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WASHINGTON -- A typical Florida taxpayer could save
$300 or more on 2004 and 2005 returns after the U.S.
Senate on Monday approved a federal income-tax deduction
for the state sales tax.
Floridians have complained for years that residents
of other states can deduct the income taxes they pay
to their state governments when they file a federal
return. But because Florida and seven other states have
no income tax whatsoever, they don't get a similar benefit.
"Now Florida can have parity with the other .
. . states," said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., who
supported the bill.
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