[Topspinmo]

School 563.23, local school board 138.55, law enforcement 589.61. (I don’t think amendment 3 touches that tax?) so why the adds staying it does?

Bunch tax I have no clue on
Fine forfeiture 131.55, health unit 15.85, capitol improvement 277.36, add’L voted milage 184.91,

District tax SJRWMD 28.42, 055 - county15.00, village maintenance 283.97.

Last general fund tax 530.96

For grand total 3838.41.

I suspect district maintenance tax will be higher and maybe others, I suspect I will pay over 4 grand for crackerjack lot and house.

Tell me again taxes aren’t too high( based on size lot and house, not your mansion up north)??

If everyone see what they actually get taxes on you can bet their going vote for amendment 3, which IMO will only lower the general fund tax which for me estimated lower than school taxes and law enforcement which why I understand amendment 3? won’t be touched?

[Bill14564]

Your taxes for this year were on the TRIM statement you received a couple of months ago. Every statement I have seen gives one column for what taxes will be if no changes are made and a second column for the numbers if the board(s) vote for the proposed changes. By now you know how the board(s) voted so you should know what your bill will be - no estimates.

School taxes will not be affected by amendment 3. If there are adds stating otherwise then either they are incorrect or they are so confusing that they gave you the wrong idea.

Look at your TRIM notice:
The items above the "NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS" block are the ad valorem lines (makes sense, eh?). The lines in the PUBLIC SCHOOL block would not be affected by amendment 3. The lines in the COUNTY, WATER MANAGEMENT, and MUN SERV TAXING UNIT blocks will all be affected by amendment 3.

As a non-ad valorem fee, District Maintenance would NOT be affected by amendment 3. Your District (CDD4, right?) can vote to raise or lower this. But again, the value on your TRIM notice is the value you will be paying in 2027.

If amendment 3 passes it *WILL* decrease the taxable value used for the LAW ENFORCEMENT and EMS AND FIRE RESCUE lines. If nothing else is changed, every home in Marion County will pay $372 less towards law enforcement and $111 less towards fire and EMS services. Amendment 3 says ad valorem taxes may be used for those services. Amendment 3 does NOT say anything about how much or how little must be used for those services.

The Marion County TRIM notice I am looking at shows a total ad valorem millage of 15.5833.
The non-school portion of that is 9.2893. That, all of that, would be applied against the reduced taxable value created by amendment 3. This would result in $929 less in your property tax bill with almost half of it coming from law enforcement, fire, and EMS services.

For comparison:
My unincorporated, Villages section, Sumter County millage is 9.8685
In an incorporated section of the Villages in Sumter County the millage would be 12.6972
In Wildwood but outside the Villages the millage increases to 17.2972

[Topspinmo]

The estimate said it was not bill, estimated what my taxes might be (i don’t have clue what Sumter county does) (i guess they send that out so some property owner’s can figure out where going come up with several thousand dollars?). I suspect my maintenance fees will probably be couple hundred more? Will compare when actual tax bill comes in? For me I will always vote to lower taxes..(i don’t care what others paid elsewhere ) my property tax value was pretty close, few thousand less than what i might get if i sell?

[Sparky99]

New changes coming.

[NoMo50]

To answer the OP's question of why the negative ads for Amendment 3: It is the standard, default, response by a governmental entity when their source of income is threatened. It is an old, but somewhat effective playbook. If an entity is staring down the barrel of a proposed tax cut, they will preach doom and gloom. You won't see an ad talking about a librarian who might not get a new chair next year. You won't see one depicting a pothole repair crew consisting of only three guys instead of six. What you will see are ads of sad-faced firefighters and police officers giving the impression they just might not make it to your call for help. As with most political ads, they are usually light on fact, and heavy on emotion.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by NoMo50

To answer the OP's question of why the negative ads for Amendment 3: It is the standard, default, response by a governmental entity when their source of income is threatened. It is an old, but somewhat effective playbook. If an entity is staring down the barrel of a proposed tax cut, they will preach doom and gloom. You won't see an ad talking about a librarian who might not get a new chair next year. You won't see one depicting a pothole repair crew consisting of only three guys instead of six. What you will see are ads of sad-faced firefighters and police officers giving the impression they just might not make it to your call for help. As with most political ads, they are usually light on fact, and heavy on emotion.

Taxes may go down a little bit. But local governments will raise the millage rate and raise non-ad valorem taxes to make up the difference. You vote yes or no, it does not matter.

[JOERILLA]

Originally Posted by NoMo50

To answer the OP's question of why the negative ads for Amendment 3: It is the standard, default, response by a governmental entity when their source of income is threatened. It is an old, but somewhat effective playbook. If an entity is staring down the barrel of a proposed tax cut, they will preach doom and gloom. You won't see an ad talking about a librarian who might not get a new chair next year. You won't see one depicting a pothole repair crew consisting of only three guys instead of six. What you will see are ads of sad-faced firefighters and police officers giving the impression they just might not make it to your call for help. As with most political ads, they are usually light on fact, and heavy on emotion.

Time to put the lid on the cookie jar...something that scares all politicians who like to spend our $$

[Joecooool418]

Originally Posted by kingofbeer

Taxes may go down a little bit. But local governments will raise the millage rate and raise non-ad valorem taxes to make up the difference. You vote yes or no, it does not matter.

I sat through Volusia County's budget meeting where this was discussed. This is part of their plan. The bigger part is to absolutely screw the people with non-homsteaded personal properties and people with rental properties.

Homesteaded taxes can only go up 3% per year, non homsteaded properties and rental properties can go up to 10% - which is going to immediately happen every year for a lOOOOng time to help offset the difference.

Renters are going to take the brunt of this bill.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Joecooool418

I sat through Volusia County's budget meeting where this was discussed. This is part of their plan. The bigger part is to absolutely screw the people with non-homsteaded personal properties and people with rental properties.

Homesteaded taxes can only go up 3% per year, non homsteaded properties and rental properties can go up to 10% - which is going to immediately happen every year for a lOOOOng time to help offset the difference.

Renters are going to take the brunt of this bill.

I’m not sure that would be legal. While the appraiser might want to increase the market value, the market would have something to say about that. If the “market value for tax purposes” doesn’t match home sale figures there could be lawsuits.

What could happen is a significant increase in millage rate which would also hit non-homesteaders and renters harder. I don’t know why this wouldn’t happen automatically if the amendment passes. Hopefully, we won’t need to find out.