Chapter 1
Your taxes
Your sunshine receipt
If you itemize, this assumes you keep itemizing after the move.
5680's property tax, per year
5680's numbers
5680 is in unincorporated Indian River County (tax authority code 7). A buyer's first-year bill at the 2026 just value of $479,857 and the 2025 millage rate of 14.0490 mills: about $6,742 a year without homestead, about $6,171 with it.
Rates and values
- Just value, 2026 preliminary roll$479,857
- 2025 millage: school 5.7530 + non-school 8.296014.0490 millsOne mill is $1 per $1,000 of taxable value
Without homestead
- $479,857 × 14.0490 mills$6,741.51
- Without homestead, about$6,742
With homestead
- First $25,000 of valueexemptFrom every levy
- Second $25,000taxed
- Value above $50,000, up to $26,411exemptFrom non-school levies only. Indexed to inflation since Amendment 5 (2024)
- School: ($479,857 − $25,000) = $454,857 × 5.7530 mills$2,616.79
- Non-school: ($479,857 − $25,000 − $26,411) = $428,446 × 8.2960 mills$3,554.39
- With homestead, about$6,171$570 a year lower than without ($6,741.51 − $6,171.18 = $570.33)
This uses 2026's $26,411 because a buyer's first homestead year is 2026 or later.
Chapter 3
Your numbers
You left your income out, so this page shows the house numbers only.
5680 at a glance
- Offered at
- $600,000
- Property tax, with homestead
- — a year
- HOA
- $221 a month
- The home
- 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, single story, built 2025
Property tax is an estimate at the 2026 just value and Indian River County's 2025 millage. The appraiser revalues after a sale.
Sources: Tax Foundation, 2026 state income tax rates; Florida DOR 2026 preliminary roll and Indian River County 2025 millage; Florida Statutes 193.155, 196.011, 196.031; IRS section 164(b).
This is an estimate for illustration, not tax, legal or financial advice. It uses 2026 state rates from the Tax Foundation and Indian River County's 2025 millage; actual taxes depend on your full return, residency, and the appraiser's value after a sale. Talk to a CPA or tax attorney before you move or buy. Maysoon Salah is a real estate agent, not a tax advisor.
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Before you decide
The fine print
- No state income tax. Florida has no individual income tax and no estate tax (Florida Constitution, Article VII, Section 5).
- The homestead exemption. $25,000 off the assessed value for every levy, plus a second exemption for non-school levies on value above $50,000: $25,000 when it began, indexed to inflation, $26,411 for 2026 (F.S. 196.031).
- January 1 and March 1. Own and live in the home on January 1, and apply to the Indian River County Property Appraiser by March 1 (F.S. 196.011; Indian River County Property Appraiser).
- Save Our Homes. A homestead's assessed value rises no more than 3% a year or CPI, whichever is lower; it resets at a sale, and up to $500,000 of the difference can move to a new Florida homestead within 3 years (F.S. 193.155).
- Move in
Buy 5680 and make it your permanent home. Owning it as a second home does not change your residency.
- Change the paperwork
Florida driver license and vehicle registration, voter registration, and, if you like, a Declaration of Domicile filed with the Indian River County Clerk (F.S. 222.17).
- Be home on January 1
Homestead is decided by where you live on January 1.
- Apply by March 1
File the homestead application with the Indian River County Property Appraiser.
- File the move year
Most states expect a part-year resident return for the year you leave, covering income up to the move date.
Your old state decides when you left
New York treats you as a resident for the whole year if you keep a permanent place of abode there and spend 184 days or more in the state, and any part of a day counts (New York State Department of Taxation and Finance). If you claim a new domicile, New York expects clear and convincing evidence of the change. California weighs your ties to the state; its guidelines are in FTB Publication 1031. Keep records of where you spend your days.
On the 2026 ballot: a larger homestead exemption for non-school taxes from 2027, if at least 60% of voters approve. This page computes today's law only.
Amendment 3 (CS/HJR 1-F) is on Florida's 2026 general election ballot; like every proposed amendment, it needs at least 60% approval to pass. As placed on the ballot, it would raise the homestead exemption for non-school taxes to $150,000 from January 1, 2027 and $250,000 from January 1, 2028, adjusted for inflation after that, and lower the cap on yearly assessment increases for non-homestead property, for non-school levies, from 10% to 5% from January 1, 2027. Anyone who was not a Florida resident on December 31, 2026 would get the increased exemption only from the fifth year of exemption. Sources: CS/HJR 1-F, Florida Senate (enrolled text), Florida Division of Elections, ballot number 3, and the Division's 60% rule. This page computes today's law only and does not model the amendment.
Does owning a second home here change my state income tax?
No. A second home does not make you a Florida resident, so your home state still taxes your income. "Second home" shows 5680's tax without the homestead exemption, which only applies to a permanent home.
Is mortgage interest part of this estimate?
No. Federal mortgage interest is deductible on up to $750,000 of home debt if you itemize (IRS Publication 936), wherever you live, so moving does not change it. This page never counts mortgage interest, investment income or yield as a gain.
What is the SALT cap, and why does it matter here?
If you itemize, state and local taxes are deductible up to a cap: $40,400 for 2026, reduced by 30% of modified adjusted gross income over $505,000, never below $10,000. The cap returns to $10,000 in 2030. When your state income tax goes away, part of that deduction goes with it, which raises your federal tax a little. "Fine-tune" estimates that offset.
What about selling the home I leave?
A gain on real estate is generally taxed by the state where the property is, even after you move, so moving to Florida first does not remove it. Save Our Homes portability only carries value from an earlier Florida homestead.
Why is my estimate higher than my real tax?
For states with brackets, the rate hint is the top rate, which overstates most households' tax. "I know what I paid" uses your own number and is the closer estimate.
- State income tax rates as of January 1, 2026: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2026 (published February 17, 2026), https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-income-tax-rates-2026/. Top marginal rates; local income taxes not included.
- 5680's just value and tax district: Florida Department of Revenue, 2026 preliminary NAL roll, Indian River County: tax authority code 7, unincorporated (Florida DOR Data Portal, read October 6, 2026).
- 2025 millage: Indian River County Final 2025 Millage Rates and Fees (tax code 7, 14.0490 mills).
- Homestead and Save Our Homes: Florida Constitution Article VII; Florida Statutes 193.155, 196.011, 196.031, 222.17; Indian River County Property Appraiser.
- Second homestead exemption for 2026, $26,411: Florida Department of Revenue, Additional Homestead Exemption Adjustment, revised January 2026 (floridarevenue.com); Florida Department of Revenue, PTO Bulletin 24-20, Amendment 5 annual inflation adjustment (floridarevenue.com).
- SALT cap: Internal Revenue Code section 164(b), as amended in 2025 (Public Law 119-21). Mortgage interest: IRS Publication 936.
- Residency: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; California Franchise Tax Board Publication 1031.
- Amendment 3: Florida Legislature, CS/HJR 1-F, 2026 Special Session F, enrolled text (flsenate.gov); Florida Division of Elections, initiative and amendment detail, ballot number 3, 2026 (dos.fl.gov), read October 5, 2026.
- Monthly payment formula: standard amortization, the same as the calculator on the 5680 page.
This is an estimate for illustration, not tax, legal or financial advice. It uses 2026 state rates from the Tax Foundation and Indian River County's 2025 millage; actual taxes depend on your full return, residency, and the appraiser's value after a sale. Talk to a CPA or tax attorney before you move or buy. Maysoon Salah is a real estate agent, not a tax advisor.
Next step
Talk it through with Maysoon
Questions about 5680, the homestead timeline or a showing: ask the desk on the 5680 page. Bring your CPA's numbers for the tax side.