RESOLUTION 87-18868 RESOLUTION NO. 87-18868
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, WITH THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE COMMISSION,
REQUESTING THE STATE OF FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO EXEMPT
ADVERTISING FROM THE STATE' S FIVE PERCENT SALES TAX.
BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Miami Beach Commission, by
unanimous vote, herewith resolves to request the Legislature of
the State of Florida to exempt advertising from the State ' s five
percent sales tax . The impact of this tax, now scheduled for
July 1 , 1987 , already has had a devastating effect on the City of
Miami Beach ' s major industry of tourism. Several major national
conventions have cancelled scheduled meetings in the expanded
Miami Beach Convention Center because of the announced tax on
advertising . Many other major conventions, which will bring tens
of millions of dollars to the economy of all South Florida, are
considering cancelling those conventions now scheduled for future
years or are declining to come to Florida because of the tax on
advertising. In addition, national advertising expenditures of
major corporations in Florida will decline dramatically because
of the additional cost to advertisers for the purchase of space
or time in Florida media . This resolution is adopted with a
sense of urgency so that no additional irrevocable losses to all
of the citizens of Florida occur because of this tax which is
singular to our State.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 20th day of May, 1987 .
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City Clerk
FORM APPROVED
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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. ''` 87-1gg68
(The unanimous vote of the Commission
requesting the State of Florida Legis-
lature to exempt advertising from the
State's five percent sales tax)