Florida’s license tax revenue up 2.7% in Q1 compared to same quarter of previous year

Jim Zingale, Commissioner of Revenue
Jim Zingale, Commissioner of Revenue
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Florida collected $876 million in license taxes during the first quarter of 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

This represents a 2.7% increase over the same quarter the previous year, when license tax revenue was $853 million.

In addition to detailed tax revenue data from each state, the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue includes an estimate of state and local government tax revenue at a national level.

The Census Bureau cautions that it sets the tax classifications among the survey categories, and they may differ from the classifications set by state governments.

Overall, Florida collected $15.6 billion in combined tax revenues in Q1.

Q1 Florida Tax Collections
Type of TaxAmount (millions)
Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes$13,118
Other Taxes$967
License Taxes$876
Income Taxes$616
Property Taxes$0
Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau. The source data can be found here.



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