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April 2024 Viewpointe, Page 29
Palm Beach County Property Appraiser

Dear Taxpayer: administer the homestead exemption, additional property
Happy Spring! tax exemptions, mailing address and ownership changes,
My office continues to portability applications and more.
work on the 2024 tax roll 2023 Customer Service By The Numbers
and make preparations for • Phone calls: 89,053, down 11 percent from 2022
the release of the estimated • Counter visits: 28,256, nearly flat from 2022
2024 taxable property • E-files: 15,835, down 14 percent from 2022
values to the Palm Beach • Total new homestead exemptions: 24,649, down 21
County taxing authorities percent from 2022
at the end of May. • Portability applications: 6,865, nearly flat from 2022
These preliminary
estimates assist the county, Short-Term Rental Of A
municipalities and other taxing authorities in projecting
their budgets and tax rates and also provide a benchmark as Homesteaded Property
to what revenue they can expect to receive from property
taxes in the coming year. A provision in state law allows you to rent your
After the taxing authorities have determined their home for a short time without affecting your homestead
budgets and proposed tax rates based on the preliminary exemption.
estimates, my office will mail the notice of proposed taxes Florida law allows the following:
to every property owner in August. The notice will detail • Rental for 30 days or less per calendar year.
the assessed value of your property, your proposed tax • Rental for more than 30 days and less than six months
rates and an estimate of your tax bill. Stay tuned. in one year. If you rent again the following year for more
Also, as snowbird season comes to a close, we’ve than 30 days, you will lose your homestead exemption
included important information on short-term rentals of for that tax year.
a homesteaded property for those property owners who • Rental on any day except Jan. 1. If your home is
benefit from the homestead exemption and are considering rented on Jan. 1, you will lose the homestead exemption
renting all or a portion of their homesteaded property. for that year.
I hope you find this information beneficial and Rental for more than six months constitutes
interesting. abandonment of a homestead exemption. Property owners
Respectfully, are required to notify the property appraiser’s office when
Dorothy Jacks, CFA, FIAAO, AAS, their property no longer qualifies for exemption. Failure to
Palm Beach County Property Appraiser do so could result in a homestead tax lien with substantial
penalty and interest.
This statute does not apply to a member of the Armed
Palm Beach County Property Forces of the United States.
Appraiser’s Office Service property. For more information, visit pbcpao.gov.org or
Be aware of the law before deciding to rent your
Centers contact Exemption Services at (561) 355-2866.
Source: Florida Statute 196.061, Florida Statute
While a vast array of services and information are 196.011 (9) (a) 
available online 24/7 at pbcpao.gov, my office maintains
five service centers conveniently located throughout Palm
Beach County and staffed by qualified professionals. They

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