In accordance with Section 195.087, Florida Statutes, the Property Appraiser must submit a budget for the upcoming fiscal year (October 1 to September 30) to the Florida Department of Revenue by June 1st. This process is performed each year.

The budget is divided into four (4) general categories:

• Personnel Services - Includes expenditures for wages, social security, insurance, retirement, etc.
• Operating Expenses - Costs associated with day-to-day operation of the office; postage, equipment maintenance and repair, supplies, legal advertisements, etc.
• Operating Capital Outlay - Typically one-time expenditures for additional, or replacement of, equipment, such as copiers, data processing equipment, office furniture, etc.
• Non-Operating - Unknown or unexpected emergencies and reserve funds for specific purposes that are probable yet unresolved

Section 195.087, Florida Statutes requires each Property Appraiser to post their final approved budget on their website within 30 days after adoption.

Pursuant to section 193.122(2), Florida Statutes (2014), notice is hereby given to all taxpayers and owners of both real and personal property that the 2023 Hillsborough County Tax Rolls have been extended to show the tax attributable to all taxable property and that said tax rolls were certified for collection to the Tax Collector on 10/5/2023.

Section 195.052, Florida Statutes, as amended by the 2008 Florida Legislature (Chapter 2008-197, Laws of Florida) requires that the Department of Revenue and all county property appraisers publish certain county and municipal property tax information on their web sites.

This law requires the Department of Revenue to publish on its web sites certain non-voted property tax information for county and municipal governments. Within each county, the tables below present the following information for each non-voted levy by the county and municipal governments:

Millage Rates and Taxes Levied

• Prior Year Adopted
• Current Rolled-Back Rate (no budget increase)
• Current Adopted Rate

Percent Change in Taxes Levied

• Current Adopted from Prior Adopted
• Current Adopted from Prior Rolled-Back Rate *

* Rolled-Back Rate refers to the tax levies based on last year’s budget and current assessments.

Table 2 presents the proportion of property taxes paid for each county and municipal nonvoted levy by each of the following property types:

Residential real property includes single family residential, real property mobile homes, duplexes, triplexes, other multi-family parcels, residential condominiums and those portions of other types of property which are used as a homestead.

• Homestead property
• Non-Homestead
• Vacant lots

Non-Residential real property includes the following types of property, excluding any portions used as a homestead.

• Commercial improved and vacant
• Industrial improved and vacant
• Institutional/Governmental
• Agricultural
• Other (government leasehold interests, miscellaneous and non-agricultural acreage)
• Tangible Personal Property
• Railroad property centrally assessed by the state
• Percent of total taxes levied for New Construction

Provides technical information on the source and calculation methodology of the data presented in the tables.