If paying your yearly tax bill has become, well, taxing, there’s a new Florida bill that is proposing a study to consider eliminating property taxes.
SB 852, proposed by Senator Jonathan Martin, (R) Fort Myers, calls for the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to conduct a study into property taxes and replacing the lost revenue.
Martin said the bill would explore replacing the revenue with higher taxes on food, household products and other purchases in the state.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis voiced his support in posts on “X”, formerly known as Twitter, stating: “I agree that taxing land/property is the more oppressive and ineffective for of taxation.”
Property taxes are local, not state. So we’d need to do a constitutional amendment (requires 60% of voters to approve) to eliminate them (which I would support) or even to reform/lower them…
We should put the boldest amendment on the ballot that has a chance of getting that… https://t.co/WpOQmjNl0X
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) February 13, 2025
Florida’s schools, infrastructure, law enforcement and several other public services are funded by funds collected by the state through property taxes.
The bill will be up for discussion during the upcoming Florida legislative session in March.
The study is expected to be completed by Oct. 1, 2025.
A new bill proposed this week in the Florida Senate aims to consider a study to eliminate property taxes across the state.
If paying your yearly tax bill has become, well, taxing, there’s a new Florida bill that is proposing a study to consider eliminating property taxes.
SB 852, proposed by Senator Jonathan Martin, (R) Fort Myers, calls for the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to conduct a study into property taxes and replacing the lost revenue.
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Martin said the bill would explore replacing the revenue with higher taxes on food, household products and other purchases in the state.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis voiced his support in posts on “X”, formerly known as Twitter, stating: “I agree that taxing land/property is the more oppressive and ineffective for of taxation.”
Property taxes are local, not state. So we’d need to do a constitutional amendment (requires 60% of voters to approve) to eliminate them (which I would support) or even to reform/lower them…
We should put the boldest amendment on the ballot that has a chance of getting that… https://t.co/WpOQmjNl0X
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis)
Florida’s schools, infrastructure, law enforcement and several other public services are funded by funds collected by the state through property taxes.
The bill will be up for discussion during the upcoming Florida legislative session in March.
The study is expected to be completed by Oct. 1, 2025.