Property Taxes

The House and Senate don't seem close on a budget deal. The House and Gov. Ron DeSantis don't seem close, period.

On "The Florida Roundup," state Rep. Vicki Lopez talks about proposals to cut property taxes and a bill she sponsored to help with condo ownership affordability.

In the survey of 1,200 Floridians taken in April, 46% said they support eliminating property taxes while 32% supported reducing sales taxes.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Rep. Vicki Lopez, who is the co-chair of a new House select committee that will consider proposals aimed at reducing property taxes. We also spoke with an abortion provider in North Florida about the impact of Florida’s 6-week ban and more.

House Speaker Daniel Perez, who favors a state sales-tax rate cut, said Senate President Ben Albritton backed out of a “historic tax proposal” that the leaders outlined last week.

The Legislature will either stay in Tallahassee past the May 2 deadline or come back later to get the job done. A key issue: tax cuts.

On "The Florida Roundup," host Tom Hudson spoke with state Rep. Tom Fabricio and call-in listeners about competing tax and budget proposals.

Ben Albritton announced his chamber will release a compromise package that includes adding clothes and shoes under $75 to the list of products exempted from sales tax.

On "Florida Matters," we speak to the Your Florida team about what the Legislature has been up to over the past 30 days. From property taxes to school start times, we break it down.

The proposal would reduce the state sales tax from 6% to 5.25%, affecting billions of dollars annually. Gov. Ron DeSantis argues that lawmakers should focus on property tax relief instead.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez are at odds over whose tax cut proposal is best.

Gov. Ron DeSantis argues that Floridians would prefer reducing homeowners' property taxes over a proposal by Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez for a sales-tax cut.