A Florida TRIM notice is not the tax bill
Florida TRIM notices show proposed property taxes and hearing details before the yearly bill arrives from the tax collector.
The TRIM notice can look like a bill, but it is really an early warning sheet for the property tax year.
Florida uses January 1 as the assessment date. Exemptions usually have a March 1 filing date. Later in the summer, property appraisers send TRIM notices. The notice can show proposed values, exemptions, caps, millage rates, proposed taxes, assessments, and hearing details. The tax collector sends the actual bill after the local budget process moves along.
Read it slowly if the value, exemption, or proposed tax looks off. A Value Adjustment Board petition has a short window after the TRIM notice. Do not let the paper sit too long.
Check the parcel number, mailing address, exemptions, taxable value, and hearing dates. Ask the property appraiser about value or exemptions. Ask the taxing authority about proposed millage. Ask the tax collector about the later bill.
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