Gov. Scott said, “Cutting taxes works and the rest of the nation needs to follow Florida’s lead. I am also fighting to make it harder for politicians to raise taxes in the future. I look forward to working with the Legislature during the upcoming session on these proposals.”
Details of governor’s tax cuts for families
The governor’s tax cut package for Florida families includes sales tax holidays and reduction in driver’s license fees.
The sales tax holidays will help Florida families a total of $88 million. It includes $73 million from a 10-day back-to-school sales tax holiday and $15 million from three one-week disaster preparedness sales tax holidays in May, June, and July.
Gov. Scott is proposing to roll back many drivers’ license fees, which were raised in 2009 before he came into office. These include reducing the fee for a renewal of regular driver’s license by over 58% from $48 to $20. It means total savings of $67 million for Florida families.
Additionally, the governor wants to slash the original regular driver’s license fee by more than 43% from $48 to $27. He is also proposing to cut the original commercial driver’s license fee by 10% from $75 to $67. The reductions will result to a total of $20 million in saving for Florida families.
