Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) is releasing a Session Spotlight report entitled The Impacts of Consumer Data Privacy on Florida’s Economy. In the report, FTW analyzes HB 9 and SB 1864, proposed legislation that would enact consumer data privacy and provide sweeping changes to how certain Florida businesses interact with their customers’ personal information. The taxpayer research institute builds on an October 2021 report, Who Knows What? An Independent Analysis of the Potential Effects of Consumer Data Privacy Legislation in Florida, and incorporates recent empirical findings to present potential impacts of these bills.

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) is releasing a Session Spotlight report entitled The Impacts of Lawsuits Against Local Governments for Business Damages. In the report, FTW analyzes four pieces of legislation, SB 620, CS/HB 569, CS/SB 280, and HB 403, which will impact the process of passing local ordinances and provide additional rights to businesses and residents wishing to challenge those ordinances. The government watchdog also presents considerations for the unintended consequences and secondary fiscal effects of the bills.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) released Who Knows What? An Independent Analysis of the Potential Effects of Consumer Data Privacy Legislation in Florida. Building on a previous FTW briefing, the report examines experience data from existing consumer data privacy laws across the country to generate an estimate of compliance and litigation costs businesses would face with the implementation of consumer data privacy legislation in Florida.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –  Today, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) commended Governor DeSantis for signing the historic bill passing E-Fairness legislation to protect and serve the taxpayers of Florida.

Tallahassee, Fla – Florida TaxWatch (FTW) President and CEO Dominic M. Calabro today commended the state’s legislative leaders for taking the historic step of passing E-fairness legislation to protect and serve the taxpayers of Florida.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –  Today, Florida TaxWatch President and CEO Dominic M. Calabro, joined by Dr. Bill Kent, Chairman of the Board for the International Swimming Hall of Fame, announced the release of the taxpayer research institute’s newest report, Every Child a Swimmer.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida TaxWatch and Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, Inc. today released the results of a February 2021 poll, which indicate 63 percent of Floridians support e-fairness legislation that would require out-of-state retailers to collect online sales taxes. Currently, the burden falls on consumers, which costs Florida’s state and local governments over $1.3 billion a year, while also putting in-state retailers at a competitive disadvantage. For these reasons, this is an issue that Florida TaxWatch has been engaged in for more than a decade.