Florida — statewide
Florida Department of Revenue
In short
Florida Department of Revenue issues 1 permit we publish for Florida — statewide, last verified 2026-09-03. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Tax Application (Sales and Use Tax)only if it applies to you | Florida Department of Revenue | No fee — no fee to register | no fixed expiry | 2026-09-03 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Business Tax Application (Sales and Use Tax)
Free, and it is worth saying so because the internet still charges you $5 for it. Florida did levy a $5 registration fee — the 2012 statute required the application to be "accompanied by a registration fee of $5" — and that clause has since been removed. The current Form DR-1, revision 01/26, prints no registration fee anywhere. The only $5-shaped figure left in the area is unrelated. There is a $100 fee in the statute, but it is a penalty for trading without registering, and the Department may waive it where the failure was for reasonable cause rather than wilful neglect. Some trade-specific registrations still ride along on the same form and carry their own fees.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Florida — statewide
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Florida Business Tax Application, Form DR-1 (R. 01/26)Florida Department of Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Florida Statutes section 212.18 — registration for sales and use tax; the former $5 registration fee no longer appearsThe Florida Senate · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Florida statewide offices
- Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Cosmetology and Barbers' Board
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Construction Industry Licensing Board
- Florida Department of Children and Families, Child Care Licensure
Florida jurisdictions
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