Change the taxes. See what happens.

Move a county property tax up or down — the county’s general fund, the sheriff’s patrol tax, the fire tax, or the schools — and see what it does to a household’s bill, to the budget, and to what that money could pay for or would have to give up. Every rate and tax base comes from a cited document. Updated 2026-10-06.

Turn the dials — up or down

Property tax

Brevard County general fund mills — now 2.86 mills
Law Enforcement MSTU (unincorporated areas) — now 0.85 mills
Fire Control MSTU — now 0.64 mills
Brevard Public Schools mills — now 6.31 mills

Sales tax

Your household

Home value ($)
Taxable purchases a year ($)
It’s my homestead (takes off Florida’s homestead exemption) Reset

The household example is a home in unincorporated Brevard County (outside any city), so it pays the county general fund, the sheriff’s patrol tax, the fire tax, and the schools.

Your household — a $300,000 home, $0 of taxable purchases a year

Property tax a year	$2,819	→ $2,819
Local sales tax a year	$0	→ $0
Change		no change

Florida taxes property on its assessed value, in mills: $1 for every $1,000. Use the assessed value on your TRIM notice or bcpao.us. The homestead box takes off $51,411 for county taxes and $25,000 for school taxes (2026). Rates are the final 2025 rates. Smaller taxes on the bill (library, mosquito control, recreation, road and water districts) stay as they are; a home inside a city pays the city’s tax instead of the sheriff’s patrol tax.

What one step is worth — before you change anything

Brevard County general fund mills — now 2.86 mills

+0.1 mills raises about $7.6 million a year. That’s 0.3% of the county’s total budget.

One mill raises about $76.4 million a year across the whole county — its 2026 taxable value is $76,403,021,129. The general fund pays for most county services, including the jail. 2.8643 is the 2025 rate; the July proposal for 2026 was 2.8625 (book p. 21), and the final rates were set by Resolution 26-090 on September 22, 2026. Brevard County 2025 Millage Rates (Tax Collector’s table, posted by the Property Appraiser), code 34X0

Law Enforcement MSTU (unincorporated areas) — now 0.85 mills

+0.1 mills raises about $3.3 million a year.

Paid in the areas the Sheriff patrols — mostly unincorporated Brevard, outside the cities with their own police. One mill raises about $33.4 million: the district’s 2026 taxable value is $33,358,102,229. Brevard County Property Appraiser — 2026 Certification of Taxable Value (DR-420), all taxing authorities, Law Enforcement MSTU

Fire Control MSTU — now 0.64 mills

+0.1 mills raises about $3.6 million a year.

Pays for Brevard County Fire Rescue where the county provides fire service. One mill raises about $36.5 million: the district’s 2026 taxable value is $36,455,456,846. Brevard County Property Appraiser — 2026 Certification of Taxable Value (DR-420), all taxing authorities, Fire Control MSTU

Brevard Public Schools mills — now 6.31 mills

+0.1 mills raises about $8.3 million a year.

One mill raises about $82.9 million a year — the school district’s 2026 taxable value is $82,873,662,940. The 6.31 mills (2025) are 3.062 required by the state, 0.748 set by the School Board, 1.5 for buildings, and 1.0 that voters approved for teacher pay. For 2026 the district proposed 6.302 (the state lowered its required rate to 3.054) — 1.32% above the rolled-back rate (FY2027 book, p. 11). The 1-mill renewal is on the November 3 ballot; facts only. Brevard County 2025 Millage Rates (Tax Collector’s table, posted by the Property Appraiser), code 34X0

Where the law draws the lines

Florida’s Truth in Millage (TRIM) law: each August the Property Appraiser mails every owner a notice with each government’s proposed rate and its rolled-back rate; budgets are then adopted at two September hearings. Florida Dept. of Revenue — TRIM
Homesteads get up to $51,411 off county and city taxes in 2026 ($25,000 off school taxes), and Save Our Homes limits a homestead’s yearly assessment increase to 3% or inflation, whichever is less. Brevard County Property Appraiser — Proposed 2026 Florida Property Tax Amendment 3 (CS/HJR 1F), questions and answers
On the November 3, 2026 ballot, Amendment 3 would raise the homestead exemption for non-school taxes to up to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, and cut the yearly cap on non-homestead assessment increases from 10% to 5%. School taxes would keep the $25,000 exemption. It needs 60% to pass. In FY2024-25, homesteads paid 41.6% of the county commission’s property taxes. This site gives facts on the amendment and takes no side. Brevard County Property Appraiser — Proposed 2026 Florida Property Tax Amendment 3 (CS/HJR 1F), questions and answers
The county’s own estimate: a $250,000 homestead exemption under Amendment 3 would reduce Brevard County property tax revenue by more than $87 million a year (26%) at current rates — $54.1 million from the General Fund, $7.3 million from the sheriff’s patrol tax, $6.0 million from fire rescue. Reported here as the county’s figure; no side taken. Brevard County Operating and Capital Budget, Proposed FY2026-27 (budget book), p. 16

What this doesn’t show — the honest limits

Tax bases are held at the 2026 certified values. Values move every year, and if Amendment 3 passes, homestead taxable values would fall sharply starting in 2027.
Not every bill gets paid on time, and early payers get up to a 4% discount; governments budget about 95–97% of the levy for that reason.
The general fund and school mills raise money from every property in the county; the sheriff’s patrol and fire taxes only from the areas they serve.
Save Our Homes means a long-time homesteader’s assessed value can be far below market value. Use the assessed value on your notice, not the sale price.
Saving-up times ignore interest earned and rising construction costs.

See also: What if we saved instead of borrowing? · The money trail. This page computes and cites; it doesn’t recommend raising or cutting anything. Spot an error? Report it.