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Most businesses are subject to sales and use tax discretionary sales surtax, unemployment tax, and corporate income tax. If your business is required to collect sales tax, you must register as a sales and use tax dealer before you begin conducting business in Florida. You can register to collect and/or report tax through our Internet site. The site will guide you through an application interview that will help you determine your tax obligations. If you do not have Internet access, you can complete a paper

Lake Worth Utilities (561) 533-7300 www.lak eworth.org/utilities

Natural Gas

Florida Public Utilities is the only supplier of natural gas and serves the county’s eastern municipalities.

Florida Public Utilities

(561) 832-0872 | www.fpuc.com

Telephone

In order to establish residential phone service, please check the AT&T Real Yellow Pages for a complete listing of all the telephone service providers available.

AT&T

Residential: (800) 331-0500

Business: (888) 944-0447 www.att.com

Verizon

(800) 837-4966 www.verizonwireless.com

Water

Palm Beach County Water Utilities

(561) 740-4600

South County - (561) 278-5135 www.pbcwater.com

City of West Palm Beach

Automated Utility Billing System (561) 822-130 0 www.wpb.org

Seacoast Utility Authority

(Form DR-15MO) to file and pay use tax. You can get this form from their website at floridarevenue.com. If the tax owed is less than $1, you do not have to file.

Other Taxes and Fees

Florida does not impose personal income, inheritance, gift taxes or intangible personal property taxes. However, there are other taxes and fees that, in certain counties or circumstances, Florida residents may be required to pay, such as: convention development tax, local option tourist tax, fuel taxes, communications services tax, gross receipts tax, lead-acid battery fee, new tire fee, motor vehicle fee (Lemon Law) or rental car surcharge.

Application to Collect and/or Report Tax in Florida (Form DR-1). Or contact the Department of Revenue online at www.floridarevenue.com or at the Regional Service Center located at 2468 Metrocentre Blvd., West Palm Beach, or call (561) 640-2800.

Utilities

Electric

Electric service is provided by Florida Power & Light Company except in parts of Lake Worth Beach, where it is provided by the Lake Worth Utilities.

Florida Power & Light (561) 697-8000 | www.fpl.com

North County - (561) 627-2900 www.sua.com

Public Utilities Wellington (561) 791-4000 | www.wellingtonfl.gov

(Wellington and surrounding areas)

Garbage & Recycling

Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County collects garbage, trash and recyclable materials.

Palm Beach Resource Recovery Corp.

(561) 478-380 0

Republic Services

(561) 478-9590 www.republicservices.com

Solid Waste Authority

(561) 640-4000 | wwww.swa.org

Waste Management of Palm Beach

(561) 547-4000 | www.wm.com