FABTO | Florida Association of Business Tax Officials, Inc.

The Florida Association of Business Tax Officials, Inc. is a professional association meeting the needs of municipal and county business tax officials in Florida. The organization was established in 1988 as the Florida Association of Occupational Licensing Officials, Inc. by the Bay Area Chapter. As statewide interest grew the Central Florida, Gold Coast, Big Bend, Palm Beach, and Treasure Coast Chapters were formed. The Florida Legislature changed the name of Occupational Licenses to Local Business Taxes and in April 2007 we changed our name to maintain consistency. There are currently more than 500 active members statewide.
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MISSION

To provide a professional association where business tax officials may cooperate and consider matters of mutual concern, including the exchange of ideas and information among the municipalities and counties from throughout the state of Florida.
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FABTO remains committed to providing a quality educational conference experience to our members for the benefit of the cities and counties we serve and the 2010 conference will be no exception to this commitment.

• Florida Department of State – Division of Corporations;
• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
• Florida DBPR-Division of Hotels and Restaurants;
• Florida League of Cities;
• Florida Department of Health

In addition, a session on Business Tax enforcement; a City / County business tax breakout session, customer service training and the annual course on Florida Statute 205 are also included in the 2010 Educational Conference agenda.

Special thanks to FABTO Vice President John Holguin and Sarah Shannon, Director of The John Scott Dailey Institute of Government at Florida Atlantic University for assembling what promises to be a very informative and educational conference agenda.

Remember, CEU’s earned at the FABTO Conference, in some cases, may be used towards certification with other organizations making the 2010 FABTO conference a tremendous educational and economical value.

The 2010 FABTO conference will be held April 20 – 23, 2010 at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Lake Buena Vista. Conference registration fees will remain unchanged at $245.00 for attendance at the entire conference and $195.00 for a single day’s attendance*. Conference hotel room rates will be $110.00 single or double per night* (*see Agenda / Registraion Brochure for details). Conference hotel reservations can be made by phone or online. Click the "Conference" tab above for the hotel reservation phone number and reservation web link.

Printable Conference Agenda / Registration Brochures as well as conference area dining and entertainment infomation is also available under the "Conference" tab. Be sure to register and make your reservations early.

In other news, FABTO members were recently e-mailed a ballot regarding proposed changes to the FABTO by-laws. Please be sure to return your ballot to FABTO Board Chair Deb Fick as soon as possible. If you would like further information regarding the changes to the by-laws or the ballots feel free to contact Deb, her contact information is available by clicking the "About" tab above.

Finally, special thanks to each member for your continued support of FABTO. I would like to encourage every member, if you haven’t already done so, to become active with FABTO at the chapter or state level (or both). If you are aware of any individuals or areas that may benefit from being a part of FABTO please tell them about us or let us know about them.

Thanks again to the FABTO Board of Directors for all the work they do for our association.

As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns please let us know. We’re here to help and we look forward to seeing each of you at the conference in April.