Purpose


Chapter 2004-21, L.O.F., requires the Department of Revenue to create and maintain a database for use by insurers that report and remit an excise tax on property insurance premiums or on casualty insurers premiums, and requires local governments to provide information for inclusion in the database. The promulgation of this rule will ensure that the procedures used by the Department and local governments to maintain the accuracy of the Insurance Premium Tax Address/Jurisdiction Database on an on-going basis are available, and that the applicable forms and on-line instructions that are used to maintain the database are made available to the local taxing jurisdictions and are incorporated into and made a part of this rule. The proposed creation of Rule 12B-8.0016, F.A.C. (Department of Revenue Electronic Database), provides procedures regarding: (1) the Department of Revenue’s electronic Insurance Premium Tax Address/Jurisdiction Database maintained by the Department of Revenue and used to assign insurance policies and premiums to local taxing jurisdictions; (2) requests by local taxing jurisdictions to make changes to the database; and (3) how any substantially affected person may object to the assignment of a customer service address in the database. The proposed amendments adopt, by reference, changes to the on-line Guide for Address Change Requests (February 7, 2007) submitted by local taxing jurisdictions and changes to forms used by the Department in the maintenance of the database.