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INSTRUCTIONS: FLORIDA BUSINESS TAX APPLICATION (FORMERLY, APPLICATION TO COLLECT AND/OR REPORT TAX IN FLORIDA) (Form DR-1)

To apply for registration for payment of Florida business tax, a form DR-1 should be filed. This document can be obtained from the website of the Florida Department of Revenue.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 1: The first page contains Section A, which concerns your reason for applying and requires you to provide information about your business entity.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 2: The second page requires you to provide further information about your business entity, including your structure and ownership and background information.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 3: The third page requires you to provide further information about your business entity, including a description of your activities. Section B, which concerns activities subject to sales and use tax, also begins on this page.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 4: The fourth page continues Section B, as well as Section C, which concerns activities subject to solid waste fees and surcharge, and the beginning of Section D, which concerns activities subject to unemployment tax.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 5: The fifth page requires more information pertaining to Section D.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 6: The sixth page concludes Section D. Section E, which concerns activities subject to communications services tax, also begins on this page.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 7: Section E concludes on the seventh page, which also contains Sections F, G, H and the beginning of Section I.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 8  Section I concludes on the eighth page.

Florida Business Tax Application (Formerly, Application To Collect And/Or Report Tax In Florida DR-1 Step 9: The ninth page contains Section J, which must be signed and dated by the applicant.