Florida’s property tax break skips Canadian snowbirds
Homesteaded properties currently carry US$50,000 against non-school levies, built from a US$25,000 exemption applied to all levies and a second US$25,000 applied to every levy except school district taxes, the same entry states.
The US$25,000 tied to school taxes stays in place. Non-homestead properties get a narrower change.
Ballotpedia records that the annual cap on assessment increases for rental units, vacation homes, commercial properties, and apartment buildings drops from 10 percent to five percent on January 1, 2027, and that the reduction does not extend to school district taxes.
Florida is focusing on homestead, and non-homestead property including residential, Airbnb, Canadian snowbirds, and commercial is taxed, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said in a June interview with Fox News, cited by CTV News.
In 2025, while opposing a sales tax cut, he said Canadian and Brazilian tourists should help fund Florida while residents received tax cuts, the publication reported, citing CBS News Miami.
