110,000 Central Florida property owners lag on taxes

Of course, again theSlantinel never mentions that huge tax increase are the main reason most folks cannot afford to pay thier taxes.

Millions for the Magic...

the millions for the arena come from tourist taxes and does not come out of your pocket.

the fact is Florida is one of only 7 states in the US that does not have a State tax, thus the influx of retired people who do not want to pay taxes.

Your taxes in Orange County have gone up very little compared to the rest of the country. The fact is Orange County counted on continued growth to keep our taxes reasonable and there was not alot of balloning budget increases. The fact the in the fire department the extra money went to new equipment to replace aniquated apparatus of the 80's. We caught up on road improvements, and we built new schools and renovated others.

Now we are in the crunch again and services will fall, crime will raise and schools will be underfunded once again as people with no kids don't like to educate our younger people.

Thanks Charlie Crist...great job you moron.

The Hawk wrote:

the millions for the arena come from tourist taxes and does not come out of your pocket.
the fact is Florida is one of only 7 states in the US that does not have a State tax, thus the influx of retired people who do not want to pay taxes.
Your taxes in Orange County have gone up very little compared to the rest of the country. The fact is Orange County counted on continued growth to keep our taxes reasonable and there was not alot of balloning budget increases. The fact the in the fire department the extra money went to new equipment to replace aniquated apparatus of the 80's. We caught up on road improvements, and we built new schools and renovated others.
Now we are in the crunch again and services will fall, crime will raise and schools will be underfunded once again as people with no kids don't like to educate our younger people.
Thanks Charlie Crist...great job you moron.

Wrong Hawk. The tourist tax is only part of the financing deal. Other financing means do come from local taxpayers.

doesnt matter these arent a good deal for investments anymore. every one bids them down to .25% and the online system picks a random winner. unless its swampland or a 6 foot by 3 foot piece of land next to a utily pole. then you may get 10%... what a deal! its not the arenas fault either. your property taxes are lower than your mortgage, entertainment money, food bill and prob car payment. try cutting some of those first!

In this country you don't really own anything. You rent it from the government through taxes. They take the taxes and hire police officers to fine you for breaking more laws, then dangle money in front of your kids and send them off to war to battle for this way of life! It's all about money, not people with this government.

'The Hawk'

Have you even looked at the Orange County budget?

They collected 23% more property taxes from 2006 to 2007...

23%!

They should have only collected 5%(2% population growth + 3% inflation) more, but they got greedy and let the rising property values inflate their tax revenues by 23%...

It is simple economics to realize that if the money pool (population increases + pay increases) does not meet your tax revenue increases, you effectively have a tax increase...

Am I the only one who sees this?

This is the prime example of the lack ao true ownership of real estate. A person pays a very high price for the privilege of renting a piece of property from the government! When are people going to wake up and realize that this is happening. I realize that taxes are necessary but it should not occur on primary residences. Should a major illness create a hardship and the residence owner not be able to pay, the government evicts them just like a land lord. It usually is a waste of money to "buy" a house any more. "Buying" a house can be the worst thing that a person ever does. I believe that taxes on a primary residence borders on, if not in fact , unconstitutional. All too often our governments spend the rents(taxes) on projects that don't really benefit the community.

TO HAWK: Yes, we need an income tax to keep paying everyone from government employees to people who keep not wanting to be productive. Unless you count the number of babies being produced. The good era is over Hawk. The era of the uniform is upon us. Hawk, half the baby boomers are not worth much economically. They are starting to retire. There are currently 45 million Americans on medicare. There will be 90 million Americans on medicare within 20 years. What do you propose? You want to tax young people to extinction at the low wages they currently receive.Many of those boomers are not going to live in homes by themselves. They will not afford it. that will leave more empty homes in our nation. There were people who warned all of the things happening now was going to occur. Most politicians never listened. The boomers are going to vote for themselves. Believe me on this. And they will vote.

"WHY THE INCREASE?
The landslide of tax delinquencies is the fallout of a weakened real-estate market with record foreclosures. "
How stupid is that? The increase is because home prices shot up and higher property taxes were the result. Many people are going to have trouble paying. You never really own your home in America.

slipnot wrote:

In this country you don't really own anything. You rent it from the government through taxes. They take the taxes and hire police officers to fine you for breaking more laws, then dangle money in front of your kids and send them off to war to battle for this way of life! It's all about money, not people with this government.

Dude, get the heck out of this country and see if you can do any better!

How would you feel if I were to help you file immagration papers and pay for a one way flight for you to Cuba? Do you think you will do better there?

Want lower taxes?
Reduce the size of government.

That said, just look at Florida (or any other State) without blinders. We have no income tax. However; tax is added on to most everything. Look at utility bills, road tolls, rental car or hotels, etc. and there is a LIST of different taxes. Property taxes come with the territory no matter where a person calls home. The taxes I pay every year on my waterfront two bedroom condo are multiples of a similar property in a less desirable location and that is simple to understand. It's the long list of taxes on everything else, that's the kick in the pants, that bring the tax rate for everyone up to near 50%.
We need a smaller government for a couple of reasons and cost is one of them.

Raul wrote:

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Dude, get the heck out of this country and see if you can do any better!
How would you feel if I were to help you file immagration papers and pay for a one way flight for you to Cuba? Do you think you will do better there?

You must be a Bush supporter

Thats is the result of the increase in the taxes in the last four years, when I bought my house, the first year I paid 1200 in taxes, the second year jump to 2500, the third was 3500, and last year where 2800, a lot of people were unable to pay taxes 2 years ago, and even last year, those are the houses that the local county have for action, where is help from the state for those people unable to pay the taxes, banks are helping, countrywide with its Hope Program, and some others but what about the state?, did the state care for those people?. With this economy, I use the extra money to compensate the gas prices, I do not money in savings for the next year taxes, so the state may take my house for action, good for the state but what about the people, the government is base in the good will of the people, that is the fundamental role of the government, but now we pay taxes to maintain the luxury spending of the state, like that dinner from USPS for $10,000 dollars, or the use of public credit cards in personal spending. Anyway the recession is here, and is going to stay for a while.

Pay up or get out.

darwin wrote:

"WHY THE INCREASE?
The landslide of tax delinquencies is the fallout of a weakened real-estate market with record foreclosures. "
How stupid is that? The increase is because home prices shot up and higher property taxes were the result. Many people are going to have trouble paying. You never really own your home in America.

That is right. Let the government get their share at the sale. No annual taxes, tax 75% of profit upon sale. That will hold down speculators while allowing homeowners and long-term investers to continue.

The tax base in lake is based on property values that a real estate agent wishes they could get. This areas wages have not come close to catching up to the recent increase in cost of living either

Most people are educated to create more wealth if possible. That is a good idea. The reality is that people hit a certain plateau and then survive at that level. Inflation is a whammy to any individual or family if income does not rise with it. There is another way. Get out of the area that is going to tax itself into extinction. Move to areas where the taxes are lower. Any area with many schools are going to soak you. Excessive police, fire and medical emergency are going to soak you. Counties that know they can make big bucks with an active prison system are going to soak you. Tragically, those counties destroy the human beings they arrest for reasons other then being a criminal. Many of those arrested will get back at the system when times are not so good. Today, times are good. Money can be saved big time. But that will take men to make laws who are not scared or afraid to make the decisions that will bring America back to greatness. Otherwise we will have brought this to ourselves.

"On your mortgage you're given several months in case you miss the payments," Gilmore said. "You should get more latitude on taxes. The government doesn't sell tax certificates if you're late paying your federal income taxes."

This delusional person has no idea of how things really work. You are not given several months to miss mortgage payments. Two to three at the most. And as for property taxes, they are due in November, so yuo are given 6 months to pay them. And even in the tax certificate sale, you are given an additional 2 years to pay them plus interest. And as for income taxes, if you file late, you are susceptable to penalties and interest.

They can barely pay their mortgage you think they're going worry about the taxes.

They trim the tax then add a Fire Department fee, idiots!