Scott Proposes $33 Million Cut In Corporate Fees, Fines

January 26, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott released another component of his election-year proposal to cut taxes and fees by $500 million, this time by seeking to slash $33 million in corporate filing fees and penalties.

Scott’s office issued a press release announcing the latest of his tax and fee cut proposals late Friday, but details of the proposal weren’t immediately available.

The plan would reduce “approximately 50 different corporate filing fees and reduces the penalties associated with late filings taking into account the number of months the filing is late,” according to the release.

The tax break appears to be another dig against Scott’s presumed Democratic opponent, Charlie Crist. In 2010, then-Republican governor Crist and the GOP-controlled Legislature repealed a law that allowed corporations to get a waiver from the Division of Corporations for $400 late fees. The elimination of the late fee waiver, a recommendation of business-backed Florida TaxWatch, was one of a variety of methods Crist and lawmakers employed to plug a budget hole during the state’s economic downturn.

Scott also wants to roll back vehicle registration fees hiked by Crist and the Legislature in 2009. Lawmakers will consider Scott’s proposed tax and fee cuts during the upcoming legislative session.

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2 Responses to “Scott Proposes $33 Million Cut In Corporate Fees, Fines”

  1. tom on January 26th, 2014 11:46 am

    $33 million in corporate filing fees and penalties. I really really can not stand how the corporations keep this up I mean with every year one buys the other and where closer to a monoploy in one industry or another. It sickens me at the lack of competition we now have in the usa. Most of these american corporations just outsource to china for parts and india for call centers now a days. They only (really) care about one thing these days and thats endless profits year after year endlessly. I do remember a time when production was still here in the usa and corporations put at least some profits back in to the community, but no longer that is the case from my observation. I no longer get most of my news from american news which are for the most part controlled by a slim number of corporations in one form or another, instead I get the majority of news from companies outside the us like The Guardian BBC Al jazeera.

  2. M in Bratt on January 26th, 2014 8:28 am

    Sorry Charlie; Looks like some of YOUR exorbitant fees for vehicle registration fees will soon get the ax.

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