8. I have been renting for some time now but was not aware of my responsibility to collect and remit Tourist Development Tax. I’d like to begin complying, but I am afraid that I have a large tax liability. How does this work?

Depending on the circumstances, there are several ways we may be able to lessen the burden of the balance due to help an owner or manager reach compliance. One such recourse is through waiver of penalty charges based on voluntary disclosure of a tax liability . To qualify for this, the owner/manager must have come forward voluntarily meaning that our office had not already located a rental ad for the property & contacted the owner/manager.

If you come forward first before we have reached out about a non-compliant property, then you are eligible for waiver of all past due return penalty charges. This voluntary disclosure penalty waiver option applies to the sales & use tax remitted to the FL Dept. of Revenue as well. If we have already contacted you about a non-compliant property(ies), the voluntary disclosure option will not be possible; however, our goal is to help your property become compliant so be assured that we will work with you as best we can.