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Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens, Page 11
Tax Talk

Dear Friends: Step 3. Ad Valorem Taxes If you are not REAL ID compliant or have a stop, hold
Did you know that new The $150,000 taxable value is multiplied by the millage rate or violation on your driver’s license, you will need to
election laws mandate that set by each ad valorem taxing authority for properties within make a reservation and visit one of our service centers.
voters must renew their their boundaries. Since Fred lives in West Palm Beach, the Reservations fill up quickly so don’t delay! Visit www.
mail ballot requests every millage rate in 2022 was 21.0796 for every $1,000 of taxable pbctax.com/reservations to make reservations.
General Election cycle? value. His $150,000 taxable value is then divided by $1,000, Before you visit, perform a free driver’s license
That means, any Vote-By- which equals 150 and then multiplied by the 21.0796 millage checkup at www.flhsmv.gov/driver-licenses-id-cards/ to
Mail ballot requests made rate, resulting in Fred’s Ad Valorem taxes total of $3,161.94. see if you have any stops, holds or violations. Clearances
prior to the Nov. 8, 2022 Step 4. Annual Taxes can be processed at our office if you bring the required
General Election have Next, non-ad valorem assessments are added and documentation. If English is not your first language, you
expired; therefore, you must determined by the levying authority using a unit measure have the option of bringing a person with you to your
complete a new Vote-By- to calculate the cost of services. For example, Solid Waste scheduled reservation to assist you with translating.
Mail ballot request for the 2024 elections. My fellow Palm Authority fees are based on the type of property producing Please note, while they may assist with translation, they
Beach County Constitutional Officer, Wendy Sartory Link, the waste. In 2022, Fred’s fee was $200, which is added to may not assist while you take any required tests, such
Supervisor of Elections, has produced a very informative $3,161.94 totaling his annual total property taxes at $3,361.94. as the driver’s license written exam. State regulations
video that details what you need to know about requesting In Fiscal Year 2021/22, our office collected $4,476,481,220 require that these tests only be completed by the applicant.
a Vote-By-Mail ballot. I encourage you to visit https://youtu. in property taxes and distributed those monies to the local
be/ZyNtsgJ-nyo to watch this important video and then taxing authorities to provide essential services to the residents
submit your Vote-By-Mail ballot request online at www. of Palm Beach County.
VotePalmBeach.gov or by calling Wendy’s office at (561)
656-6208.
The 2024 election cycle will be here before you know it,
so now is the time to request your Vote-By-Mail ballot!
Anne M. Gannon,
Constitutional Tax Collector,
Serving Palm Beach County
Finance Team Honored With
How Your Taxes Are Awards

Calculated I am especially proud of my Finance and Budget team

Have you ever wondered how your property taxes are Ready To Renew … Here’s for being awarded the Certificate of Merit for Audit
calculated? It can be a complicated process, but we are here by the Florida Tax Collectors Association. This award
to help make it simple! What To Do recognizes our office’s achievement for a 2021/22 audit,
Step 1. Assessment clear of any findings – in other words, a perfect audit!
Let’s look at an example – Fred lives in a single-family You’ve received the notice in the mail that it’s time to In addition, the team was recently awarded the 2023
home in West Palm Beach. His home is assessed by the Palm renew your driver’s license, what now? If your license is Legacy Award for Financial Operations by the Florida
Beach County Property Appraiser at $200,000. REAL ID compliant (look for the gold star in the upper Tax Collector’s Association. This award recognizes the
Step 2. Exemption right corner), and you have not used your one-time online innovation and automation the team developed for a
Fred has a homestead exemption which reduces the convenience renewal, and you have no stops, holds or other new process to regularly post outstanding or uncashed
taxable value of his home by $50,000, resulting in a violations on your license, then an online renewal is your checks on the tax collector’s website so that clients can
total taxable value of $150,000. Remember, a homestead easiest and fastest option. Visit www.pbctax.com/driver-
exemption limits the tax rate increase to 3 percent per year. license to renew! Tax Talk on page 12

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