Page 8 - PGA Community News - April '22

Page 8, PGA C.A.N.! April 2022 April 2022

Palm Beach County Property Appraiser

Dear Taxpayer: Palm Beach County Property
Happy Spring!
My office continues to Appraiser’s Office Service
work on the 2022 tax roll
and make preparations for Centers
the release of the estimated
2022 taxable property While a vast array of services and information are available
values to the Palm Beach online 24/7 at pbcgov.org/PAPA, my office maintains five
County taxing authorities at service centers, conveniently located throughout Palm
the end of May. Beach County and staffed by qualified professionals. They
These preliminary administer the homestead exemption, additional property
estimates assist the county, tax exemptions, mailing address and ownership changes,
municipalities, and other taxing authorities in projecting their portability applications, and more.
budgets and tax rates and also provide a benchmark as to what 2021 Customer Service By The Numbers
revenue they can expect to receive from property taxes in the • Phone calls: 122,090 (up from 67,102 in 2020)
coming year. • Counter visits: 23,736
After the taxing authorities have determined their budgets • E-files: 19,355 (up 17 percent from 2020)
and proposed tax rates based on the preliminary estimates, • Total new homestead exemptions: 29,737
my office will mail the Notice of Proposed Taxes to every • Portability applications: 6,529
property owner in August. The notice will detail the assessed
value of your property, your proposed tax rates, and an Short-Term Rental Of A
estimate of your tax bill. Stay tuned.
Also, as “Snowbird Season” comes to a close, we’ve Homesteaded Property
included important information on short-term rentals on a
homesteaded property for those property owners who benefit You may rent your homesteaded property for 30 days or
from the homestead exemption and are considering renting less per calendar year and maintain a homestead exemption.
all or a portion of their homesteaded property. Rental for more than 30 days for two consecutive years
I hope you find this information beneficial and interesting. or for more than six months constitutes abandonment of a
Respectfully, homestead exemption.
Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS, Exempt property rented after Jan. 1 of any year does not
Palm Beach County Property Appraiser affect the homestead exemption for that particular year. If the
We Value What You Value property is rented on Jan. 1 of the following year or the terms
of the lease are six months or more, the exemption will be
denied. Property owners are required to notify the Property
Appraiser’s Office when their property no longer qualifies
for exemption. Failure to do so could result in a homestead
tax lien with substantial penalty and interest.
Be aware of the law before deciding to rent your property.
(Florida Statute 196.061 and 196.011 (9) (a)). For more
information, visit pbcgov.org/PAPA or contact Exemption
Services at (561) 355-2866.

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