property taxes

‘There’s obviously a strategy involved’ in timing his release of the details to place before voters, he says.

On "The Florida Roundup," the Marion County Republican talked about why he wants to eliminate all property taxes, the need for a revenue replacement plan and more.

Florida Republicans have promised for nearly a year to provide meaningful property tax relief to Floridians in the form of a constitutional amendment they could vote on this November. Despite that hype, no such proposal has received the three-fifths support in both chambers in the Legislature that is required to get a legislatively backed constitutional amendment on the ballot.

The Florida House of Representatives approved a joint resolution on Thursday to put in motion a possible constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would completely end non-school property taxes for homesteaded properties beginning on Jan. 1, 2027.

The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research estimates the elimination would result in a combined $18.3 billion annual loss in revenue for local governments.

While Florida’s top GOP leaders now all say they expect to put just one constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall on cutting property taxes, a joint resolution approved by a House committee Thursday is now set to go to the full House — the second such joint resolution to pass all of its assigned committees in the chamber this session.

In the latest installment of the University of South Florida's Debate-A-Bull speaker series, a panel of experts discussed the prospect of nixing state property taxes.

The report says that new property tax reforms proposed in the state legislature would have drastic consequences on municipalities' ability to provide parks, roadway improvements and other services.

Broward leaders expressed their concerns with property tax reform, confusion over gun laws, and frustrations with law enforcement funding.

As Florida’s Republican leaders consider overhauling the state’s property tax system, Gov. Ron DeSantis recently zeroed in on tax changes for primary homes, or homestead properties.

Counties and cities borrow billions of dollars for all kinds of expensive projects. They pledge future property tax revenues to pay back their lenders. Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to reduce or eliminate some property taxes, leaving a lot of uncertainty of how the changes may impact local government bonds.

Counties like Pinellas and Hillsborough get as much as one-third of their revenue from property taxes. If these are eliminated, a study shows services could be cut, or other taxes would have to go up.