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Property Appraiser’s Office

Dear Taxpayers: website using the Forms link. If you have any questions offered an opportunity for a paid summer internship in
Since 1995, the State of about reporting personal property, tangible e-filing or the the property appraiser’s office.
Florida has implemented a 3 $25,000 tangible exemption, please call our office at (561) Since 1994, the PAO has awarded nearly $140,000 in
percent Save Our Homes Cap 355-2896 or email us at patangible@pbcgov.org. college scholarships. The program is particularly special
(SOH) assessment increase to the PAO because the money raised for the scholarships
limit on all residential Property Appraiser’s Office is 100 percent funded by the staff who participate in
properties that receive a “Friday Casual Dress Day,” a volunteer donation program.
homestead exemption. The Annual Scholarship Awards For more information, call (561) 355-3230 or go to our
3 percent SOH Cap limits website, www.pbcgov.org/PAPA and click on the “Learn
any increase to the assessed Program More” tab and click on “About Our Office.” You will find
value of a homestead exempt the application online.
property to a maximum of 3 The Palm Beach County Property
percent each year or the change in the Consumer Price Index, Appraiser’s Office (PAO) is accepting
whichever is lower. The Florida Department of Revenue applications for the 27th Annual
(DOR) reports this statutory determination each January. Scholarship Awards Program. This
For 2020, the SOH maximum increase will be 2.3 percent. year, my office is offering six
The homestead exemption in the state of Florida can save college scholarship awards, $1,500
hundreds of dollars in property taxes for permanent Florida each to graduating (Palm Beach
residents. The first $25,000 in property value is exempt County) high school seniors, who will
from all property taxes, including school district taxes. The attend accredited higher education
additional $25,000 exemption is available for non-school institutions. The deadline to submit
taxes and applies only to the assessed value between $50,000 is March 31.
and $75,000. If you already have a homestead exemption To be eligible for a scholarship
on your property, you do NOT need to reapply. award, a student must be a resident
March 2 is the deadline to file for the homestead of Palm Beach County, have a
exemption and other property tax exemptions, which minimum of 3.0 GPA, and plan to
include those for seniors, widows and widowers, persons attend an accredited higher-education
with disabilities, active-duty military, veterans, “granny institution (college or junior college).
flats” and more. In addition, if you’re moving within In addition to receiving a
the state of Florida and you’re filing for a homestead scholarship, each recipient will be Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks with 2019 scholarship recipients
exemption, you can e-file for portability. (Portability is
transferring all or a significant portion of your cap savings,
to a new home within the state of Florida that qualifies A Caring Adult Role Model Can Make
up to $500,000, from a home with a homestead exemption

for a homestead exemption.) For more information, go to
our website: www.pbcgov.org/PAPA or call Exemption All The Difference In The World!
Services at (561) 355-2866.
In this month’s article, a reminder to all business owners
in Palm Beach County about filing for a Tangible Personal Guardian ad Litem (GAL) is a interested in helping children
Property Tax Return for 2020 and my office’s annual college state supported program of trained but unable to take on a full
scholarship application process is now open. Enjoy reading volunteers that are 21 years and case, may also volunteer
and wishing you a happy spring. older, supporting attorneys and for our Speak Up for Kids
Respectfully, case advocate managers. There program. Speak Up for Kids
Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS, are approximately 1,500 to 1,700 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Palm Beach County Property Appraiser children in the dependency system whose sole purpose is to
in Palm Beach County at any given time. Most of these support the GAL program
Business Tangible Personal children, through no fault of their own, are now subjects of and its mission through fundraising, grants, community

Property judicial proceedings and have been removed from their homes events/awareness and presentations.
because of alleged abuse, abandonment or neglect. Volunteers To volunteer or obtain more information regarding
become part of the court process in order to fight for these Guardian ad Litem, visit our website at galpbc.org or call
Florida allows an exemption up to $25,000 in value for children to make sure their basic rights and essential needs (561) 355-6224.
tangible personal property assets used by a business. You are not ignored by the system. With a GAL, a child is half as
must file an initial Tangible Personal Property Tax Return likely to languish in the foster care and child welfare system
(DR-405) to receive the exemption. Thereafter you need and more likely to find a safe, permanent home.
not file an annual return unless the value of your tangible Our volunteers advocate for needed services for the child,
personal property exceeds $25,000 on Jan. 1. Tangible visit and spend time with the child, report to the judge, case
personal property used in a business includes furniture, manager and attorney via written reports/testimony and
fixtures, machinery, tools, equipment, appliances, signs, monitor the case from beginning to end. Training, online
leasehold improvements, supplies, leased equipment and and classroom, is required along with fingerprinting and
any other assets used by the business. no criminal background. A volunteer works alongside the
The filing deadline is April 1. Failure to file will parents, caregivers, teachers, doctors and counselors, as
result in the loss of the exemption and the assessment well as collaborating with outside agencies assigned to the
of penalties per Florida Statutes, Sections 193.072 and child’s case.
193.073. To be part of Guardian ad Litem, there are no special
Save time, paper, and postage by filing online using the legal skills necessary – just good common sense and the
E-File link on our website www.pbcgov.org/papa. If you desire to help abused and neglected children. Someone
need a paper form (DR-405) you can download it from our
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