This year’s Florida state budget changed how and when Floridians get tax relief at the register. With inflation stretching household budgets, lawmakers made sales tax reform a priority during the 2025 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s almost time for children to head back to the classroom, and the state of Florida is helping parents save money on their new clothes and school supplies. Several other sales ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The status of this year's sales tax holiday for hurricane supplies is in limbo. That's because the legislature is three weeks behind in approving a budget. Doug Kreie is the ...

Beginning Aug. 1, specific hurricane supplies will always be tax free in Florida. The permanent sales tax exemptions replace the two-week disaster preparedness sales tax holidays of prior years. See ...

The plan would permanently reduce Florida’s sales tax from the current rate of 6% down to 5.25%. House Speaker Danny Perez, R-Miami, announced the plan Wednesday, saying it may save Floridians roughly ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida lawmakers are closer to expanding some of the most popular sales tax holidays. Some could happen twice a year. The House unanimously passed HB 7063, a 73-page tax bill, on ...

A 15-20% increase in firearm sales occurs during the holidays, and the tax holiday offers additional incentives for buyers.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — House Speaker Danny Perez will need to persuade two of Florida’s top Republicans — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senate President Ben Albritton — if he wants to make a historic cut to ...

INFORMATION. WE ARE JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY TO TWO WEEKS FROM THE START OF SCHOOL. FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA DISTRICTS, MOST OF THE KIDS ARE GOING BACK THEN. AND TODAY BEGINS FLORIDA’S BACK ...