Business-Friendly Government

• Leaders committed to keeping Florida's business climate favorable
• Periodic reviews of regulations to ease the burdens placed on business
• One of only 10 states with a right-to-work provision in its constitution

Competitive cost

• More affordable land, labor and capital than in most comparable states
• Special incentives for businesses in targeted industries
• Tax breaks for locating in rural and urban Enterprise Zones or on Brownfield sites

Pro-Business Tax Structure

• Limited corporate taxes; no personal income tax
• No property tax on business inventories or goods-in-transit (up to 180 days)
• Sales and use tax exemptions for specific industries and circumstances

Expedited Permitting

• Ongoing effort to make permitting processes quicker, less costly, more predictable

Available Resources

• Access to private capital from venture capital companies and financial institutions
• Access to public capital through federal and state programs

Entrepreneurial support

• One-on-one counseling and training via 35 Small Business Development Centers throughout Florida and the National Entrepreneur Center in Orlando
• Flexible, low-cost space and business services for young companies at dozens of high-tech incubators, accelerators and university-based research parks
• Assistance in preparing proposals for funding through the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs

Florida's exceptional business climate is the catalyst for new activity, University of Central Florida's College of Medicine (above, left); the Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute rising in Port St. Lucie (below); regulatory review is under way in Tallahassee. [Photo: Left - UCF College of Medicine; Right - iStockphoto; Bottom - Steve Martine]

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