Finance, Taxation & Personnel

This committee addresses municipal roles in general finance and tax issues, Home Rule revenues, infrastructure funding, insurance, local option revenues, pension issues, personnel and collective bargaining issues, revenue sharing, tax and budget reform, telecommunications and workers’ compensation.

Priority Issues 2019

Communications Services Tax Protection

The Florida League of Cities SUPPORTS legislation to reform the Communications Services Tax in a manner that is revenue neutral; provides for a broad and equitable tax base; provides for enhanced stability and reliability as an important revenue source for local government; and provides a uniform method for taxing communication services in Florida. Reform should promote a competitively neutral tax policy that will free consumers to choose a provider based on tax-neutral considerations.

Issue Brief

News & Resources

The Department of Revenue’s Office of Tax Research has begun to release county and municipal revenue estimates for FY 2017-18. As additional estimates are finalized and forwarded to our office in the coming days, EDR will continue posting the estimates on the EDR’s County and Municipal Revenue Estimates webpage via the following link: http://edr.state.fl.us/Content/local-government/data/county-municipal/index.cfm