Florida Finds No Direct-Shipping Solution

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Issue: June 30, 2007

For the second year in a row, the Florida legislature considered but did not pass a bill that would set up a system for direct shipments of wine to Florida consumers. The practice has been legal in Florida since a judge's 2005 ruling, but no laws give the state the authority to track, audit and collect taxes on direct wine sales.

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