[Normal]

Originally Posted by Pballer

Property taxes in Sumter County are dirt cheap provided that you bought your house and homesteaded before the 2020 COVID pandemic caused prices to soar. To those who bought afterwards, tough luck. That's the way the Florida property tax system works; you could be paying thousands more in property taxes than your next door neighbor for the same value house.

Actually Sumter County has the 14 th highest Florida county tax rate. 53 counties tax less.

Florida could become the first state with no income tax and no property tax on primary residences if Governor Ron DeSantis gets his way. The proposal targets homestead properties - the homes where Floridians actually live - while leaving vacation homes, rental properties, and commercial real estate on the tax rolls.

These are all tax free

• Your primary residence (homesteaded)
• All property taxes: county, city, school, special districts
• No income or value limits
• Condominiums and townhomes (if homesteaded)

Losers

• Vacation and second homes
• Rental and investment properties
• Commercial real estate
• Vacant land and lots

About 20 billion would need to be made up through various taxes

You can read more at https://www.propertyexemption.com/gu...tion-desantis/

[defrey12]

Originally Posted by Aces4

Apples and oranges is right... If Illinois got the crime under control, it would be head and shoulders above The Villages. All a person needs is one pool, a couple of golf courses, the live music is better in Chicago as well as the restaurants and entertainment. Who would be shoveling at this age, condos take care of all of the that and beautiful Lake Michigan is right there. Mass transportation and a great airport are near and best of all, top notch medical care is available.

Sounds like you need to move back...talk about apples and oranges!

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by defrey12

Sounds like you need to move back...talk about apples and oranges!

I don't know if people are too lazy to read all the posts or if they're comprehension level is low.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by Aces4

I don't know if people are too lazy to read all the posts or if they're comprehension level is low.

Both.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by DianeP

No way, those are old numbers my dad had a house in Naperville (Dupage County) and his taxes were $10,000 a few years ago, he passed away then.

We had a house in northern Illinois, Bull Valley, McHenry County, and our taxes were $13,000 when we sold last year.

We’ve owned here 6 years and full time since last August, our taxes here are super low compared to Illinois

Gee, how do find buyers with taxes that high?

[westernrider75]

Originally Posted by Aces4

As I said if the crime was under control.. I, personally, think it is still more fun to live in a vibrant area with mixed populations and movement. Living here is like we're all in a big kettle until we're done and then we're removed.

Then why are you here?

[PurePeach]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Amenity Fee isn’t on your tax bill.

Nor is there a charge for the live music. Businesses on the squares pay for that.

[Caymus]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Gee, how do find buyers with taxes that high?

Public sector workers.

[MX rider]

Illinois as a state is a grease fire. They're in serious debt overall. Public employee pensions are severely underfunded, taxes are high, crime in Chicago is out of control, and at one point they had three ex governors in prison for corruption at the same time.

The capitol is in Springfield but all the political power is in Cook County/Chicago. It's been like that as far back as I can remember.
Thankfully we moved to southern Indiana many years ago and never looked back.

Once you get away from the northeast corner of Illinois it's a beautiful state, with lots of great people. Sadly they have no voice in the way the state is run.

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by Indydealmaker

How can you lump amenity fees into a discussion on taxation?

You might have a point there. It is levied by district government, pays for government owened and operated facilities. It walks like a tax, and quacks like a tax, but in low tax Florida it is a fee?

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by MX rider

Illinois as a state is a grease fire. They're in serious debt overall. Public employee pensions are severely underfunded, taxes are high, crime in Chicago is out of control, and at one point they had three ex governors in prison for corruption at the same time.

The capitol is in Springfield but all the political power is in Cook County/Chicago. It's been like that as far back as I can remember.
Thankfully we moved to southern Indiana many years ago and never looked back.

Once you get away from the northeast corner of Illinois it's a beautiful state, with lots of great people. Sadly they have no voice in the way the state is run.

Quit disrespecting Chicago. I just spent a week there and the onlly crime I experienced was the price of a burger at the Hilton, and the four levels of sales tax levied on food purchased at a restaurant.

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

Then why are you here?

See post #93.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Gee, how do find buyers with taxes that high?

Some people like pain, and will even pay $$$ for it.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by Caymus

Public sector workers.

Post of the year.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by nn0wheremann

Quit disrespecting Chicago. I just spent a week there and the onlly crime I experienced was the price of a burger at the Hilton, and the four levels of sales tax levied on food purchased at a restaurant.

Gotta pay for those pensions somehow.....