumers certificate of exemption. The taxable amount is gross sales minus exempt sales. Tax due is the total amount of tax due. Including discretionary sales surtax from each taxable sale and the use tax due on taxable purchases. Discretionary sales surtax is a tax imposed at the local - - I'm sorry at the county level. We will discuss this later. Now let's look at the different lines. Like E is for sales, services, electricity. Report the total of all wholesale and retail sales transactions and certain untaxed purchases or use as follows. Sales, leases, or licenses to use certain property or goods also known as tangible personal property. Sales and rentals in missions, amusement machine receipt and vending machine receipts except food and beverage sales those are reported online E. The amount of taxable sales from amusement machines is reported online 19. Sales of services including nonresidential pest control, nonresidential janitorial's and cleaning services, and residential and nonresidential detectives, burglar protection, and other protection services. Sales and untaxed purchases or uses of electricity taxed at the rate of 6.95 percent plus surtax you must also report this amount online 17. Sales and untaxed purchases of diesel feel using [Indiscernible] taxed at 6.95 percent plus surtax you must report this amount online 18. As an example of what we just discussed, let's say a taxpayer has a furniture store. Gaston County imposes a 1.5 percent discretionary sales tax in addition to the state sales tax. For the ease of this example, the taxpayer may [Indiscernible] a sofa for $6000. The sale would be reported in column one line a. There were no exempt sales so column two would be zero. The gross sales of $6000 amounted to exempt sales with zero results in a taxable amount of $6000. The tax due on this amount would be $435. The $435 includes both $360 and sales tax and $75 in discretionary sales surtax. We will talk more in depth about discretionary surtax later in this presentation. Our next line is line B taxable purchases. This is where you would report the total amount of purchases used or consumed that were not taxed by suppliers and were not for resale. Use taxes you have used or consumed that were Internet and out-of-state purchases not taxed by the seller and not purchased for resale. Out of state or local purchases not taxed by suppliers and not purchased for resale whether ordered online from a catalog or by telephone. And taxable items originally purchased on taxed for resale wish you, your business, or employees used or consumed. Moving onto the next line, line C is used for commercial rentals which include the renting, leasing, letting, or granting a license to use or occupy real property. The consideration charge may include charges for property taxes whether paid to the landlord or directly to the County tax collector's office or common area maintenance. Rentals, leases, and licenses to use or occupy real property by related persons are also considered commercial rentals. For example, a corporate owner leases property to his or her corporation. Line D is for transient rentals which include leases or rentals of living, sleeping, or housekeeping accommodations. Such as hotels, single-family dwellings, apartments, condominiums, beach houses, mobile homes, or any other living, sleeping, or housekeeping accommodation. Transient rental taxes must be collected and paid on all rental charges. Including any rental charges that are required to be paid by the guest as a condition of the use of the accommodation. Unless the rental charge is specifically exempt. In addition to the state, and discretionary sales surtax rates, some counties self administer local option taxes. If your counties self administers local option taxes, you would need to contact your county taxing agency to report and pay the local action taxi driver to them. If your county does not self administer this tax, they will be paid to the Department of revenue. In addition to the state and discretionary sales surtax and reported on form DR-15. The department produces form DR-15 TDT that shows all the counties in Florida and the respective local option transient rental tax record for the county shaded in gray, the local option transient rental taxes are reported and remitted to the Florida Department of revenue. For all other counties the local option transient rental taxes are reported and remitted directly to the county. The highlighted section better illustrates the information provided on the form. Like the rate and where to remit. As we can see, this county currently has a rate of five percent that should be reported and remitted to Flagler County. Franklin and Gadsden County shaded in gray currently have a rate of two percent that should be reported and remitted to the Florida Department of revenue. Remember, sales tax and discretionary sales surtax on transient rental always reported and remitted to the department. So using Flagler County as an example, I would remit the state sales tax and discretionary sales surtax through the department enough five percent rental tax directly to Flagler County. Let's continue with our previous example. In addition to the store they also had a vacation home in Gadsden County that they rented. The $3000 of rental income collected on the vacation home is reported on column one line D. They had no exempt rentals so column two would be zero. The taxable amount would be $3000. The tax due for row D would be $285. The $285 includes the six percent sales tax of $180 , 1.5 percent discretionary sales surtax of $45, and the two percent local option tax of $60. Totaling 9.5 percent. Please be sure to include the local option tax in column four, line D if administered by the department. This example references Gadsden County in which the department administers the two percent local option tax. You can refer to forum DR-15 TDT to determine this . Let's move on to line E food and let beverage lending. If you operate beverage machines computer gross sales by dividing the total receipts from the machine by the appropriate food and beverage divisor for the county where the machine is located. They can be found on the instructions for DR-15 sales and use tax returns. Form DR-15 N and the sales and use tax on vending machines brochure. Form GT-8000041 both are available online. In this example covering food and beverage vending we have total receipts from a soft drink machine and Gadsden County with a combined sales and surtax rate of 7.5 percent that total $100. To calculate the sales tax and the discretionary sales surtax we will complete the following steps. First, let's take the total receipts of $100 and divide by 1.0767 which is the food and beverage divisor for the 7.5 percent sales and surtax rate. That gives us $92.88 representing gross sales. The second step is subtracted the gross sales of $92.88 from a total receipts of $100 to get $7.12 which includes the discretionary sales surtax. Step three, to calculate the discretionary sales sale surtax we multiply the gross sales of $92.88 by Gadsden County surtax rate of 1.5 percent, or .015 which gives us $1.39. This figure is reported on line 15 D. Let's add this to the tax return example. The soft drink machine was in the furniture store. Tiffany, will you show this how this is reported. Sure. As you mentioned, the $100 collected from the machine included the tax. As you showed us, $92.88 was the gross sales which goes in line E column one. There were no exempt sales so the taxable amount column three was the same as column one. The tax due column four was $7.12. That included discretionary surtax. Now that we discussed columns one through four, lines a three let's go through the next part of the return. The portion of the return we will discuss our lines 5 through 14. Line 5 total amount of tax due. As the amount in column four, lines A, B, C, D, Eddie subtract the amount online Ca: For from the total amount and enter it on line 5. Using the example the total rows equals $727.12. Line 6 select lawful deduction. Enter the total amount of all allowable tax deductions except sales tax credit memos issued by the department. Those are reported on line 8. Lawful deductions include tax refunded by you to your customers for returned goods or allowances for damaged merchandise. The tax paid by your purchases of goods intended for use or consumption but sold by you instead hope this is allowed by law. Any approved scholarship credits support the amount of the credit online six and on line 16. Do not include documentation with the return. If the amount of your lawful deductions is more than the total amount of tax due, reduce the amount of lawful deductions claimed to equal the amount of total tax due. You may report the remaining amount of lawful deductions not to exceed the total amount of tax due on your next return. In that example there were no lawful deductions. 17, net tax to pick subtract Line 6 from line 5 and enter the amount online seven. In our example, since we had no lawful deductions the net tax due is the same as line 5. Next is line 8 Department of revenue credit memo. Enter the amount of any sales tax credit memos issued by the department in the amount of any specifically authorized tax credits for which you have received a letter of approval from the department. Follow the instructions sent to you by the department. You will not receive a credit if the amount of credit in line 8 is greater than the net amount of tax due in line 7. If the amount of your credit is greater than the net amount of tax due, reduce the amount of credit claimed to equal the net amount of tax due. You may report the net amount of credit not to exceed the net amount of tax due on your next return. Lines 8 and nine are also used for estimated tax. If you paid $200,000 or more in state sales and use tax on returns you filed in the most recent state fiscal year, July 1 through June 30, you must make an estimated sales tax payment every month starting with the December return due January 1. A tutorial on calculated estimated taxes available on the department tax payer education webpage. In our example, we didn't have any credit memos or estimated tax. Line 10, amount due subtract the amount online eight from line 7. Add the amount online nine. Enter the result online 10. The amount entered online 10 cannot be negative. Since there were no estimated taxes or credit memos from our example, line 10 will be the same as line 7. This brings us to line 11th the collection allowance. When you file and pay electronically and on time, you are entitled to deduct collection allowances of 2.5 percent or .025 of the first $1200 of the amount due from line 10 not to exceed $30. You are not entitled to a collection allowance if you file your return or make your payment by a method other than electronic means. In our example, the taxpayer filed timely and took the collection allowance. 2.5 percent of $700 - - $727.12. If you are entitled to a collection allowance you may choose to donate the allowance to the educational enhancement trust fund. This fund is used to purchase up-to-date technology for classrooms and local school districts in Florida. If you are eligible, and you choose to donate your collection allowance to education check the donate to education box and leave line 11 blank. The department will calculate the collection allowance and transfer the amount to the educational enhancement trust fund. Lines 12 and 13. Late returns and payments are subject to penalty and interest. You have the ability to compute and pay penalty and interest on this return. It this example is timely and not subject to penalty or interest. 114. Subtract line 11 from line 10 and enter the amount due on line 14. If you choose to donate your collection allowance to education check the donate to education box and leave the wind like if the return or payment is late lines 12 and 13 to line 10 and enter the amount due on line 14. Line 14 is the amount you owe. Our line 14, amount due with return is the $727.12 minus $-18.18 which is $708.94. This is what our return looks like so far. Let's discuss how to report discretionary sales tax on a return. The first two lines are for discretionary sales tax. If you fail , rent, deliver, or receive taxable merchandise for services in or at a location with a county imposing a discretionary sales surtax you are required to collect surtax at the rate imposed in the county where the merchandise of service is delivered. The discretionary sales surtax also applies to the rental of real property and transient rentals and is collected at the county rate where the property is located. Most counties impose a local option discretionary sales sale tax that must be collected on all taxable transactions. You must collect discretionary sales surtax along with the state sales tax and said both taxes to the department. Included with tax recorded on lines A through E and column four on that fern return. Do not sell it to the tax collector's office. Discretionary sales surtax rate varies from county to county. Today 66 out of 67 counties impose one or more discretionary sales surtax at [Indiscernible] County is the only one that does not impose a discretionary sales surtax. Some surtax is our voter approved in general election. Surtax's are used to fund a variety of programs such as transportation systems, school construction project, healthcare for the poor and emergency fire and rescue services and facilities just to name a few. Discretionary sales surtax is applied to all transactions subject to the state sales tax and they should be added to the sales tax rate would come puking - - computing. Computing that can be a challenge. I want to take a few minutes to go over some basics. To begin Florida has a surtax cap on the sale or rental of tangible personal property. It is $5000 which means only the first $5000 of the sales price is subject to sales tech. Except for commercial rentals, the $5000 cap does not apply to commercial and transient rentals. As an example, let's say the [Indiscernible] that will be delivered to a county that imposes a 1.5 percent discretionary sales surtax. The total rate for this county equals 7.5 percent which is the general sales tax rate of six percent +1.5 percent. The price paid for the sofa is $6000. The sofa is tangible personal property pics of the $5000 surtax cap applied to the purchase. In this case the general surtax applies to the full purchase price pick $6000 times six percent equals $360. To compute the 1.5 percent discretionary sales surtax multiply the first $5000 times 1.5 percent which equals $75. The total sales tax and discretionary sales surtax imposed on the purchase equals $435. The department produces form DR 15 the RSS that shows all of the discretionary sale tax rate. The highlighted section illustrates the information provided on the form. Like the discretionary sales surtax rate, the date the surtax was adopted and the surtax expiration date if one applies. As we can see, this county currently has a total discretionary sales tax rate of 1.5 percent. One percent went into effect December 1, 1989 within additional .5 percent that became effective January 1, 2003. How should a dealer know what tax rate to collect crack The general rule is that it is imposed at the rate where delivery or possession of the property takes place. This chart was in on our website illustrates when and what surtax rate to use. It's helpful when the counties have a surtax rate that is different than the rate in the county where your business is located. Tiffany let's use an example for the scenarios on this chart. Were you own a furniture store in Hernando County and you sell me a chair. Let's say I come of the customer, also live in Hernando County and since I don't have a truck, you as the store owner, have agreed to deliver the chair to my home. Since the sale tax is imposed where delivery or possession takes place US the store owner should charge me, Hernando County's additional .5 percent sales surtax since you delivered the chair to my home in Hernando County. What if you as a customer have a truck and took the chair with you? Well Tiffany synthesize the customer took possession of the chair at your store in Hernando County, the surtax rate for Hernando County would still apply. In this next example let's say I live in Pascoe County. Pascoe County imposes an additional one percent surtax. If I ask you to deliver the chair to my home in Pascoe County this is where delivery and possession of the chair takes place and since Pascoe County imposes an additional one percent you would charge me this rate in addition to the general sales tax rate. Going back to line 15 a through 15 be let's take a closer look at each line item. Line 15 A enter the amount in excess of $5000 on a single sale of taxable, tangible personal property reported online A and the amount in excess of $5000 for each single purchase for which sales tax and discretionary sales surtax is due reported online B. In the example the taxpayer sold the sofa for $6000. So include $1000, the amount over $5000 online 15 capital. Do not include exam sales reported in - - column two. Enter the amount of taxable sales and purchases included line a call three that are not subject to discretionary sales tax. This includes services and tangible personal property delivered in a nine surtax County subject to sales tax but not subject to the surtax. Do not include exempt sales reported in line A column two. In the example everything else was subject to sales tax. We will enter zero. Line 15 C report the total amount of sales and purchases through which this is due in rate different than the rate of the county in which you are located. Enter the taxable amount from line A COM three and line B column three. For which discretionary sales surtax is due at a rate different than the county in which you are located. A business located in a county with a one percent discretionary sales surtax rate has a single taxable item for $3000 and delivers the merchandise to a county with 1.5 percent discretionary sales surtax rate the discretionary sales surtax rate is to be collected at 1.5 percent. The business will report the $3000 online 15 C since this is the taxable amount that was subject to a different county discretionary sales surtax rate. This will report the tax collected at 1.5 percent online 15 B. In the earlier example, all of the sales occurred in the same county as the taxpayer. We will enter zero. I'm sorry to interject. It looks like we might still be on slide number 71. I wanted to see if you could check on your screen. It doesn't sound like we are - - it sounds like we may have moved past that slide PICC log this out. I am trying to get log back in. What I can do is move the slides for us. Should we be on slide number 73 ? 76. Okay let me jump us there. If you guys want to tell me the next slide I am happy to transition. >> Do not include state sales tax in this amount. Line 15 D is $121.39. Include $75 which is the surtax from line A $435 and $435 from the surtax and $285 and a dollar and $.39 from line E $7.12. Next, this slide covers the various credits which are included in line 6 less lawful deduction of the sales and use tax return. For more information concerning credits you can visit the website For more information concerning credits you can visit the website@. Now let's look at like 17 through 19. Line 17 is a reporting taxable sales and untaxed purchases or uses of electricity at a current rate of 6.95 percent plus County surtax. Line 18 is wary report taxable sales and untaxed purchases of diet diesel fuel line 19 for from reporting from amusement machines. Now that we covered the sales and use tax return line items you are ready to initiate payment and submit your return. Next. For line by line guidance, and other helpful information regarding the DR 15 sales and use tax return, please refer to the instructions. Form DR 15 N. Which is also located on our website within the forms and publications section under sales and use tax. What happens if I submit a return and later find a error. How do I correct them? If the original returns to correct you must submit and amended return. To do that log into the file and pay website like you did and select amended DR-15. An amended return will replace any return previously fired for the same reporting period. It's important you complete the amended return as it should've been originally filed rather than entering all the additional information. That brings up to do? Let's say I amend my sales and use tax return and realized I overpaid for my original return. How does that work? If the amount is more than the amount due with return, you will receive a credit memo for use on a future return. Okay. What if I underpaid on my original return Enter the previously paid amount on the amended returns to take a credit for the original payment and enter the additional amount due to remit the difference. Bear in mind, late underpayments are subject to penalty and interest. I see. Now that we have discussed the original and amended sales and use tax return, let's discuss other activities available within the e-services profile. Here we have the payment only option. It does not include a tax return. This option allows you to make payments for notices of tax action and audit payment just to name a couple. Once selecting payment only you will reach the page to complete with the details running that payment. >> Let's take a look at other options available on the file and pay website. Here you can put in your annual certificate electronic filers must come here to print the resale certificate. Your resale certificate expires on December 31 of every year. Remember you need to go to the file and pay website and print your new certificate every year. This option allows you to reprint a confirmation page for a previously filed return to keep for your records. Please note, the option to reprint confirmation pages is only allowed for enrolled accounts that are logged in with the user ID and password. If you login, using the alternative method you can only view the submission. This slide shows you what it looks like. Always look for your confirmation number which is located below the access source. The devotee in the gray section indicate the date your payment will be debited from your bank account. If you need to amend the return submitted on the same date you filed, please cancel and resubmit a corrected return. This option is available until 5 PM Eastern on the day of original submission. After that, an amended return is retired. You will select your confirmation number. To make sure you don't cancel. There's an additional cancellation of submission you have to check. Make sure you choose yes or no. Here's where you can update your e-services profile. As an example, if I needed to update my banking information, I can do so through this feature. Please ensure you disable pop-up blockers for appropriate viewing purposes. After selecting update e-services profile, this page will display and we will select update E enrollment to login and make changes. Please note, changes made will take two business days for processing. Check for bills is another method to pay the action. This send you to the online tax bill payment page. We will need a copy of a single bill coupon. The OCR number is located at the bottom of the coupon. Or your user ID and password to access the system. Clicking this option will allow you to change your business address and or update your account status. This takes you to the update account information webpage where you can make changes to your account. Keep in mind, legal entity changes , ownership changes, and business location addresses the change from one Florida county to another will require a Florida business tax application. As we come to the end of the weather here are some tips for successful filing. File on time for each reporting. Even if no taxes due. Don't skip reporting periods that add up partial one to the next return. Sales reported on lines A through E on the sales and use form DR 15 may have different tax rates. Ending transactions on the cracked wants to know it take additional tax is due. Do not include taxes and grow self. Compute the sales tax including discretionary sales surtax. This concludes our presentation. Today we discussed how to enroll , file, and pay electronically completing the sales and use tax return and other electronic activities and tips for successful filing. Our website is listed on the current slide. You are always welcome to call us at 850-488-6800. You can contact the local service center for assistance. We hope this webinar has been helpful to you. And provided a foundation for your business success. With these electronic filing basics, you have a better idea of your roles and responsibilities. Although we shared some real-life situations, you we know you may still have questions. We are ready to answer them. Our Internet is down. If you will follow through with some questions. Let's go ahead. We will move into the Q&A portion. We will - - we have some time to address a few questions. We appreciate the questions. If we don't have time to address the question, will be getting the slide deck sent to all participants here. It is downloadable from within the webinar platform. There is the contact information that Michael just provided. You can reference that on the slide deck and reach out to the Florida Department of revenue. With that, let's go ahead and jump on into the questions here. So Tiffany and Michael, this first question comes to us from Roger. He asked how long should I expect it to take before I can access the file and pay systems when I enroll for e-services online? It will take two business days before you can use the credentials to file and pay. Right after you complete the enrollment process, the user information notification page will display with the user ID and password. The user ID information notification page can be printed or downloaded for future reference. Just keep in mind it will take two business days. The next question is from Cindy. How far in advance can she schedule her payment? You can schedule it up to 30 days in advance. The payment will occur on the date you indicate. When selecting a debit date you will choose from the drop-down and you are only allowed to select the black. The blue dates are unavailable. They will be the weekend dates. You have 30 days from the date you file. The next question is from Terry. How do I know whether my filing period's monthly? Quarterly? Etc. Typically you can look at the collection. Listed on the return. If you only see a monthly. There that will indicate the monthly one. If you see a three month that indicates you are a quarterly filer. Is there a convenience charge for paying electronically? >> If you use ACH debit there is no convenience charge. If you use credit for your bank the bank may charge you fees. If you make a payment with a credit card there will be a convenience fee of one point a five percent of the amount that you are making a payment for. We have time for one or two last question. This question is from Fred asking can you claim the collection allowance? If taxes are filed and paid after the first? However they would be before the 20th. Yes. As long as your taxes are electronically filed and paid by the 20th of the following month, you may claim the collection allowance and the allowance is 2.5 percent of the tax due not to exceed $30. In the event you forget to claim the allowance and you are entitled the department will issue a credit memo for use on a future return. We will take one last question. What if we didn't give ourselves the collection allowance? The previous time we filed? If you didn't claim the collection allowance on your previous submission, you will receive notification of that credit. You can claim it on your next return. That is online eight. Those of the questions we have time for today. Ladies and gentlemen if we did not have a chance to address your question we encourage you to reach out to the Florida Department of revenue services after the webinar. The contact information is within the slide deck. It will get sent out in a bit. Along with the recording. Also we encourage you to reach out if you are not already working with a SCORE mentor after this session . Mentors are available online or at a local chapter new your pick they can help you further with your business needs. On behalf of SCORE, I want to thank you for attending today. I would like to give a very big thank you to Tiffany Mackey and Michael Massey for presenting with us as well. Thank you so much. Thank you, Alexa. The next webinar will be held next week, March 5. What small business owner should stop doing to stay sane. We hope you will sign up and join us. Thank you. We wish you a great rest of the week. Take care. [ Event Concluded ] ................
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