Florida is the place for Business

Gov. Rick Scott is doing a great job attracting businesses to Florida. On top of that, yesterday he announced that Florida businesses will continue to pay the lowest possible rate for reemployment taxes next year because of Florida’s growing economy and strong private-sector job growth rate.

The minimum tax rate will remain at $7 per employee in 2017. The $7 per employee minimum tax rate for 2017 is down from a high of $120.80 per employee in 2012. In just five years, Florida businesses have had their reemployment tax reduced by more than 94 percent, resulting in a savings of more than $3.5 billion.

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According to forecasts from Moody’s Analytics, Florida is home to five of the 10 metro areas projected to add the most jobs through 2018,