Property Taxes

The one millage property tax would cost the average homeowner about $1 a day, and close a wage gap that Superintendent Van Ayres said is causing employees to leave the district.

A House committee has approved a bill that would order a study to determine how much money would have to be made up if property taxes are abolished.

Last school year, the county received $60 million in local property tax revenue. About 80% of that went toward increasing teacher pay.

The Hillsborough County School Board delayed a vote on a tax referendum that would raise money for teacher salaries.

One million Florida properties are projected to be underwater. Today, those properties fund nearly 30% of local revenues for more than half the state's municipalities.

After previously voting down a property tax rate increase, city council members discussed Tuesday how to continue funding crucial city services through spending cuts and budget reallocations.

Here's how property taxes this year could impact your mortgage and what you can do about it.

It would have generated an additional $45 million to pay for long-needed public safety, housing and infrastructure projects.

They include toll credits for frequent drivers and measures to combat the rising cost of property insurance.

One of the bills ) calls for spending $751 million, including providing property-tax refunds for homes that sustained major damage in Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.

If passed, Floridians who prepare for flooding, rising sea levels, and natural disasters by elevating their homes can do so without their property taxes increasing.

The properties affected includes real property, homes or businesses destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by Ian's impacts.