re: Florida Legislature advances Constitutional amendment abolishing property taxes

Property taxes never made sense to me. It almost feels like you don’t even own your property when you pay it off because you got to pay tax on it yearly.

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Modern day serfdom. Not sure how we ever allowed it to happen.

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by 1796 15 of the 16 states had a property tax the concept of taxing property goes back 6000 years.

here's what has actually changed the entitled middle class no longer pay's income tax, now they don't want to pay property taxes. here's the good news since gen z and millennials will never own homes they'll never have to worry about paying property taxes.

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I wish hot wheels here in Texas would follow the DeSantis playbook.


And I wish our lesbian, Granny Clampett would do the same.

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Same here for our MiniMe DJT wannabe.

They like to cut taxes on businesses, but they end up raising taxes on residents.

I saw that Lafourche Parish lost nearly 100 million dollars in assessable property. That is why this season of millage renewals, the millage rates are trending upward even without asking for it, and voters are shooting them down like shooting clays.

So any shift in assessments, the politicos theoretically end up raising property taxes on the rest of the property taxpayers.

So while, DeSantis may have lessen taxes on homeowners, the tax burden will shift to homes valued at over 250k, second homes, and businesses that pay property tax. If Florida has similar laws like Louisiana, those property taxes will be adjusted upwards to collect a comparable amount of money without a second vote.

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No, they can't. We can't even suspend our gas tax... let alone pay for new schools for all these carpetbaggers ron is importing.

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FL Tax Revenue:
• 2021: ~$38.5B
• 2022: ~$47.0B
• 2023: ~$49.7B
• 2024: ~$50.5B
• 2025: ~$51.0B

I’d be asking your county officials what the issue is because if they can’t figure out how to handle their finances with an extra $13B over 5 years (34% increase) they’re the problem.

Second homes and homes belonging to non-residents are expected to pick up the slack. The figure I had seen was homes under $500k pay no property taxes under this new plan.

Today is the second day of the three day special session, called specifically to get this done.

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I’d be asking your county officials what the issue is because if they can’t figure out how to handle their finances with an extra $13B over 5 years (34% increase) they’re the problem.

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Point out the counties that have reduced millage rates in that period. I strongly suspect you'll go 0 for 67. As we currently sit, 65 of the 67 counties already charge tax additional to the state sales tax. So you better live in citrus or collier county, or ask yourself why your county officials struggle with the same problem the other 95.5% have.

might finally make the move what a great idea for retirees

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If something like this passes and other red states follow suit, you're literally going to have east and west Germany all over again.

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What a great way to describe it!

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This is still the same budget that leaves us with a 1.5 and 6.6 billion shortfall next 2 years, right? If yes, then no.

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Trust me, the state can afford it. Florida might be the one state that can go without income taxes and property taxes.

A ton of houses here in the state are second homes/vacation homes or investment properties. Based off what I've seen, the proposal doesn't fully eliminate property taxes. There will still be property taxes for schools, everything else just goes away.

Also, homes above $500,000 aren't eligible. Democrats should like that, as it's the rich paying their fair share. And I won't lie, I'm okay with people who have homes over $500,000 still paying property taxes.

Especially in Central Florida and South Florida, you have many communities where probably 40% of the homes are second homes/vacation homes or investment homes. Combine that with homes over $500,000, you'll still have probably close to half the homes in most communities still paying property taxes at some level.

With the extra income, people will spend more, which means more sales tax revenue. My county is one of the lower counties in terms of sales tax at 7.5%. They tried to pass a half penny increase a few years ago but we voted it down decisively. If they eliminate property taxes though, I would be in favor of them raising it to 8.5% (state maximum). Since sales tax is a consumption tax, it's fair and if I don't like, I can cut back on consumption.

But especially here in Florida, a higher sales tax means the tourists pay more of the tax burden. Tourists here put an incredibly high strain on our infrastructure. When it's outside of season, it's amazing for example how much lighter some of the roads are (of course it can still be bad, just not fully stopped). Why should locals be paying for all the repairs and damage that tourists and snow birds cause?

Florida has relatively low taxes on tourists. Raise the sales tax to 8.5% and maybe implement an additional tourist tax, and the state could easily get back most of what it loses in property tax revenue. It really wouldn't be that difficult, and as a Florida resident I absolutely support DeSantis on this. Property taxes should have always been illegal. And doing this takes the tax burden from mostly local residents to at least a mix of both residents, tourists and snow birds paying.