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Turner, Ayers Focus On Tax Rates
Property Appraiser Rob Turner likes to remind residents: He doesn't set taxes. Still, it doesn't keep critics like Democratic challenger Ken Ayers from accusing the three-term Republican incumbent of taxing people out of their homes. ...more
October 19, 2008
How Much Is Your Home Worth?
Two weeks ago, real estate agent Steve Fruit was examining the value of a Lake Placid house for the owners, who are thinking of selling. For tax purposes, the Highlands County Property Appraiser had valued the property at $254,769. ...more
October 19, 2008
Taxes Should Be Paid On Transaction Price In State's Short Sales
The confusion over state tax law that threatened to bottleneck home sales throughout the state has been resolved. ...more
September 24, 2008
Manatee Bookkeeper Charged With Embezzling $250,000
A Myakka City woman faces several charges after her employer accused her of stealing more than $250,000 from his company. ...more
September 18, 2008
Tax 'Mess' Muddles Short Sales Of Homes
As Florida's coffers shrink in the face of a dour economy, confusion over a tax statute threatens to choke the flow of home sales at a time when the state is struggling under the burden of millions of unsold properties. ...more
August 13, 2008
Rob Turner For Property Appraiser
In the Republican primary for Hillsborough County property appraiser, incumbent Rob Turner is being challenged by James Robert Townsend, a Plant City resident and technician at the Hardee Power Station. ...more
August 6, 2008
Alabama Man Charged With Stalking Ex-Wife
AVON PARK – An Alabama man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond after sheriff's investigators say he threatened and stalked his ex-wife as well as threatened to hurt or kill a Department of Children and Families investigator. ...more
June 27, 2008
State Revenue Erodes Further As Sales Tax Brings In Less
Florida's revenue for May came in $123.1 million below estimates, with plummeting sales and corporate income tax accounting for most of the shortfall. ...more
June 24, 2008
Owner Of Plant City Business Pocketed Tax Revenue, State Says
Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691. ...more
June 18, 2008
Amendment 1 Challenge Argued In Court
A lawsuit challenging a new constitutional amendment that lets homeowners take property tax breaks with them when they move should be dismissed, state and local government attorneys told a judge Thursday. ...more
May 30, 2008
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