Sam -
If you are buying from a dealer in FL then in most cases they go ahead and collect the tax on the car when sold as they have to make quarterly payments to the state on their business dealings,
You do get a form from them which covers the tax you have paid which you take to your DMV to register the car, they will give you credit on this tax and then in turn obtain the tax from the state of FL, this happens all the time,
Having said that if the FL tax is greater than your state tax you do not get any type of refund, FL just keeps that money...lol
If you are buying from an individual than this is a moot point as they are not required to collect or pay the FL state sales tax.
Todd
PS.... not all FL tax is 7 per cent , some counties tack on some additional sales tax which goes directly to them, also the tax figure used does not cover the entire price, IE.... the 7 percent might be on the first 5 K of the price then it might drop to 6.5 percent on the remaining cost or something like that.
Hope this helps you out,,,
