Tax switch could bring relief, pain
House leaders want to swap a sales tax hike for eliminating homeowners’ property taxes.
Lawmakers in the state House of Representatives are ready to stop charging many Floridians property taxes — by making the state’s sales tax the highest in the nation.
House Republican leaders just unveiled a package of proposals to halt runaway government spending and to eliminate homeowners’ property-tax bills by raising the six-cent state sales tax by 2.2 cents.