Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida TaxWatch is announcing that tomorrow, Thurs., April 18 is Florida Taxpayer Independence Day 2024. This symbolic occasion assumes that every dollar […]
The $82.4 billion budget passed by the Florida House and Senate for FY2017-18 contains 111 appropriations items qualifying as Budget Turkeys worth $177.8 million. Most of these (79 projects worth $139.4 million) are transportation projects that are not in the Department of Transportation Work Program.
As we enter the penultimate week of the 2017 Legislative Session, the next state budget is still very much up in the air. The House and Senate spending plans are effectively $4 billion apart.
On April 17th, Floridians will celebrate Taxpayer Independence Day 2017, the first day of the year where taxpayers are no longer working to pay off their tax bill but are working for themselves. This symbolic date, calculated by Florida TaxWatch, assumes that every dollar earned from the start of 2017 went to pay taxes at all levels of government.
This annual report details how Florida stacks up against the rest of the nation in terms of taxes and fees.
The FY2017-18 budget process is now underway. The Governor’s office recently provided budget instructions to state agencies to use in formulating their legislative budget requests (LBRs), which are due on October 14. The Governor will then use the LBRs to develop his budget recommendations, which must be provided to the Legislature at least 30 days before the start (March 7) of the 2017 Legislative Session.
Introduction Many in the Florida Legislature have been rightly criticizing local governments for rapidly increasing property taxes and budgets. The property tax debate and the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 CONTACT: Christina Johnson Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Wednesday, February 11, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) will proudly announce that Atlantic High School Principal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 CONTACT: Christina Johnson Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Florida TaxWatch released its latest Economic Commentary: Trends in the Cost of Construction Materials, a
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mon., April 21, 2025 CONTACT: Christina Johnson, christina@on3pr.com, 850.391.5040 Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida TaxWatch announced that today, Mon., April 21, is Florida Taxpayer Independence Day 2025. This
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