§ 213.70, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 213. STATE REVENUE LAWS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Taxpayers’ escrow requirement.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
For the purpose of ensuring the continued payment of any taxes, penalties, and interest due the state, the executive director or his or her designee may require a person who is registered to remit sales tax, motor or diesel fuel tax, or any other transaction-based excise tax administered by the department and who has collected and knowingly failed, or repeatedly failed, to remit such taxes in a timely manner or has otherwise failed to comply with the requirements of such tax law to deposit such amount upon receipt into a jointly controlled escrow account, subject to conditions provided by the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 26, ch. 92-320; s. 1130, ch. 95-147; s. 124, ch. 95-417.
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