Florida Property Tax

In the March 2008 monthly meeting of Pensacola Real Estate Navigators , our local Escambia County property appraiser Chris Jones was the guest speaker. I have never met Chris, although I have been friends with other members of his family for many years. And Chris, like the rest of his family, is a warm and friendly person and truly cares about his Pensacola community. I have also had to work through real estate related issues with the Escambia County Property Appraisers office, and they are...Read Full Story

The Save our Homes Amendment Property Tax Cap The Florida Constitution was amended effective January 1, 1995, to limit annual increases in assessed value of property with Homestead Exemption to three percent or the change in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is lower (see CPI history ). This amendment is generally known as the "Save our Homes Amendment". No assessment, though, shall exceed current fair market value. This limitation applies only to property assessed value , not property...Read Full Story

Again, lawmakers have done nothing to solve the Florida tax problem they created! The Florida House and Senate should have stayed home!!! They slapped together a plan worse than it’s predecessor and doesn’t fix a damn thing! Now, it’s up to voters on January 29th to decide on the latest misguided attempts at solving the FLorida property tax dilemma! WHAT DOES THE PROPOSAL SAY? The $25000 homestead exemption would increase to about $40000. This gives the average homeowner a $240 tax...Read Full Story

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune wants the Florida legislature to, " Take a break from tax cuts ". We say keep the ball rolling. As we said before we have three bites at the apple to fix our broken property tax system. We took our first big bite by passing Amendment 1. Now there are two more: 1.) Next have the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission put on the ballot in November constitutional amendments that eliminate or reduce the negative impacts of property taxes and shift the tax burden...Read Full Story

I saw this about Florida Tax Reform And Thought About You!! Please read the letter below sent from Jose Cancela, Co-Chair, Floridians for Property Tax Reform!! October 16, 2007 Dear Janis, Last week Governor Charlie Crist unveiled a new tax relief plan for the January 29th ballot. It was a revised version of the original super-homestead plan that included doubling the homestead exemption and portability. We appreciate his effort, although there has been universal agreement that just...Read Full Story