![]() ![]() The person who collects the taxes is the County Tax Collector, and just like the County Property Appraiser, thanks to Amendment 10 passing in 2018, that office is now also always an elected office. Note: in none of those three counties was the County Property Appraiser ever appointed, so to date, we have always had, and it looks like we will always have an elected County Property Appraiser. So in 2018, we had an Amendment 10 on the ballot which passed and now sets forth in stone that beginning in 2024, all 4 of those county offices will have to be elected, and not appointed. ![]() There were three Florida counties where some of these offices were appointed, rather than elected, and that was making some people nervous. Up until 2018, the County Property Appraiser was always an elected official but along with the offices of the county sheriff, the county tax collector, and the county elections supervisor things were starting to drift a little. Don’t blame me if you are unhappy with the values!” The person who determines the values is called the County Property Appraiser. That way, the guy determining the values can say “Hey! I don’t care if the values are high or low, my only job is to come up with the values.” The guy collecting the tax can say “Hey! My job is just to collect the taxes. The first step is to put a firewall between the folks who are determining the values and the folks who are coming up with the tax rates and collecting the tax. In our modern world in Florida, we have designed a system for addressing #1 and #2 above which hopefully will make everyone feel like it is halfway fair and will avoid another Boston Tea Party. That means that the tax that you pay is based on the value of what you are paying it on, and modern-day governments have learned that the taxpayers are very sensitive to two things when it comes to ad-valorem tax: (1) who is determining the “value” on which the tax is paid and how is it determined? And (2) what is the tax rate that is paid on the item of value that is being taxed? Property tax is one of the many ways of collecting taxes, and it belongs to a category called “Ad Valorem” taxation. It cost him England’s colony that is now the USA! So… that lesson was not lost on our forefathers and their modern-day equivalents in the Florida legislature. Remember the Boston Tea Party? Well, it’s probably safe to say that wasn’t a good experience for King George III who had gotten a little carried away with taxation without representation. How Does the County Property Appraiser’s Office work, and Why can’t I just go yell at them and get my values adjusted to lower my tax bill or increase my portability? ![]()
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