Page 12 - Boca Exposure - August '23

Page 12, Boca Exposure
Tax Talk

By Anne Gannon Current Florida Sales Tax Holidays
Dear Friends:
With the arrival of August, Back to School (most school supplies $50 and less, plus more!)
we find ourselves, once again, www.floridarevenue.com/backtoschool/Pages/default.aspx July 24 to Aug. 6
gearing up for property tax
season. It all starts this month Freedom Summer (recreation and outdoor items)
when the Palm Beach County www.floridarevenue.com/FreedomSummer/Pages/default.aspx Now to Sept. 4
Property Appraiser sends out
a TRIM (Truth-In-Millage) Gas Ranges and Cooktops
Notice to all property owners. www.floridarevenue.com/GasStoves/Pages/default.aspx Now to June 30, 2024
This notice contains the Home Hardening (impact resistant doors, windows, and garage doors)
property’s value as of Jan. 1,
the millage rates proposed by each local government entity, www.floridarevenue.com/HomeHardening/Pages/default.aspx Now to June 30, 2024
and finally, it contains an estimate of the proposed property Energy Star (Energy Star appliances)
®
®
taxes. The TRIM Notice also contains information about local
governments’ budget hearings, providing each property owner www.floridarevenue.com/ENERGYSTAR/Pages/default.aspx Now to June 30, 2024
with the opportunity to attend and comment on the proposed
millage rates. Then, by Nov. 1, my office will send out more than For more information on all sales tax holidays, visit www.floridarevenue.com/Pages/SalesTaxHolidays.aspx.
600,000 2023 tax bills to each property owner that must be paid
by March 31. You can visit the Property Appraiser’s website at Florida Sales Tax Holiday largest amount, more than
www.pbcgov.org/papa for more information about the TRIM $1.5 billion?
Notice and the Value Adjustment Board appeals process. Savings! • Our Client Care and
So, watch your mail this month for your TRIM Notice from Research Center answers
the Property Appraiser and then in early November, watch your Going on now are several sales tax exemption holidays on more than 230,000 telephone
mail for your tax bill sent by my office and remember to pay several consumer items from washing machines and clothes calls a year and responds
early and save! dryers to tickets for live events and everything in between! to more than 32,000 email
Anne M. Gannon, During the sales tax holiday window, sales tax is removed inquiries. The No. 1 inquiries
Constitutional Tax Collector, from the purchase of qualifying items. For example, during are driver’s license (calls)
Serving Palm Beach County the home hardening sales tax holiday impact resistant doors, and property tax (email)?
garage doors and windows can be purchased without the • Our website has more
addition of sales tax on the final purchase price, but only than 1.9 million visits
during the specified dates (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024). yearly?
The same concept applies to all other sales tax holidays. • Our six service centers saw more than 719,000 clients.
Make sure to read about each tax holiday, some exclusions The Central Palm Beach Service Center in Greenacres had the
and parameters may apply. most visits with more than 198,000. The No. 1 transaction was
motor vehicle, more than 395,000?
Report To Citizens • Tourist Development Tax collections were more than
$77,800,000 with April being the highest collection month?
As we are near the end of another property tax cycle, I’d • Palm Beach County Tax Collector employees donated
like to share some interesting facts with you about our office. $17,594 to our two charity partners, Living Hungry and
Did you know in 2021/22: Making Every Day Count. Employees also raised more than
• Over $4.4 billion was distributed to local taxing authorities
with the School District of Palm Beach County receiving the Tax Talk on page 14

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