Florida’s business taxes beyond sales tax, tracked in your books.
No personal income tax doesn’t mean no business tax. We keep the figures behind Florida’s 5.5% corporate income tax (for C-corps), the sales tax Florida applies to some services, and the tangible personal property return (Form DR-405) clean in your QuickBooks file — so your CPA can compute and file accurately. We keep the books; your CPA computes and files.
If your file needs our paid diagnostic first, its fee is credited in full against the cleanup. Either way, you get a fixed fee in writing before any work starts.
Florida rule: a corporation pays Florida corporate income tax at 5.5% of its net income after a $50,000 exemption, and must file Form F-1120 each year even if no tax is due; the books keep a C-corporation’s revenue and expenses clean for that return. Source: Florida Department of Revenue.
Florida business taxes beyond sales tax are computed from your books: 5.5% corporate income tax on a C-corporation’s net income after a $50,000 exemption, sales tax on some services, and Form DR-405 for tangible personal property by April 1 unless its $25,000 exemption waiver applies. We keep those figures clean; your CPA computes and files.
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Three Florida business taxes your books must support.
No personal income tax doesn’t mean no business tax — these three are computed from your books.
The 5.5% corporate income tax
Florida has no personal income tax, but C-corporations pay a 5.5% corporate income tax on Form F-1120 to the Department of Revenue, after a $50,000 exemption, and file the F-1120 each year even if no tax is due (Florida Department of Revenue: Florida Corporate Income Tax). An LLC files it only when classified as a corporation for federal and Florida income tax purposes, and an S corporation only when it pays federal income tax on Form 1120S — entity classification decides. We track the figures; your CPA computes and files.Florida taxes some services
Florida’s sales tax applies to some services — detective, burglar protection and other protection services, nonresidential cleaning, and nonresidential building pest control. Owners who assume every service is exempt can under-collect. We flag taxable vs. exempt service lines in QuickBooks; your CPA confirms taxability.The tangible personal property return
Anyone who owns tangible personal property on January 1 and has a proprietorship, partnership, or corporation files Form DR-405 (office furniture, computers, machinery and equipment) with the county property appraiser by April 1. Filing makes the business eligible for an exemption of up to $25,000 of assessed value; once granted, the filing is waived in later years while the value stays at or below $25,000. We keep a maintained fixed-asset schedule so it’s ready; valuation and any exemption stay with your CPA.The figures your CPA needs, kept clean all year.
We keep the corporate, services, and TPP figures reconciled — the computation and filing stay with your CPA.
Corporate-tax figures tracked
Taxable services flagged
TPP fixed-asset schedule
Sales tax handled alongside
Reemployment tax tracked
Cleanup before handoff
What we do — and what we don’t.
What TechBrot does
- Track revenue and expenses cleanly for the 5.5% corporate income tax (C-corps)
- Flag taxable vs. exempt service lines for Florida’s tax on services
- Maintain a fixed-asset schedule for the tangible personal property return (DR-405)
- Keep sales tax (with the $5,000 surtax cap) and reemployment-tax figures clean in the same file
- Clean up a behind or miscategorized file before the CPA handoff
- Hand reconciled, computation-ready figures to your CPA
What your CPA does
- Compute the corporate income tax or determine service taxability
- Determine whether you owe the corporate tax or the TPP exemption
- File Form F-1120, sales-tax returns, or the TPP return
- Represent you before the Florida Department of Revenue or provide tax advice
- Step 1
Free file review
A QuickBooks ProAdvisor reviews whether your books track the figures the corporate, services, and TPP taxes need, at no cost. - Step 2
Written fixed-fee scope
Within 3 business days you get a written scope and fixed fee for cleanup and ongoing tracking. - Step 3
Track the figures
We get revenue and expenses clean, flag taxable service lines, and maintain the fixed-asset schedule. - Step 4
Hand off to your CPA
Ahead of each deadline we hand reconciled, computation-ready figures to your CPA, who computes and files.
Automation handles the data entry. We handle the judgment.
Florida’s “no income tax” reputation hides three real business taxes: the 5.5% corporate income tax for C-corps, the sales tax Florida applies to some services, and the tangible personal property return. Each is computed from the books, and each trips up businesses whose records were never set up to track it. Clean bookkeeping gives your CPA the figures for all three.
Records example: the year’s Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet, reconciled to bank and loan statements, with items your CPA may adjust between federal and Florida taxable income (state income tax expense, for one) kept in their own accounts — plus a fixed-asset register with each asset’s cost and acquisition date for Form DR-405. The deliverable is designed for CPA review; acceptance depends on the recipient’s requirements.
We hold the line clearly: we keep the figures reconciled, your CPA computes the liabilities, confirms service taxability, and files. (The state sales tax on commercial rent was repealed effective October 1, 2025.) Rates and exemptions change — we flag movement, your CPA confirms the current numbers.
Around Florida.
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Florida corporate & business tax questions.
Does Florida have a corporate income tax?
Yes — Florida imposes a 5.5% corporate income tax on C-corporations (Form F-1120), administered by the Department of Revenue, after a $50,000 exemption. What Florida doesn’t have is a personal income tax. An LLC files the F-1120 only when classified as a corporation for federal and Florida income tax purposes, and an S corporation only when it pays federal income tax on Form 1120S, so your entity classification determines whether it applies. We track the figures; your CPA computes and files. Confirm the current rate and exemption with the Department and your CPA.
Does Florida really tax services?
Yes, some. Florida’s sales tax applies to detective, burglar protection and other protection services, nonresidential cleaning, and nonresidential building pest control (section 212.05(1)(i), Florida Statutes). If you sell taxable services and assume they’re exempt, you under-collect and the return won’t tie. We flag taxable vs. exempt service lines in QuickBooks so the right rate applies; your CPA confirms the taxability of your specific services.
What is the tangible personal property return (DR-405)?
Anyone who owns tangible personal property on January 1 and has a proprietorship, partnership, or corporation files Form DR-405 with the county property appraiser by April 1, reporting assets such as office furniture, computers, and machinery and equipment. Filing makes the business eligible for an exemption of up to $25,000 of assessed value; once granted, the filing is waived in later years while the value stays at or below $25,000. We keep a maintained fixed-asset schedule in QuickBooks so the return is a quick export rather than a year-end reconstruction. The valuation and the exemption are handled by your CPA or a property-tax consultant.
Didn’t Florida used to have a commercial-rent (business rent) tax?
Yes — Florida taxed rent for commercial real property, the “business rent tax” under section 212.031, Florida Statutes. That tax was repealed effective October 1, 2025 (HB 7031): no state sales tax or discretionary sales surtax applies to commercial rent for rental periods beginning on or after that date, while rent for periods through September 2025 stays taxable even if paid later. We mention it only because older guidance still references it; if you have open pre-repeal periods, your CPA addresses them. We don’t treat it as a current obligation.
What does TechBrot do for these Florida business taxes?
We keep the figures clean in QuickBooks — revenue and expenses for the corporate tax, taxable service lines flagged, a fixed-asset schedule for the TPP return, and reemployment-tax wages tracked — so your CPA can compute and file each accurately. We do not compute the liabilities, determine service taxability, file the returns, or represent you before the Department.
Do you file my Form F-1120, sales tax, or TPP return?
No. TechBrot is a bookkeeping and advisory firm — we keep the books CPA-ready and coordinate with your CPA, who computes and files the corporate income tax, the sales tax (including on taxable services), and the tangible personal property return. We don’t file or represent clients, and we are not affiliated with Intuit Inc. or the Florida Department of Revenue.
Checked against the Florida Department of Revenue.