Florida Formula: Property Tax Educational Toolkit
Data, messaging, visuals, and tools in one place
This hub provides shareable videos, talking points, city-level reports, and resources to support local communication about property taxes. Explore educational tools and city examples to help inform residents about the core services that property taxes fund.
Quick Menu
Understanding Florida’s Property Tax System
Visit the Florida Formula landing page to access core resources, including how the Save Our Homes provision operates, factors influencing housing affordability, and a clear Myths versus Facts section. Materials are organized so you can easily find and use the information most relevant to your community.
Your City. Your Numbers.
Explore budget breakdowns across Florida.
Select a city on the map and pull up its data packet: local assessment, tax rate, and more. The map is specific to your city.
- Altamonte Springs
- Arcadia
- Auburndale
- Avon Park
- Bartow
- Bay Harbor Islands
- Belleair Bluffs
- Belleview
- Boca Raton
- Bowling Green
- Bradenton
- Briny Breezes
- Brooksville
- Bushnell
- Callaway
- Cape Canaveral
- Cape Coral
- Casselberry
- Chiefland
- Clearwater
- Clermont
- Clewiston
- Coconut Creek
- Cooper City
- Coral Gables
- Coral Springs
- Crescent City
- Crestview
- Cutler Bay
- Dade City
- Dania Beach
- Davie
- Daytona Beach
- Deerfield Beach
- DeLand
- Delray Beach
- Deltona
- Dunedin
- Fellsmere
- Fernandina Beach
- Flagler Beach
- Florida City
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Myers
- Fort Pierce
- Fort Walton Beach
- Frostproof
- Fruitland Park
- Gainesville
- Golf
- Greenacres
- Groveland
- Gulfport
- Haines City
- Hallandale Beach
- Haverhill
- Hialeah
- Hollywood
- Homestead
- Howey-in-the-Hills
- Indian Harbour Beach
- Indian Rocks Beach
- Interlachen
- Inverness
- Jacksonville
- Jacksonville Beach
- Jupiter
- Kissimmee
- Lady Lake
- Lake Alfred
- Lake City
- Lake Clarke Shores
- Lake Hamilton
- Lake Helen
- Lake Park
- Lake Placid
- Lake Worth Beach
- Lakeland
- Lantana
- Largo
- Lauderdale Lakes
- Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
- Leesburg
- Lighthouse Point
- Longboat Key
- Lynn Haven
- Marco Island
- Margate
- Marianna
- Melbourne
- Miami
- Miami Gardens
- Miami Lakes
- Midway
- Milton
- Monticello
- Mount Dora
- Mulberry
- Neptune Beach
- New Smyrna Beach
- Niceville
- North Miami
- North Miami Beach
- North Port
- Oakland
- Oakland Park
- Ocala
- Ocoee
- Oldsmar
- Orange City
- Orange Park
- Orlando
- Ormond Beach
- Palatka
- Palm Beach Gardens
- Palm Springs
- Palmetto
- Palmetto Bay
- Parkland
- Pembroke Pines
- Pensacola
- Perry
- Pinecrest
- Pinellas Park
- Plant City
- Plantation
- Pompano Beach
- Ponce Inlet
- Port Richey
- Port St. Lucie
- Punta Gorda
- Riviera Beach
- Rockledge
- Royal Palm Beach
- Safety Harbor
- Sanford
- Sanibel
- Sarasota
- Satellite Beach
- Sea Ranch Lakes
- Sebastian
- Seminole
- Shalimar
- South Bay
- South Pasadena
- St. Augustine
- St. Augustine Beach
- St. Cloud
- St. Petersburg
- Stuart
- Sweetwater
- Tallahassee
- Tamarac
- Tampa
- Tavares
- Temple Terrace
- Tequesta
- Titusville
- Venice
- Vero Beach
- Virginia Gardens
- Wauchula
- Welaka
- West Melbourne
- West Park
- Weston
- Wildwood
- Williston
- Wilton Manors
- Winter Garden
- Winter Haven
- Winter Park
- Winter Springs
- Zephyrhills
- Zolfo Springs
Don’t see your city listed? Click here to request a custom data packet from our team.
Ready-To-Use Materials
Everything you need to inform, share, and act.
Brief:
Talking Points for Local Leaders
Concise messaging and context to communicate why local decision-making works, particularly when it comes to tax dollars and tax decisions.
Key Messages:
The Florida Formula
A summary of our key core messages: how Florida keeps tax rates low, services strong, and local decision-making intact
Tipsheet:
Engaging the Business Community
One-page guide with practical steps for working with local businesses and strengthening support for city priorities.
Slide Deck:
Public Education Toolkit
A ready-to-use presentation for meetings or town halls that explains the Florida Formula in clear terms.
Snapshot:
Questions & Answers
This quick-reference guide gives local officials clear, confident responses to the most frequent questions about Florida’s property tax system
Guide:
Engage & Inform
A practical guide to local outreach, with core messages, tips for leading effective conversations, and tools to engage trusted voices.
Factsheet:
Fix What’s Broken
One-page reality check comparing exploding insurance costs to the property tax rate caps that protect full-time Florida homeowners.
Compare:
Budgeting in Florida
A quick comparison of state vs. city budget processes, showing how local budgeting is more transparent and invites public input.
Palm Card:
Protect What Works
Pocket-sized palm card that distills the Florida Formula and Save Our Homes: What works, why it matters, and who it protects.
Resources
Key tools to support effective communication about property taxes and core city services.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Communicating About Property Taxes Under Florida’s Law Banning Local Government Expenditures on Ballot Questions
Florida Property Tax Study
Click below to view both the Summary of Key Findings and full Property Tax Study.
City-Specific Property Tax Data
To help you better understand your city’s reliance on property taxes and the potential impacts of property tax reform, we have compiled municipal-level parcel data from the Department of Revenue’s 2024 tax rolls to provide a city-specific overview.
Florida Formula:
Property Tax Handout
This handout highlights how property taxes fund core local services and support local decision-making and accountability. The resource is designed to help cities educate residents and reinforce key messaging around affordability, services, and local control.
Property Taxes in the Headlines
This flyer shows newspaper coverage highlighting how property taxes fund the services residents rely on.
From Florida Cities
Browse sample flyers, events, and digital resources developed by cities to help inform residents about the services that property taxes support.
Educational Flyers
Events
Local Stories = Bigger Impact
Turn your data into customized messages that connect.
People remember stories—especially when those stories are localized. This tipsheet gives local leaders simple, repeatable steps to personalize the message and bring the Florida Formula to life.
The tips include prompts, framing suggestions, and quick ways to tie your own experience or constituency into the broader data. Use these best practices to shape and share stories that reinforce the real drivers of affordability, the value of local control, and why it works in your community.
Video Toolkit
Show it. Share it. Make it local.
“The Florida Formula” breaks things down into plain language. Use it in meetings or presentations to explain how Florida provides key local services while keeping tax rates steady.
It also comes with shorter 15-second versions, ready to post on social media. Share links and downloads are included so you can get the message out fast.
Video Toolkit
Show it. Share it. Make it local.
These two core videos, “The Florida Formula” and “Home-field Advantage,” break things down into plain language. Use them in meetings or presentations to explain how Florida provides key local services while keeping tax rates steady.
Each also comes with shorter 15-second videos, ready to post on social media. Share links, and downloads included – so you can get the message out fast.
Social Media Toolkit
Ready-made posts for your feed
Each post comes with a graphic, a caption, and a download link so you can use it as-is or make quick edits to fit your voice. These are designed to be short, clear, and easy to drop into your regular content schedule.
Use them to share facts, clarify local impact, and keep your message focused and consistent.
Built for You.
Ready to Use.
Every tool here was created to help local officials speak with clarity, confidence, and credibility on property taxes.