Massive property tax escalation
Posted date : May 21, 2025.
Florida has implemented a tax system which hugely penalizes those members of their communities who are not homesteaders. I’m not against the homesteaders getting a break, but the difference now is massive and getting much worse by the year! Our neighbour pays 1/3 of our tax as a homesteader with the same exact house! The tax which they pay is the same today as in 2015!! Is this fair taxation?? This is a crisis for the Florida tax system in the long run. Is there a property tax advocacy group in Florida?? Can the CSA put together a group of concerned snowbirds?
Stuart Lazier
Toronto, ON
Ed.: The homestead exemption differential has been a touchy point for Canadian and U.S. snowbirds for quite some time. Many U.S. snowbirds change their state of residency to Florida just to get the Homestead Exemption on their property taxes. Obviously, as Canadians we do not have that option. But it should demonstrate our enhanced value as property owners to our southern neighbours.
