Purpose
Section 212.12(2)(d), F.S., as amended by section 25, Chapter 2007-106, L.O.F., provides that any person who, after written notice issued by the Department, intentionally fails to register the business with the Department, is liable for a specific penalty of 100 percent of any unreported or any uncollected tax or fee. The person who has received such written notice may file a written challenge to the notice in accordance with the procedures established by the Department. The purpose of this rulemaking is to provide for issuance of a notice alerting a person of the requirement to register his or her business and the procedures by which that person may timely file a written challenge to such notice. The effect of this rulemaking is to inform taxpayers of the Department’s procedures for imposing the penalties for failure to register after written notice has been issued by the Department and the procedures for timely filing a written challenge to such written notice.