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Learn More About Palm Beach Our office’s award-winning Checks & Balances Guide • $91 for parks and recreation
County’s Finances – Your provides an easy-to-follow overview of the county’s fiscal • $47 for community services
• $32 for public safety
health and other economic indicators for our community. The
Clerk’s Office Is Here To Help! highlights for fiscal year 2021 for Palm Beach County include: • $31 for engineering and public works
• Record Property Tax Revenue: Palm Beach County You can find the FY 2021 Checks & Balances report, also
April is Financial Literacy collected $1.34 billion in property tax revenue in FY 2021, known as the Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR),
Month, a great time to learn an increase of 5 percent over the previous fiscal year. online at www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/pafr.
more about your personal • Taxpayer Savings: Our office’s management of Checks & Balances is just one resource available on
finances – and check in on the county investment portfolio earned $28 million in the finance page of our website, www.mypalmbeachclerk.
the financial health of your investment income during FY 2021. That’s a savings of com. You can also find Palm Beach County’s Annual
government. $43 for every county taxpayer. Comprehensive Financial Report, updates on Palm Beach
As Palm Beach County’s • Higher Sales Tax Income: Palm Beach County County’s investment portfolio, and reports on the CARES
Chief Financial Officer, collected more than $201 million in sales tax revenue during Act and American Rescue Plan Act payments.
Treasurer and Auditor, FY 2021, an 18 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. Our financial reports and information are just one way we
the Clerk of the Circuit Of the $201 million collected, more than $99 million was demonstrate our commitment to government transparency in
Court & Comptroller is the county’s share of infrastructure sales tax revenue used Palm Beach County. We hope it is a valuable resource for
your source for important to complete a backlog of repair and replacement projects. you and for our entire community.
county financial information. We have the tools you need Checks & Balances also illustrates how your tax dollars Regards,
to understand Palm Beach County’s finances, from how pay for parks, roads, public safety and other services. In Joseph Abruzzo,
much tax money is coming into the county each year, to fiscal year 2021, the average cost per taxpayer for county Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
how that tax money is invested and spent. services included:

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