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Widow / Widower Exemption - $500.00
To file for a Widow's/Widower's Exemption
you must be a legal resident and a
widow/widower prior to January 1st of the
tax year and bring proof of your spouse's
death. Divorced or remarried persons do not
qualify for widow's/widower's exemption when
their former spouse dies.
Disability Exemption
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Present proof of total and permanent
disability or legal blindness from a
licensed Florida physician, the Veterans
Administration (V.A.) or the Social
Security Administration. ($500.00
Exemption)
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Present proof of legal blindness from
the Florida Division of Blind Services.
($500.00 Exemption)
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Present (V.A. proof of 10% or more
wartime disability. ($5,000.00
Exemption)
Veterans
Vets who have a service-related injury that
has rendered them at least 10 percent
disabled are eligible for an additional
$5,000 exemption.
Total Exemption of
Homestead
From Taxation
F.S. 196.101 provides that real estate used
and owned, as a homestead by a quadriplegic
is exempt from taxation. The homestead of a
paraplegic, hemiplegic or any other totally
and permanently disabled person, who must
use a wheelchair for mobility or is legally
blind and CAN PRODUCE A CERTIFICATE OF THIS
FROM TWO PROFESSIONALLY UNRELATED LICENSED
FLORIDA DOCTORS OR THE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION, and the income of all
persons residing upon the homestead does not
exceed a specified amount including Social
Security benefits*, shall be exempt from ad
valorem taxation upon the homestead.
F.S. 196.081 provides that real estate used
and owned as a homestead by a veteran (or
that veteran's surviving spouse if the
veteran is deceased), honorably discharged
with a SERVICE CONNECTED total and permanent
disability and having a letter from the U.S.
Government or U.S. Veterans Administration
of this disability shall be exempt from ad
valorem taxation.
*Call the appraiser's office (352-343-9748)
for the specific amount of income.
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