Tuesday, March 30, 2010

APRIL 1 IS FLORIDA TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX FILING DEADLINE

As in every year for as far back as I can remember, April 1 has bneen the tangible personal property tax filing deadline. If you own more than $25,000 worth of FF&E and you don't know what I'm talking about, call your accountant. If he doesn't know what I'm talking about, have him or her call the County Property Appraiser about where he or she can get a DR-405 form.

But don't delay. The form has to be filed with the Property Appraiser and the deadline for postmarking is April 1. Late returns incur a whopping 25% penalty!

"A word from the Weiss is sufficient."
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Mr. Weiss has represented taxpayers in thousands of administrative tax appeal hearings and has more than 70 published opinions to his credit, including 55 property tax opinions, is co-author of Chapter 64 of the Florida Tax Service 2d, "Agriculture and Other Classified Properties" with Matthew Bender, and a lecturer on property taxation for the National Business Institute.