Florida lawmakers target ‘most hated tax’ in property tax committee meeting

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The 37-member property tax committee is co-chaired by Republican Reps. Vicki Lopez and Toby Overdorf. Monday’s meeting was largely the informative portion of the property tax committee’s two-day meeting schedule this week. In 2008, then-Speaker of the House Marco Rubio proposed “the swap,” switching sales tax hikes for the property tax. They provided extensive information into the demographics of homesteaders (who tend to be older) and definitions of property tax terms including millage rates. Millage rates are tax rates that local governments use to calculate property tax.