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Property Taxes

What Do Your Property Taxes Pay For?

November 25, 2008

Property tax bills are starting to find their way into more and more mailboxes. Have you gotten yours yet? I received mine a few months ago. While the balance due had gone up a little from last year’s amount, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it hadn’t changed very much. [...]

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Will Florida End Property Taxes?

February 21, 2007

Seems like there is a push here in Florida to do away with property taxes and increase the state sales tax by a few cents.  The current statewide sales tax is 6% with some counties being a half-penny or penny higher.  I saw one estimate that said the state sales tax could go as high [...]

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Homeowner Insurance – Shifting The Burden To The Florida Taxpayers

January 12, 2007

In the ever changing debacle of homeowner insurance in Florida, comes yet another proposition being floated.  Pay Now Or After The Big One? outlines the gamble that some legislators would like to take as a solution to the insurance crisis.  Lawmakers are considering letting the Florida tax payers shoulder more of the burden if a catastrophic [...]

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Florida Property Tax Woes – Town Hall Meetings Scheduled

January 9, 2007

I’ve written in the past about the Florida homeowners insurance problems, and now another financial issue facing homeowners is going to be addressed.  Florida legislators have announced that they will conduct a series of Town Hall meetings to hear ideas on the current property tax problems. 
Some ideas currently making the rounds include the increase of [...]

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