DAF Charters, Ltd., Goldfinger Charters, Ltd., and DAF Charters, LLC, on August 26, 2014.; Whether section 443.1216(13)(b), Florida Statutes, exempts from Florida Reemployment Tax wages paid to a crew member of a foreign documented vessel who serves ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Division of Workforce Services

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Economic Opportunity has received the petition for declaratory statement from DAF Charters, Ltd., Goldfinger Charters, Ltd., and DAF Charters, LLC, on August 26, 2014. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Section 443.1216(13)(b), Florida Statutes as it applies to the petitioner.

Whether Section 443.1216(13)(b), Florida Statutes, exempts from Florida Reemployment Tax wages paid to a crew member of a foreign documented vessel who serves on the vessel both inside and outside the United States, regardless of the residence or citizenship of the employer or crew member, and regardless of where the services are performed.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Economic Opportunity, 107 E. Madison Street, MSC 110, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, by email: [e-mail] or by telephone: [phone].

Except for good cause shown, motions for leave to intervene must be filed within 21 days after publication of this notice.