Florida Amendment 3 calculator: Projected county funding cuts

The Brief

  • A Florida non-profit created a calculator showing potential local funding impacts if Amendment 3 passes in November.
  • The tool allows users to look up projected impacts by ZIP code, county and special district.
  • Hillsborough County could see more than $971 million in combined base-level impacts over the first two years, according to the calculator.

TAMPA, Fla. – Florida voters will decide on Amendment 3 in November, a measure that would increase the homestead exemption while lowering the cap on increases in assessments for non-homesteaded property.

The Florida Policy Institute, a nonpartisan non-profit, has created a calculator showing how the proposed amendment could affect property-tax funding for counties and local special districts across the state.

Florida tax policy breakdown

What we know:

The calculator allows users to enter a ZIP code or select one of Florida’s 67 counties to see projected base-level funding impacts if Amendment 3 passes.…

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