Just as Starflyte says, there is a Florida "doc stamp tax." That is probably the source of the confusion/rumor. It is collected every time a house is sold and the tax is $7.00 per thousand. When we closed on our house in TV the builder paid it as part of the closing costs. When we bought property before in Florida, the seller paid it. It's on Line 1203 of the settlement statement.
The good news is, currently if you buy new, the builder pays all of those anxst-causing additional fees, like impact and utilitity fees, and rolls them into the price of the house. So the price you see is the price you get.
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