Escambia County Be Forced To Refund $3.1 Million In Condo Taxes

January 8, 2011

Escambia County taxpayers may be forced to refund $3.1 million to property owners in the Portofino Towers on Pensacola Beach.

A recent ruling by Judge Frank Bell found that property appraisals were too high during the five year period from 2004 to 2009, and, as a result, some Portofino unit owners overpaid.

Escambia County and the Escambia County School District could owe refunds of about $1.5 million each, according to Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley.

Holley and Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones have appealed Bell’s ruling. If Bell rules in favor of the appeal and should the property appraiser’s assessments be upheld, an additional $9.2 million would be owed to the tax authorities, according to Holley.

Comments

2 Responses to “Escambia County Be Forced To Refund $3.1 Million In Condo Taxes”

  1. Davis on January 9th, 2011 6:37 pm

    Escambia county needs to lower all the taxes in the county since they got a winfall from from receiving the beach taxes. They kept suing the beach, untll they got a favorable verdict . Millage should be lowered across the board. Every time they get more money they just create larger government!

  2. bubba on January 8th, 2011 8:36 pm

    My property needs to be rechecked also. I think I was charged to much also.

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