Taxes

Palm Beach County’s corporate tax rate: 5.5%

Florida has:

• NO corporate income tax on limited partnerships.
• NO corporate income tax on subchapter S-corporations.
• NO state personal income tax guaranteed by constitutional provision.
• NO corporate franchise tax on capital stock.
• NO state-level property tax assessed.
• NO property tax on business inventories.
• NO property tax on goods-in-transit for up to 180 days.
• NO sales and use tax on goods manufactured or produced in Florida for export outside the state.
• NO sales tax on purchases of raw materials incorporated in a final product for resale, including non-reusable containers or packaging.
• NO sales/use tax on co-generation of electricity.

Florida offers Sales and Use Tax Exemptions on:

• Machinery and equipment used by a new or expanding Florida business to manufacture, produce or process tangible personal property for sale.
• Labor, parts and materials used in repair of and incorporated into machinery and equipment.
• Electricity used in the manufacturing process.
• Certain boiler fuels (including natural gas) used in the manufacturing process.
• Semiconductor, defense and space technology-based industry transactions involving manufacturing equipment.
• Machinery and equipment used predominantly in research and development.
• Labor component of research and development expenditures.
• Commercial space activity - launch vehicles, payloads and fuel, machinery and equipment for production of items used exclusively at Spaceport Florida.
• Aircraft parts, modification, maintenance and repair, sale or lease of qualified aircraft.
• Production companies engaged in Florida in the production of motion pictures, made for television motion pictures, television series, commercial music videos or sound recordings.

Local Taxes

• Ad Valorem Tax Exemption -- Yes
• County/City Income Tax -- No
• Retail Sales Tax (local option) -- 1.5%
• Tourist Tax -- 5% on accommodation rental of 6 months or less
• Gasoline Tax -- 15 cents a gallon

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For more information contact:

Judy Fancher
Administrative Assistant
Economic Development & Research
Phone: 561.835.1008 Ext. 4112
jfancher@bdb.org