The Florida Department of Revenue announced today that the temporary sales tax reduction in Hillsborough County, Florida will expire on May 31, 2025.
As outlined in our initial article, the 2024 legislature temporarily suspended the Hillsborough County surtaxes in order to return a portion of previously enacted and later ruled unconstitutional transportation surtax. That
Effective January 1, 2025, Hillsborough County businesses face critical sales tax adjustments following a Florida Supreme Court ruling and legislation passed during the 2024 Regular Session.
This issue arose in November 2018, when Hillsborough County voters approved a 1% transportation surtax. In 2021, the Florida Supreme Court invalidated the surtax due to constitutional issues. During