What You Need To Know About
Send Your Sales Tax To Schools
WHAT
"Send Your Sales Tax to School" is an initiative that encourages Palm Beach businesses that are entitled to a collection allowance for calculating and collecting the sales tax they send to the state, to instead, donate those funds to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to support technology in Palm Beach County Public Schools. |
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IMPACT
In 2010, Florida businesses retained $61 Million in collection allowances as compensation for time spent on accounting and filing returns. If all Palm Beach businesses took part in this program, the District could potentially receive over $6 million to support instructional use of technology. |
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HOW
With just the stroke of a pen or the click of a mouse, Palm Beach businesses can participate in the "Send Your Sales Tax to School" program and increase the access Palm Beach students have to the latest technology. By checking the appropriate box each month on their Sales and Use Tax Return form, the collection allowance (maximum $30) each business receives for calculating and collecting sales tax will, instead, go to PBCSD. All funds received by the District will be used to purchase technology for classrooms and train teachers to insure effective use of the technology.
Businesses located out-of-state or in a county that has not adopted the required resolution, may still donate their collection allowance to education. In those cases, funds will be equally distributed among school districts that have passed the resolution.
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