Posted on 10/27/2025 4:34:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A proposal pushed forward by a Florida Republican would completely eliminate property taxes in the state as soon as 2027, a measure that Governor Ron DeSantis has repeatedly said would have his backing.
HJR 201, a House Joint Resolution filed by State Representative Kevin Steele, who represents District 55 north of Tampa, proposes an amendment to the Sunshine State’s constitution to exempt homestead property from all ad valorem taxation—taxes imposed on a home’s assessed value—other than school district levies.
At the same time, the new legislation would prohibit counties and municipalities from cutting funding for law enforcement.
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Can’t come soon enough.
I guess all Floridians can send the property tax they don’t pay anymore to Jim Rob !!
My Mom pays 18 grand a year in property taxes here in SoCal..just a few days ago my sister was saying “We should move to Florida” so next year around March we are going to visit Florida, look around, look at different areas(Not sure where in Florida to go we’ve never been) but not having property taxes at all would be a HUGE bonus
The revenue has to come from somewhere. I doubt all the tourists can’t make up the difference.
Which is probably most of it.
Port Charlotte far enough inland to be outside hurricane flood zones.
There are many different areas in Florida, the conservative Panhandle, the horse county, Disney in Central part, both East and West coast beaches. Lot to choose from. Good luck.
That’s a great way to rein in the local governments out of control spending rather quickly. I support this and it would entice me to move there when I retire in a few years.
We’d love to have you.
Beware the homeowners’ insurance tho...annual premiums of $15K-$20K are not unheard of for coastal/bay areas.
The money’s gonna have to come from somewhere. Consumption(sales)tax?
If so the po’ folk will then have skin in the game. Rich spend a smaller percentage of their income so you can see the key will be if the middle classes will accept it. Makes one want to give up on renting and buy a house + a gun.
Gonna be awesome.
School taxes can be punishing.
Notice it applies to “homestead” property which means only the home of a Florida state resident. My Mother in law left her Florida condo to my wife. After all the various exemptions for elderly Florida residents my MIL was only paying about 20% of the amount my wife has to pay as an out of state owner. So I suspect that the local governments will make up any decrease by increasing the property taxes of out of state owners.
And at least 9 or 10 thousand are school taxes which will still be due.
North Central Florida. Remember that there is no State Income Tax in Florida either.
I’m looking forward to it. Hope it happens because it would help me out a lot personally (along with millions of others). Not sure where the shortfall would come from though. Fortunately Florida has a balanced budget, as required by law, which forces it to behave responsibly. If most of the shortfall could be covered by cutting government waste, that would be a win/win scenario.
The middle class should accept it because high property taxes effect them the most. They’re inconvenient for the wealthy but can make or break a middle class home owner.
Texas is high. Where I live, a house appraised at $600,000 has $7,000 in property taxes. For the screwels, you know. It has come down some.
...other than school district levies...
Which is probably most of it.
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In most counties the school rate is about 8 mil.
I believe that there is a cap of about 10 mil currently for school taxes.
Taxes are set at 80 percent of appraise value. The appraised value can only go us 3% each year, or the consumer price index (whichever is less).The homestead in most cases is $50,000 deducted from the appraised value.
Florida doesn’t have mountains or wine country. It has beautiful beaches with white sand on the gulf side, though you may be more accustomed to ocean waves vs the Gulf. We don’t have a threat of earthquakes, but hurricanes and tropical storms are more of what you’ll see. It’ll rain briefly but the sun will still be out.
Ok, the truth is I haven’t lived there for 45 years, but I am a native, and almost all of my family is still there and going strong.
I just got back from a Panhandle beach trip with my siblings, and yeah, it was the most beautiful I’ve seen it in a few years. Turquoise water, sugar white sand. I don’t remember seeing both of those at the same time in CA. My family is mostly in the Gainesville and Tampa Bay areas these days.
You should at least take a trip there and get a feel for it before moving. It’s not California (my son and his family live in the SF Bay Area). It’s beautiful and there’s sanity in Tallahassee.
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