Page 8 - PGA Community News - July '22

Page 8, PGA C.A.N.! July 2022 July 2022
Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office

Dear Taxpayer: 2022 Tax Roll Update fraud. That information also offers an interesting look into
Happy Independence what states our new neighbors used to call home.
Day! July is an important month as my office submits the 2022 Over the course of 2020, we had 31,351 new residents
Recently, my office held preliminary tax roll to Florida’s Department of Revenue (DOR) file for homestead exemptions that came from outside
an award ceremony and and the local taxing authorities. Values are based on the status of Palm Beach County. Over 2021, we gained 31,431.
presented six outstanding of market as of Jan. 1. Driven by a large influx of new Florida The vast majority – 75 percent last year – of these new
high school seniors in Palm residents and limited supply, residential values rose last year. In homesteaders are from other parts of Florida.
Beach County with $1,500 the commercial sector, hotels, multifamily apartment complexes
college scholarships. and warehousing all saw value increases, buoyed by the post-
Kazi Amin, graduating COVID market.
from Atlantic Community According to my office’s estimates delivered at the end of
High School May, Palm Beach County-wide taxable property values have
Ben-Gina Fantaisie, graduating from Atlantic increased 13.55 percent from 2021 to 2022.
Community High School Highlights include:
• Market Value – $387,351,158,909
• Taxable Value – $ 251,696,877,168
• Net New Construction – $ 4,327,704,016
• Percent Increase (taxable value) – 13.55
percent
• Real Property Parcels – 650,420
• Total Tangible Personal Property Accounts
– 58,815
Once the tax roll receives approval from
Florida’s DOR, my office will notify all Application Status For
property owners of both their home value and
proposed tax rate in the Notice of Proposed Exemptions, Portability,
Property Taxes mailed mid-August. While
state law requires my office to value property Agricultural Classifications
based on the status of the market, your tax
Dorothy Jacks, left, with scholarship recipients. Left to right in front row: Tasnia rate is set by taxing authorities who answer Have you submitted an application for an exemption,
Tabassum, Jelianys Ramos-Burgos, Kazi Amin, Diksha Gupta, Ben-Gina Fantaisie to you. Their public meetings are listed in portability or agricultural classification? My office
(Moshammet Jarin, not pictured) and the PAO Scholarship Committee your notice. is processing these applications and will begin status
notifications. If denied, you have the right to file a petition for
Tasnia Tabassum, graduating from Pahokee Middle- Where Do New PBC adjustment with the Value Adjustment Board (VAB) through
Senior High School the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller. They can be
Moshammet Jarin, graduating from Glades Central Homesteaders Come From? reached at (561) 355-6289.
Community High School Property Tax Exemptions And Portability
Diksha Gupta, graduating from Suncoast High School When a new Palm Beach County resident files for a If you submitted an application on or before March 1 and
Jelianys Ramos-Burgos, graduating from Royal Palm homestead exemption, my office collects information about your application was denied, a Notice of Denial will be mailed
Beach Community High School their previous homesite to ensure that there is no homestead on June 29. The deadline to file a petition with the VAB for an
In addition to receiving a scholarship award, each was exemption is 5 p.m. on July 29. The deadline to file a petition
offered an opportunity to participate in a paid summer for the denial of a portability benefit is 5 p.m. on Sept. 12. For
internship in my office. We will welcome two of the questions about exemptions or portability, contact Exemption
recipients to our office this summer. Services at (561) 355-2866 or MyExemption@pbcgov.org.
I commend these high-achieving, exceptional students for Agricultural Classification
their excellence in academic ability, persistence, leadership, Notifications of the status of your application will be mailed
and service to others. Congratulations to each of them and out on June 29. If your agricultural classification application
congratulations to the entire Class of 2022. is denied, the deadline to file a petition with the VAB is 5 p.m.
The scholarship program is very special to my office. Since on July 29. For agricultural classification questions, contact
1994, the Property Appraiser’s Office (PAO) has awarded more the Agriculture Department at (561) 355-4577 or MyFarm@
than $160,000 in college scholarships, completely funded by pbcgov.org.
employee donations.
In this month’s newsletter, an update on the 2022 tax roll
process, some interesting stats regarding our new residents,
and the status of applications for property tax exemptions,
portability and agricultural classifications. I hope you find
this information beneficial and wish you a happy and safe
Independence Day.
Respectfully,
Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS,
Palm Beach County Property Appraiser
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