Local Business Tax
Technical Advisory Number 05-02
SUBJECT: Garage Sales, Yard Sales, etc.
ISSUE: When is a Business Tax Receipt Needed
DATE: January 3, 2005
Requirement for a County Local Business Tax Receipt
If a residential location in Polk County is the site of garage, sale, yard sale, and/or other such sale more than two times within any 12-month period, then it is considered a business location and a county local business tax receipt is required. See Florida Administrative Code Rule: 12A-1.037, Occasional or Isolated Sales or Transactions Involving Tangible Personal Property or Services located at https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?id=12A-1.037
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Revised May 24, 2018