Florida Alert: Gun Club Tax Prohibition Passes the Legislature

By Justin Stakes

Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- On Monday, June 15, 2015, the Florida Senate and the Florida House PASSED the Tax Cut Package bill HB-33A.

The bill contains language to stop the Department of Revenue from imposing sales tax on gun club membership fees.

The provision was inserted by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Shalimar) to EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT the Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) from forcing Gun Clubs to pay sales taxes on membership dues and fees and to stop DOR from activity that threatens to shut down Gun Club shooting ranges.

Special thanks go to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R), House Speaker Steve Crisafulli (R), Sen. Dorothy Hukill (R), Sen. Tom Lee (R), Sen. Don Gaetz (R) and Senate President Andy Gardiner (R).

The bill now goes to Governor Rick Scott for his signature.

BACKGROUND ON DOR’S UNLAWFUL GUN CLUB TAX

In 2010 we became aware that the Department of Revenue (DOR) had started targeting gun clubs for the collection of sales tax on club membership dues as an admission tax.

The tax is a violation of the firearms preemption law (790.33) which says:

“Except as EXPRESSLY provided by the state Constitution or general …read more

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