Florida Property Tax Guides
Plain-English explanations of how property taxes work in Florida, from filing for homestead to appealing your assessment.
Florida Homestead Exemption: Who Qualifies and How to FileHow Florida's homestead exemption works in 2026: the $25,000 + $26,411 exemptions, eligibility, documents, the March 1 deadline, extra exemptions for seniors, veterans and widows.Save Our Homes and Portability: Keeping Your Florida Tax Break When You MoveHow Florida's Save Our Homes cap limits homestead assessment increases to 3% or CPI, how the recapture rule works, and how to port up to $500,000 of savings to a new home.How to Read Your Florida TRIM Notice and Appeal Your AssessmentFlorida TRIM notices explained column by column, plus a step-by-step guide to an informal review and a Value Adjustment Board petition within 25 days.Paying Your Florida Property Tax Bill: Due Dates, Discounts and InstallmentsWhen Florida property taxes are due, the 4%/3%/2%/1% early payment discounts, the quarterly installment plan, escrow, and what happens after April 1.Moving to Florida: What New Residents Pay in Property TaxWhy newcomers to Florida often pay more property tax than neighbors, how the homestead exemption and Save Our Homes work for new buyers, CDD fees, and Amendment 3's five-year rule.Second Homes and Rentals: Florida's 10% Non-Homestead CapHow Florida taxes second homes, rentals and commercial property: the 10% assessment cap on non-school taxes, when it resets, and Amendment 3's proposed 5% cap.How Florida Millage Rates WorkWhat a mill is, how Florida counties, cities and school boards set millage under Truth in Millage, the rolled-back rate, and the 10-mill caps.