Category: Property Tax and Education News
Apr 17, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  House keeps growth caps on taxes alive A House panel Tuesday revived Florida’s version of a Taxpayers Bill of Rights, a day after a powerful commission killed an …
Apr 15, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Florida tax commission rejects plan to limit government spending Despite hours of testimony from home and business owners angry about their hefty property tax bills, Florida’s powerful tax …
Apr 15, 2008
The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission held a meeting on Monday, April 14, 2008. The meeting included the presentation of the following proposals (click on the links to access each proposal and its respective analysis) CS/CS/CP 0045 – Revenue Caps by …
Apr 14, 2008
 The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission held a meeting on Monday, April 14, 2008. The meeting included the presentation of the following proposals (click on the links to access each proposal and its respective analysis) CS/CS/CP 0045 – Revenue Caps …
Apr 10, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Revenue Cap Proposal Makes Headway In House A proposal to cap government revenue remains stalled at the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission but skipped ahead at the state …
Apr 8, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Commission strikes down use of taxes for tuition vouchers, postpones tax cap A proposal to countermand the Florida Supreme Court and allow state tax money to be used for …
Apr 3, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Major budget woes paralyze Florida legislators Children, their faces painted to look like clowns, raced around the sunny Capitol courtyard while legislators in windowless meeting rooms debated women’s rights …
Apr 1, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Broward schools face biggest cuts in state from legislators South Florida this year may be forced to absorb more than half of the public school spending cuts being proposed …
Mar 27, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Church-state battle heads to the ballot Wading into a church-state fight, a powerful Florida tax commission decided Wednesday to ask voters if the state should become the first …
Mar 25, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Â Voters to decide record tax cut If the tax swap plan approved Monday by the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission is placed on the November ballot and ratified …