Huge increases are due to huge upgrades, paid by the homeowner, which don't show on Sumter pa.

Property taxes
 

Thank you for your service sir! I very much agree with lowered property taxes for our military men and women. They have given more for our country than anyone.

Zillow information is not always accurate. People like you and I can enter our own info and sometimes people are inaccurate or deliberate with changing info.

It's all public record. Here's the tax collector's web site

TaxSys - Sumter County Tax Collector

And, how much did they pay for it? Look here:

Sumter County Property Appraiser

why would it even matter to anyone what their neighbor pays for property taxes...

adopt a shelter dog if you need something to do

They maybe homestead approximately 1000 dollars less on a 200k house

Homestead
 

We bought our house 4 years ago as a vacation/rental home but have now moved into the house permanently as of May of this year. We have been paying out of county owner taxes since the purchase in 2014. We will be claiming homestead exemption in January. How much can we expect our taxes to go down? Is there a certain percent or amount that they should decrease by our claiming homestead?

Did they pay off their bond? That is part of the tax bill

Zillow is notorious for mis information. A better place to look is public records if you must .

You didn't say which county you are in (Sumter, Lake, or Marion). I can only comment on Sumter. At a minimum, I would expect you to see a $50K homestead exemption on the County Tax and a $25K exemption on the School Tax. At the current millage rates that should amount to about $450 per year less total tax. You may have other exemptions. Once homesteaded, there is also a cap on how much your assessed value can rise each year. Someone in the County tax office can provide you with a better estimate.

I purchased in 2017 and my taxes have gone up over $500. House is reassessed on new purchase price. Don’t know if this fact applies to you and your neighbors

They're called "Public Records" for a reason.

40% of your tax is deleted, really? How do you do that? I only get a $5000 exemption because a service contacted disability that's 40%.

You didn't quote who you were asking, but the 40% is what I mentioned as to the level of my agent orange disability, so you must be asking me. You're getting a $5,000 deduction off your appraised value of your home for taxes, that is the basic veteran disability amount. There is a difference between service related and combat related. If yours was in a combat zone, purple heart, agent orange, etc, I posted what to do. Go the VA service window next to the tax desk inside the Gold Dome and ask for a letter confirming that's combat related and give it to the tax lady. Lake and Marion County you'll have to find the building on your own.

There is also portability in Florida. It's part of the SOH. I moved from South Florida and was able to "port" my rate to my new house.