Randy Mask mail..anybody else grimace when it shows up?
 

At least homestead exemption was accepted. Actually taxes far less than what we paid in New England so i complainith not. :$:

Yes, 3K for my sardine can 50 ft by 90 ft lot. Who said Florida don’t have high taxes? Not to mention 6% on every thing I buy.

That's better than in Tennessee where we were living, city/county taxes sound about the same and there is a 9.75% tax on goods and services.

Who is Randy Mask?

I am in Marion County, got the tax bill the other day, took a quick glance at it but I don’t pay it so not worried. I know my bank already has the money.

Lack of state income tax is a big plus

Mine dropped about $60 from last year and it is still around $8000 less than in NJ so I'm good with it. :) That plus my SS raise in Jan will finally make me financially secure. :D

I put our payment in the mail but it has not been processed yet. How long does it take them to cash the check?

Echeck is the best way to pay. No security risk, and you get an instant receipt.

Depends on the mail:ohdear: However We have more than one property, and mail at the same time, different envelopes. Not one check hits my bank of the same day when mailing at the same time. They batch deposits, if I mail around the 15th it’s usually up to 10 days before check hits my bank. But if I mail on the 25 or later, they deposit daily, so check has hit my account in 2 days. Now if you do a drive by with them, check usually hits my bank in 24hours

Developer’s new roads
 

Taxes can be lower if we didn’t have to pay for Developer’s new roads in south Sumter County. A new State Law limiting Impact Fee increase to 12.5 percent this year makes the 25 percent increase in our Sumter Couty Ad volarem taxes since 2019 almost permanent.

I lived in New Jersey for about 5 years, I think that says it all.

What I did find surprising was a charge just short of $100 to pay it on my credit card.

If you really want to compare your tax burden, then it's strictly on a basis of how much are you paying in total . I challenge anybody to really total up your taxes in Florida compared to almost any other state except maybe Alaska where they actually give you back money. The true value of government can be simply taken at the per capita cost. Just take our population and divide it into the state budget. In other words what does our state spend compared to other states per person living here? Now I'm not saying that the teacher should make more or we pay our workers less than others. I am simply stating a fact at the State of Florida spends less than others

Propert Taxes
 

They are almost twice what we paid in Nashville, TN. However, Randy's office is responsive & patient when I have tax questions or even want to vent a bit.

Our Villages taxes
 

The Villages homes have infrastructure bonds which are paid through the tax bill so not all the costs on the bill are from the county. For those of you in district 9, the bonds were just refinanced and the lower rate reduced the bond portion of the tax bill by around 33% a savings of hundreds for the year for those still having bond balances. The refinance is allowed after 10 years from the date the bonds were issued.

No reoccurring annual bull shirt car tax! Whoooohoooo! Cars, truck and toys saves me close to $1,200 alone.

It’s 20 percent of up north taxes. No complaints

It’s still your money

Wow, I'm surprised to find out those new roads are solely for use by "the developer", I thought anyone could use them
You can protest by not using any of those new roads:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Does your tax Bill also include your “Bond” payment? How much without that?

Tax’s are cheap here. I don’t panic when I see that envelope. I know the funds are sitting in escrow ready for my bank to disperse them.

I hear New York is a beautiful place to live thinking about moving there

You could always sell and move to Massachusetts.

Go for it!

Taxes much lower there:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Let's see, home in central NY, assessment $315,000 tax $17,000/yr
TV Florida, assessment $434,000, tax $4,200/yr
8% sales tax in NY
Travel to NYC? $22 to cross the Verrazano Narrows bridge

But upstate is beautiful, in the summer, which lasts from June 28th to July 5th:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

That's longer than Michigan's summer.

Amen! You must be from around Nashville. It was crazy 17 years ago!

I'm surprised you think that people who don't live in The Villages, will get their money's worth by driving around all the new roads they are paying to build.

Benefits of New Roads
 

Along with the new roads comes houses and people. Then businesses, restaurants, entertainment and most importantly, employment opportunities. Most benefit from that.

Illinois just as bad!

And $1.5 billion a year in new homes adding to the tax base.

That's why taxes have not gone up and are now going down.

How about the rebuild of CR 470?

How about the $billion+ increase in tax base?
How about all the new jobs?
How about more shopping and restaurant choices?
How about a new UF research/teaching hospital?

I'm surprised YOU think they WON'T get their "money's worth"

Agree !!! Ours is about double compared to Brentwood TN rates

Dread North Sumter Utility bill more after reading some of the Horrow Stories!
 

Sigh of relief when I open and it is about normal😁

And how much has your property value gone up , and how many more businesses , doctors , whatever will be on those roads and as one post said, are you including your bond when you complain about taxes if so , there are new roads leading out of here where you won’t have to pay it

And the new K-12 Charter School complex with housing for families built with no tax funds.

Propert transfer tax in NYC
 

I just sold my house on Staten Island, moving to TV and waiting for the buyer to get Mortgage commitment. My attorney told me the property transfer tax went up in NYC and NYS. I will be giving the city over $8000 and the State approximately $4000. That’s 12 grand just to transfer the property to a new owner. My Real Estate taxes are close to $7000 and sales tax is 8.875 percent. Florida is going to be tax heaven.

we had a 2bed 1 & 1/12 bath cape in Ct that was almost $11,000. per year. add to that car tax, plus gas-tax. Fl is paradise :coolsmiley:

Who do you think is paying your tax bill? Your tax escrow goes up when taxes increase.

I texted my cousin in Nassau County, NY a copy of my Florida property tax bill. LOL.

When you pay your teachers crap you can afford to have low property taxes.

Yes, because as we all know, the tax bill consists of 99.99% teacher's salaries and 0.01% everything else:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: