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florida tax: Florida Property Tax Update - UGH! The Media is messing it up again! - 05/21/07 11:23 AM
The PalmBeachPost.com had a new opinion piece on the state of the Florida Property Tax reforms as they stand in news releases coming directly from Tallahassee, Florida.
 
 
Here is a link to the article...Property-tax plans cut off from reality.
In this article - Glenn Henderson writes that everyone has lost their mind and that the House and Senate have proposed a scenario which would basically be the end of all state, county and city programs, jobs and infrastructure.
What has not been recognized is that there are duplicate services and functions of governments all over the State that WILL need to be cut.What Mr. … (1 comments)

florida tax: Florida Property Tax Update - The Compromise is Near!! - 05/11/07 09:46 PM
After some interesting phone calls from people wanting to know more and learn my opinion about what's going on in Florida Taxes, and some people who didn't get what I was saying, here's some more breaking News from the SunSentinel.com regarding the Florida Property Tax: 
 
House Speaker unveils new approach to property tax relief that could halve bill 
This afternoon Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio R-Miami announced that there was a compromise on the table during a special joint session of the Florida House and Senate including the attendance of Governor Charlie Crist.
Mr. Rubio outlined his plan in an Op-Ed piece published in today's … (12 comments)

florida tax: Florida Property Tax Update - How the Retiree Community may get helped and hurt - 04/21/07 11:53 AM
Florida has long had a reputation for Shuffleboard and the Early Bird Special to contrast the month of March when the state is riddled with High School and College Co-ed Debauchery, namely Spring Break.
The State has grown up a lot in the past 50 odd years though... and growing pains have left us where we are now - in the middle of a huge tax dilemma.
One demographic that has been brought to the forefront of this debate is that retirement community that the State may be neglecting in their planning as thus far nothing in the news has touched on how … (8 comments)

florida tax: Florida Property Tax Update - HOUSE BILL REJECTED! - 04/20/07 11:07 AM
Breaking News from the SunSentinel.com regarding the Florida Property Tax:  This didn't take long at all.  Instead of waiting until this morning to make a resolution on the Florida House's property tax reform bills, the Senate rejected them all yesterday morning as their first order of business!
 
I guess the State Senate read my post yesterday about how I felt the House did not understand the  "Time is of the Essense" clause of Real Estate!
The Florida State Senate has decided that perhaps the House plan is a little too radical and offsets the property tax with too high a state sales tax.
So the Senate's bill would work … (3 comments)

florida tax: Florida Property Tax Update - Republican Bill Passes in the House - 04/18/07 09:28 PM
Breaking News from the SunSentinel.com regarding the Florida Property Tax resolutions are still not addressing the immediate needs of those hardest hurt by the high cost of property taxes throughout the state.
 
As the Republicans control the Florida House, there was little doubt that their bill would get the majority.
Unfortunately, the "Time is of the Essense" clause of Real Estate did not seem to compel these Florida Law Makers to affect a change any sooner than 2009 if this becomes a true Amendment to the Florida Constitution. 
The Florida House, in its infinite wisdom has proposed the Florida Tax Bill go on … (7 comments)

florida tax: Affordable Housing Initiatives in South Florida: Part 6 - The Battle for Mordor Begins - 03/16/07 01:04 PM
The Sun Sentinel (yes ... it is one of my primary news sources as it is the best paper down here) had a great update on where the property tax battle is headed.
Basically the scene is set that the Republicans and Democrats agree (WHOA!) that something has to be done.  They also agree that their plans both have merits (WHOA WHOA!)... but the biggest changes are just not striking the fancy of either side.
State Senators seem to be tense about the entire subject but only a handful are standing up for what could be the most important legislation of their term(s) … (0 comments)

florida tax: Florida Property Tax Update - Several New Ideas! - 03/09/07 11:27 AM
The news yesterday and today shows the heat is rising in the debate over how to "fix" Florida's property tax problems.
In short, the middle class is being choked out of Florida property.  The reason is because there is no state income tax so there is a higher property tax.  The Middle class is the upwardly mobile group that is upgrading from starter homes at 3bedrooms 2bathrooms to the family home at 5bedrooms 3 bathrooms...  That jump in property NEEDS creates a new price point at which they can be taxed.
The method I've become comfortable with using to calculate property tax on … (6 comments)

 

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