Page 14 - Abacoa Community News '23

Page 14, Abacoa
Tax Talk

By Anne Gannon Current Florida Sales Tax Holidays
Dear Friends:
With the arrival of Back to School (most school supplies $50 and less, plus more!)
August, we find ourselves, www.floridarevenue.com/backtoschool/Pages/default.aspx July 24 to Aug. 6
once again, gearing up
for property tax season. It Freedom Summer (recreation and outdoor items)
all starts this month when www.floridarevenue.com/FreedomSummer/Pages/default.aspx Now to Sept. 4
the Palm Beach County
Property Appraiser sends Gas Ranges and Cooktops
out a TRIM (Truth-In- www.floridarevenue.com/GasStoves/Pages/default.aspx Now to June 30, 2024
Millage) Notice to all
property owners. This Home Hardening (impact resistant doors, windows, and garage doors)
notice contains the property’s value as of Jan. 1, the www.floridarevenue.com/HomeHardening/Pages/default.aspx Now to June 30, 2024
millage rates proposed by each local government entity,
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and finally, it contains an estimate of the proposed property Energy Star (Energy Star appliances)
taxes. The TRIM Notice also contains information www.floridarevenue.com/ENERGYSTAR/Pages/default.aspx Now to June 30, 2024
about local governments’ budget hearings, providing
each property owner with the opportunity to attend and For more information on all sales tax holidays, visit www.floridarevenue.com/Pages/SalesTaxHolidays.aspx.
comment on the proposed millage rates. Then, by Nov. 1,
my office will send out more than 600,000 2023 tax bills Report To Citizens longstanding and sustainable outcomes and implement
to each property owner that must be paid by March 31. processes to increase the efficiency of each transaction
You can visit the Property Appraiser’s website at www. As we are near the end for our clients.
pbcgov.org/papa for more information about the TRIM of another property tax Our dedication to driving positive change in the
Notice and the Value Adjustment Board appeals process. cycle, I’d like to share community extends well beyond our core services.
So, watch your mail this month for your TRIM Notice some interesting facts with Every two years, our employees select two nonprofit
from the Property Appraiser and then in early November, you about our office. Did organizations to support through our Community
watch your mail for your tax bill sent by my office and you know in 2021/22: Involvement Program. Every dollar raised and/or item
remember to pay early and save! • Over $4.4 billion donated comes directly from our employees. This year’s
Anne M. Gannon, was distributed to local charities are Living Hungry and Take Stock In Children
Constitutional Tax Collector, taxing authorities with the Serving Palm Beach County. In addition to supporting
Serving Palm Beach County School District of Palm those initiatives, we also conduct fundraising activities
Beach County receiving such as bake sales and donation drives throughout the
Florida Sales Tax Holiday the largest amount, more year. Our office remains dedicated to lending a helping
hand in the community and providing exceptional
than $1.5 billion?
Savings! • Our Client Care and Research Center answers more customer service for our clients.
than 230,000 telephone calls a year and responds to more For more information on our community involvement,
Going on now are several sales tax exemption holidays than 32,000 email inquiries. The No. 1 inquiries are visit www.pbctax.com/about-us/community-involvement/.
on several consumer items from washing machines and driver’s license (calls) and property tax (email)?
clothes dryers to tickets for live events and everything in • Our website has more than 1.9 million visits yearly?
between! During the sales tax holiday window, sales tax • Our six service centers saw more than 719,000 clients.
is removed from the purchase of qualifying items. For The Central Palm Beach Service Center in Greenacres
example, during the home hardening sales tax holiday had the most visits with more than 198,000. The No. 1
impact resistant doors, garage doors and windows can be transaction was motor vehicle, more than 395,000?
purchased without the addition of sales tax on the final • Tourist Development Tax collections were more
purchase price, but only during the specified dates (July than $77,800,000 with April being the highest collection
1, 2023 to June 30, 2024). The same concept applies to month?
all other sales tax holidays. Make sure to read about each • Palm Beach County Tax Collector employees donated
tax holiday, some exclusions and parameters may apply. $17,594 to our two charity partners, Living Hungry and
Making Every Day Count. Employees also raised more
than $2,400 to our Tax Collector colleagues in both Lee
and Charlotte Counties, who were impacted by Hurricane
Ian in September 2022?
For more information about our office, visit www.
pbctax.com/annual-report.

• SaleS Out And About
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• inStallation As an elected official and longtime resident of Palm
• Dryer Vent & Duct Beach County, it is my honor and a privilege to serve
cleaning this community. My community engagement team and
Passionate about customer Service I are always available should you ever need anything
772-785-8080 from our office. We take great pride in being active in
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Gold Jubilee, and many more. Our goal is to work
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