I am amazed they can do this, property taxes were capped at 5 percent a year max in Mi. 25 percent in a retirement area is outrageous. Many live on social security here.

here is the web site with their email links....click their names and let them know this is unacceptable:

About the Commissioners | Sumter County, FL - Official Website

Assume you will sell for what you paid, right?

Appears Sumter County is learning from other parts of the US i.e. NJ increased the gas tax by 25 cents per gallon without a referendum by the residents. A number of other States, Counties and Municipalities have the authority to impose increases on any number of services and taxes almost at will. There is no quantitative justification for the significant increase in millage rate from 2019 to 2020. I agree with a number of other comments, this appears to be a typical Bait and Switch Tactic that should not be dismissed lightly by our residents. As an aside, we have a corner lot in The Villages and between The Villages mandatory set back and Sumter County mandatory set back, we lose control on > 30% of our land area but pay the full land area value in taxes.

Hi Folks The overall increase that they are requesting is 23.8%, They give a breakdown for averge increase, for example on a 300K assessed value home the increase will be $409.05, if you can claim the $50k homestead exemption your increase on that same home would be $340.88. The main reason, although they state 6 reasons for the increase, is the expansion of the villages. They claim SC has the highest average age in the nation, which is demanding more resources. I think it is hard to realize that the villages expansions will cost us more money. At least we can put a price tag on the expansion past 44.

Seriously?
We are not talking about huge amounts of money here.
The proposed new millage rate of 6.7 would represent a $341 increase to total annual tax bill on a home assessed at $300,000.
That's an increase of $28 to a monthly budget.
You would spend $20,000 to $30,000 in non-recoverable closing costs alone to sell and buy elsewhere.
Moving because of this proposed property tax increase makes no financial sense at all.
Also, you should be aware that this proposed 6.7 millage rate is only 5.5% of the 6.35 millage rate we were paying in 2012!
I think we've been getting, and still are getting, a good deal on property taxes in Sumter County.

I don't think we'll ever see the villages stop growing, sad.

A part of the Progressive Planning calls for increases in property taxes as planned in Agenda-21 of the United Nations.

It is illegal under Article I, Sec. 10, 4th and the 14th Amendments.

We must express our demand for local government to STOP.

Sincerely,

Robert G. Deardorff, B.S., M.B.A., J.D.
904-302-2114
Email: rgd53@hotmail.com

It appears you came from New Jersey which has the highest property taxes in the Country, so of course you're okay with the taxes. Florida is in the middle and I myself am happy to stay where it's at. Moved here from Manatee County, FL and my taxes are $400 higher for the same size house with a much smaller yard, ie less acreage.

It won't be even close and several of you are getting your knickers in a hitch for nothing.

Wait and see.

Sumter Ciounty 25% Tax Increse
 

This is outrages to increase taxes that much in one year. We didn't ask the villages to expand as much as they done in Sumter County. They are getting greedy and the commissioner need to be voted out. What extra perks are they looking for to justify this increase in taxes. We need to speak against this at the commissioner meeting. :bigbow:

The Sumter County property tax rate has gone DOWN each of the last 6 years.

The current proposed property tax rate represents ONLY a 5.5% increase of the rate we were paying in 2012!

How can anyone possibly complain about this??

And I’m sure the proposed tax rate will go down somewhat by the time it’s approved in September.

Common sense says to be satisfied with what we’ve had and have here in Sumter County.

Don't sweat the tax increase, get a piece of cardboard & hang out by an overpass on I 75 and beg for $$ to pay your taxes in The Villages--people will, laugh @ you

If you moved here & have to square root every penny, you've moved to the wrong place

Its harsh, but IMHO, its accurate

They should be giving us money back considering the amount of Agricultural land I was turning into residential revenue.

Tell that to someone who just closed on their home and is now faced with seeing their first tax bill increased by 25%!