Florida · Resale certificates
Florida Annual Resale Certificate, DR-13, done for you.
Florida is the issued-certificate state. The Department of Revenue sends every active registered sales tax dealer a Florida Annual Resale Certificate, Form DR-13, and it expires each December 31, with the next year's certificate available every November. Nobody fills out a Florida resale form for a supplier; the credential comes from the registration, which is the part that has to be right.
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Who you are dealing with
Florida Department of Revenue
- Handles:
- Issues the Certificate of Registration (DR-11) and the Annual Resale Certificate (DR-13) to registered dealers, and runs the certificate verification systems suppliers check
- System:
- Florida's taxpayer account at floridarevenue.com; certificates download from the account's print certificate page
- Form:
- Form DR-13, Florida Annual Resale Certificate for Sales Tax, issued with the sales tax registration and reissued each year while the account is active
File DR-13: issue a Florida resale certificate
It goes to the agency named above, through the system listed beside it. We prepare it, file it, and send you the written confirmation.
State fee. $0 for the certificate. It issues automatically with an active sales tax registration; the registration itself is covered on the Florida sales tax registration page.
Our fee. $180 per state, flat. State fees are passed through at cost.
When you issue a certificate
You need a DR-13 when suppliers ask for a Florida resale credential, and you get one by being a registered, active sales and use tax dealer. The Department issues certificates only to dealers with a valid sales tax account on active status; an inactive dealer or a use-tax-only account gets none. Whether a purchase qualifies for resale is a determination for your CPA.
What comes next
Not a closure page, but the certificate dies with the account: it is issued only while the registration is active, so letting the account lapse ends the resale credential with it. The certificate itself expires every December 31 regardless, and the new one issues for active accounts each November.
How long it takes
The certificate arrives with the approved registration and is downloadable and printable from the tax account as often as needed. Each November the next calendar year's certificate becomes available, and paper filers also get theirs mailed with the annual coupon book or paper return.
What we do
We confirm what this state requires, prepare the certificate or the application at your direction, and deliver the finished document. We do not tell you a purchase is nontaxable. We do not register a payroll account. You keep the client. We never email them.
What makes Florida harder than average
- The certificate expires every December 31, every year. Certificates for the following year appear each November, and certificates issued to new locations from mid October run through the following calendar year. A supplier holding last year's copy is holding an expired credential.
- Suppliers verify in real time. Florida runs a phone line at 877-357-3725, an online check on the Department's certificate verification page, and a mobile app, each of which returns a transaction authorization number or an alert that the certificate is not valid. A lapsed registration surfaces at the loading dock, not in a letter.
- No signature, which surprises people. Florida discontinued signature requirements: presenting the certificate or its number to a seller is itself the declaration that the purchase is for resale. The formality is gone; the liability is not.
- Misuse is a felony. The Department states that resale fraud is a third degree felony subject to a 200 percent penalty, and the warning is printed on the certificate itself.
- Sellers keep copies three years. Florida's retention duty for accepted certificates is three years, against Pennsylvania's four, and a seller who accepted a copy of a valid certificate is protected even if the purchaser's status later changed.
How Florida compares
Whether a state issues the certificate or has you prepare it decides everything about the paperwork. The guide sets Florida beside the other documented states.
Questions and answers
How do I get a Florida resale certificate?
Register as a Florida sales and use tax dealer. After the application is approved the Department sends the Certificate of Registration, DR-11, and the Florida Annual Resale Certificate, DR-13, and while the account stays active a new certificate issues each year. There is no separate resale application.
When does the Florida Annual Resale Certificate expire?
December 31, every year. The following year's certificate becomes available each November for download from the tax account, and paper filers also receive theirs by mail with the annual coupon book or paper return.
Where do I print my DR-13?
From the print certificate page in your tax account at floridarevenue.com, as often as needed. The Department makes certificates available for downloading and printing rather than issuing one paper original.
Does the DR-13 need to be signed?
No. Florida discontinued signature requirements. Presenting the certificate or the certificate number to a seller is the declaration that the items or services will be resold.
How do suppliers verify a Florida resale certificate?
Three ways the Department runs itself: the phone line at 877-357-3725, the online check on the Department's certificate verification page, and the FL Tax mobile app. Each returns a transaction authorization number for the purchase or an alert that the certificate is not valid.
What do you need from me to start?
If you are not yet registered, the Florida sales tax registration comes first and the certificate follows it automatically. If you are registered, we confirm the account is active and pull the current certificate from the tax account. Whether a purchase qualifies for resale is your CPA's call.
Also in Florida
A resale certificate rests on a sales tax registration in most states, so if the business is not registered yet, start there.
Agency details verified 2026-09-30
About the provider
Regcrest LLC is a document preparation and filing service based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, founded in 2026. It prepares and files state payroll and sales tax registrations, account closures, and resale certificates on behalf of the businesses that instruct it, and works behind accounting firms, bookkeepers, and payroll providers as well as directly with businesses.
Regcrest LLC is not a CPA firm and not a law firm. It gives no tax or legal advice. It files in all 50 states, and publishes a full page for the 29states it has verified against the agency's own material so far, each one showing the date it was checked. For anything that turns on your specific situation, ask a licensed accountant or attorney.