What happens to property tax when you buy in Pinellas County, Florida?

Why your bill can jump at purchase

Florida uses a reviewed market-value transfer rule (Florida Save Our Homes assessment limitation (DOR)): after a qualifying ownership change, assessed value resets toward just value, so a new owner's bill can differ sharply from what the seller paid. After a qualifying homestead is established, annual assessed-value growth is limited to the lower of 3% or CPI; portability and exemptions are not modeled.

Current owners here pay a typical bill of about $2,474/yr (on the $355,100 county-median home).

Estimated bill by your purchase price

Purchase priceEstimated annual taxvs typical bill
$355,100$2,474/yr+$0/yr
$443,875$3,092/yr+$618/yr
$532,650$3,711/yr+$1,237/yr

Effective rate: 0.6967% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.

Source, method & confidence

Data as of 2024-12-31 (data version 2024.1).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year, table B25103; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year, table B25077; Florida Department of Revenue, Save Our Homes assessment limitation.

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