South Florida property tax attorney Seth Lubin gets calls daily from
distressed New Yorkers looking to appeal the property taxes on their South Florida vacation homes. “They have a good reason to be complaining,” he said. Though property values have plummeted, snowbirds likely won’t see the tax reductions they hoped for. At the same time, full-time Florida residents legally protected from
rising tax rates by Save Our Homes, a 1995 property tax limitation, are
sill seeing their taxes increase. This is because local lawmakers are
voting for higher millage rates — the tax rate per $1,000 of property
values — to counteract the low market values. [more]