Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = solution, sup. = superior).
Sales Tax. The state charges a 6% tax rate on the sale or rental of goods, with some exceptions such as groceries and medicine. Additionally, counties are able to levy local taxes on top of the state amount, and most doÃ¢â¬â55 of the 67 Florida counties added local sales tax to the state tax in 2012.
Note: Florida has no state income tax. Only the Federal Income Tax applies. Florida is one of seven states that do not collect a personal income tax. However, revenue lost to Florida by not having a personal income tax may be made up through other state-level taxes, such as the Florida sales tax and the Florida property tax.