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Sales tax for Florida contractors

Whether you owe the tax on your materials or charge it to the customer turns on how the contract is written, and getting that backwards quietly eats the margin on every job you do. These guides cover the contract types, the county surtax on top, and how the invoice has to read.

3 ways to move forward

Practical guidesSales tax on Florida contractsSort any job into the Rule 12A-1.051 fork, write the itemized-before-work-begins clause that keeps the tax on the customer's side, and add your delivery county's surtax with the $5,000 single-item cap. Two tables, one worked $215,000 job, and the DR-15 filing band s.212.11 actually puts you in.Practical guidesFlorida contractor tax calendarNo state income tax on what you draw, and in exchange a short list of dates: the DR-15 sales tax return, the RT-6, the tangible personal property return, the local business tax receipt, and the Sunbiz report with the $400 teeth.Practical guidesPrice a Florida jobPrice a Florida job off a cost floor that already carries the 6% state tax and the delivery county's 2026 surtax, with the $5,000 single item cap applied and a markup that produces the margin you meant to keep.

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