Property Tax

What will happen if Florida Amendment 3 passes? Experts and institutions weigh in.

The Alliance for the Arts and the Cape Coral Art Center are hosting a town hall meeting tonight to discuss art and culture issues impacting Southwest Florida. The town hall will focus on key priorities shaping the future of arts and culture in Southwest Florida, with a special emphasis on the arts in Cape Coral and the Amendment 3 ballot initiative that could impact local funding for arts programming and education.

Fiscal year for local governements in Florida begin October 1

The Florida Realtors trade group is getting behind Amendment 3, the major property tax cut on the November ballot, putting $10 million to support the measure.

TRIM Notices were sent out Monday, offering a glimpse of property taxes for the coming year.

Attorney General James Uthmeier on Thursday released a redraft of the ballot summary of Amendment 3, the large property tax cut measure pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The title and summary of a property tax cut proposal to be placed on the November ballot contain political rhetoric and are misleading, and must be redrafted, a Leon Circuit Court judge ruled late Monday.

If passed, proposed Florida constitutional amendment three would significantly reduce Floridians' property tax burdens by increasing what's known as the homestead exemption, or the amount of property value exempt from being taxed.