FL

Florida DTC compliance

Registration, tax, and operational requirements for shipping wine direct-to-consumer in Florida. Every rule traces to a primary source.

Under review

DTC wine shipping in Florida is under review, not settled.

Under review, not settled

Ratify's own DTC status record for FL reads Gray market, and Direct shipping allowed is not served as settled, so this page does not serve a settled wine shipping verdict for Florida. The flagged row below states why. Run a compliance check for a full determination.

Statute

“It is unlawful for common or permit carriers, operators of privately owned cars, trucks, buses, or other conveyances or out-of-state manufacturers or suppliers to make delivery from without the state of any alcoholic beverage to any person, association of persons, or corporation within the state”

https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/561.54

Industry practice

“A permit is not required and there are no quantity limits.”

https://wineinstitute.org/our-work/compliance/dtc/florida/

Compliance reference

  • Common carrier delivery allowed

    Single source

    Yes

  • Permit required

    Single source

    No

  • Excise tax collected by

    Preliminary

    Shipper

  • Reporting frequency threshold (gallons)

    Single source

    0

  • Reporting frequency

    Cross-source verified

    Monthly

  • Sales tax collected by

    Single source

    Shipper

  • Age verification required

    Single source

    Yes

  • Volume limit basis

    Preliminary

    Per winery per year

  • Direct shipping allowed

    Contested, needs review

    Ratify's own DTC status record for FL and the underlying rule cell disagree, so this value is under review rather than settled. Run a compliance check for a full determination.

  • Statute citation (NCSL)

    Withheld, older than the rules it backs

    This FL reference text was published 2021-10-15, before the 2026-08-31 date Ratify holds for the rules above it, so Ratify withholds it rather than printing superseded language beside current fields. It returns once the source is re-pulled and re-graded.

Sales-tax rate

Base state sales-tax rate

Single source

6%

From a single authority — not yet independently corroborated.

Rate facts

State sales-tax rate
6%

Primary sources

3