What was the tax rate before the repeal in Orange County?
As of June 2024, the state rate had been reduced to 2.0%. Orange County's discretionary surtax added 0.5%, bringing the combined rate to 2.5%. In counties like Miami-Dade and Broward, the combined rate was higher — up to 3.0% or 3.5% depending on local surtax rates. Historically, the tax was far more burdensome: from 1969 through 2017, the state rate alone was 6.0%, with combined rates reaching 6.5–7.5% in high-surtax counties.