[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Marmaduke

>1% increase in Sales tax.

> tourist tax

>increase in Homestead Act exemptions ( instead of 50 K being taken off the appraised value, perhaps minus 75K it even better....150K.

* don't shoot the messenger, these are the creative discussions taking place in Tallahassee to give the overburdened taxpayers a MUCH NEEDED, MUCH DESERVED break!

Think about it~ There's tons of people benefiting from the high taxes we've been paying since we all owned our own homes in our 20's.
Some people... just live in momma's house and never pay a cent to the programs that they've benefited from for the last 40-60 years.
As a fiscal conservative- I'm ALL for cutting TAXES.
I would love to TEACH independence from tax-paying mindsets.

According to the county budget, the county takes in $100M for property tax, $20M from sales tax, and when it was in place, the tourist tax took in less than $1M. In order to cover a loss in property tax the county would need to raise the county portion of the sales tax to 6% and hope buyers didn’t drive to Lake or Marion.

My property tax is less than what I was paying inMD and less than what my brother pays in NY. I don’t feel overburdened and based on my experience, we are nowhere close to paying a high tax rate.