Property tax in Broward County, Florida

Who sends the property tax bill in Broward County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Broward County Tax Collector. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Broward County Property Appraiser, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.

Two offices handle your tax: the Property Appraiser sets the value and grants exemptions, and the Tax Collector sends one bill that covers the county, your city and other local taxing authorities, plus non-ad valorem assessments for services such as fire protection and street lighting. The deadline to challenge your value falls in September, before the bill arrives in November, so a disagreement has to be raised from the TRIM notice mailed in August. If you file a Value Adjustment Board petition, you must still make a minimum payment (75% of the ad valorem taxes and all non-ad valorem assessments) by March 31, or the petition is denied. The Value Adjustment Board moves to 1801 NW 49th Street, Suite VAB2, Fort Lauderdale, on October 5, 2026. Online payments run through a separate payment site the Tax Collector links to; eChecks are free and card payments carry a 2.55% processor fee ($1.95 minimum). Mailed payments go to P.O. Box 105048, Atlanta, GA 30348-5048.

When are property taxes due in Broward County?

For the 2026 bill, Broward County has one due date: March 31, 2027. Bills are mailed and become payable on November 1, 2026. Paying the full bill early earns a discount: 4% in November, 3% in December, 2% in January and 1% in February; the full gross amount is due by March 31. Payments on the current bill are posted by their postmark. January 31 and February 28, 2027 fall on Sundays; under state law (section 197.162), a discount period that ends on a weekend or legal holiday extends to the next working day if the payment is delivered to a Tax Collector office. You may instead make up to five partial payments of at least $100 between November 1 and March 31, but partial payments lose every discount. Owners on the quarterly installment plan (open to estimated taxes over $100 a bill; apply November 1 to April 30 for the next tax year, and you stay enrolled as long as you make the first payment on time) instead pay by June 30, September 30, December 31 and March 31, with discounts of 6%, 4.5%, 3% and none. The Tax Collector's page says a first installment paid after June 30 but by July 31 loses the 6% discount and carries a 5% penalty; state law (section 197.222) requires the Tax Collector to accept a late first installment through July 31 and does not set a penalty. Missing July 31 removes the property from the plan for that year. Unpaid taxes become delinquent on April 1, 2027, when 3% interest and advertising costs are added. Partial payments are not accepted on delinquent taxes, and a mailed payment counts from the day it is received, not its postmark. On or before June 1, the Tax Collector auctions tax certificates on unpaid accounts; a certificate is a lien on the property, and after one is sold only cash, cashier's check, money order or wire transfer is accepted. If the taxes stay unpaid for two years, the certificate holder can apply for a tax deed and the property may be sold at public auction.

From Broward County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Broward County

Enter a home's market value to estimate its annual property tax using Broward County's own assessment rules. This is an estimate; for the exact bill, use the county's official tools linked below.

For your exact bill, Broward County publishes the authoritative tools: official tax estimator, or the Broward County Property Appraiser (Marty Kiar).

Assessment ratio, exemption, and rate from Broward County's certified high-confidence sources, reviewed 2026-08-30. Millage varies by taxing district and exemptions vary by owner, so treat this as a close estimate, not the exact bill.

Property tax in Broward County at a glance

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Broward County compare in Florida?

Among Florida's 67 counties, Broward County has the 2nd highest effective property-tax rate: 1 rank higher and 65 rank lower. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 1254th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Florida county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Broward County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Broward County's 479,343 owner-occupied homes, 58.5% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 70.8% pay at least $2,000, and 7% pay under $800. Another 4.4% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $4,455 and owners without one pay $3,022. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Broward County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $3,890 is about 4.2% of the median income of Broward County homeowner households, $92,925 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 63.6% of Broward County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Broward County?

Yes. The median bill went from $2,725 in 2015-2019 to $3,890 in 2020-2024, a 42.8% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 56.5%, from $265,000 to $414,600. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Broward County

Broward County borders 4 counties.

How is a home assessed in Broward County?

Florida assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Broward County included. How Florida assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Broward County?

Yes. Florida exempts up to $50,000 of a permanent resident's home: the first $25,000 from all taxes and a further $25,000 from everything except school levies. Apply with the county property appraiser by March 1. That is the Florida rule, and it applies in Broward County. Florida's exemptions and relief programs in full.

On top of the Florida programs, Broward County runs its own:

• Low-income senior additional homestead exemption: For a homesteaded owner aged 65 or older on January 1 whose household adjusted gross income did not exceed $38,686 (the limit for the 2026 exemption, adjusted every January), Broward County exempts $50,000 of assessed value from the county's share of the tax; 30 cities also grant it against their own taxes, 22 of them at $50,000 and the rest at $25,000, and it does not reduce school taxes. Income documents are due by June 1. Apply by March 1.
• Long-term residency senior exemption: For an owner who meets the age and income rules of the low-income senior exemption, has lived in the home as a permanent residence for at least 25 years, and whose home had a just value under $250,000 in the first year of application, Broward County exempts the home from the county's share of the tax; 24 cities have adopted it for their own share as well. Apply by March 1.
• Living quarters for parents or grandparents (granny flat) exemption: A homesteaded owner who builds or renovates permitted living quarters for a parent or grandparent aged 62 or older can have the value of that new construction exempted, up to 20% of the home's value; the work must be substantially complete before January 1, and the application must be filed every year. Apply by March 1.

How to appeal your Broward County property assessment

In Broward County you appeal to the Broward County Value Adjustment Board. The deadline: Within 25 days after the Property Appraiser mails the TRIM (Truth in Millage) notice, which goes out around the end of the second week of August. For 2026 the last day to file a petition challenging your assessment was September 18, 2026. A petition over a denied exemption or agricultural classification is due by July 31, or within 30 days after the denial notice is mailed. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

How Florida's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Florida rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Florida page.

Work out your own numbers

• How much house can I afford?

  Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Broward County's tax rate to hand.

• Mortgage calculator

  Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.

• Florida income tax

  Brackets, standard deduction and what Florida actually taxes.

• Sales tax in Broward County

  The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.