taxes

City Council accepted a flat tax rate proposed by Mayor Donna Deegan, but your tax bill still could increase because of rising property values.

In a 14-5 vote, the Jacksonville City Council voted to allow the 1-mill tax to appear on ballots in August.

The City Council is supposed to have a procedural role to put the tax on the ballot. Several committee members voted no anyway.

The group Florida Realtors has poured $6.6 million into its political committee aimed at Amendment 2’s passage.Amendment 2 would make permanent a property…

A measure that would require future tax or fee increases to be approved by two-thirds votes of the Legislature is ready for consideration by the state…

Florida taxpayers could lose billions of dollars in future savings under part of pending federal tax-reform legislation that would limit the ability of…

Gov. Rick Scott, expected to run for U.S. Senate next year, wants lawmakers to put on the 2018 ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would make…

CubaAs President Barack Obama wraps up his historic visit to Cuba, we examine how relations between the country and the United States could evolve with…

Floridians could still get a reduction in their cable-TV and cell-phone bills as part of a new House tax-cut package, but the overall plan likely will…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is proposing to cut taxes on cell phone, cable and satellite services. The governor was at the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce…