Thursday, 03 July 2025

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Announces New Tax Holiday

100 Percent Fed Up
Hits: 4

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a Second Amendment Tax Holiday for the Sunshine State.

Firearms, ammunition, accoutrement, and other outdoor items will be tax free from September 8th to December 31st.

WATCH:

From The National News Desk:

The calculated savings could amount to $8 million for Florida buyers.

Florida is not the first state to provide tax breaks on the sale of firearms.

ADVERTISEMENT

The state of Mississippi had a sales tax holiday for firearms in 2014, Louisiana added a Second Amendment tax holiday in 2024, and South Carolina has had one since 2008, starting on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

The Florida governor made the announcement while signing the state budget for fiscal year 2025-2026.

“Florida is the best fiscally managed state in these United States,” DeSantis said at a press conference.

DeSantis said the current fiscal year ends tonight and Florida is spending less than the previous year.

“How many places are spending less year over year? Not a lot,” he added.

Check it out:

Florida’s Voice provided additional details:

Florida’s budget for this year totals $115.1 billion, marking a $3.8 billion reduction – a 3.2% decrease – from the previous year’s spending, which ends Monday night.

“We have the second year in a row where this budget will spend less than current year’s budget,” DeSantis said. “So current year budget, which ends this evening, the spending less than the year before. When I sign this next year, we’ll spend less than we’ve even done in this fiscal year.”

DeSantis touted Florida’s aggressive debt repayment program, noting that since taking office, his administration has retired over 41% of Florida’s accumulated debt from its 180-year history. The new budget accelerates this effort.

ADVERTISEMENT

“When I sign this budget with the amount that we’re going to be able to dedicate to accelerate the debt repayment and save you a lot of money in the process, we will have retired almost 50% of Florida’s total debt over a 180-year period, just since I’ve been governor,” DeSantis said.

Alongside the budget, the governor signed a historic $1.3 billion tax relief package with approximately $2 billion in tax cuts, including permanent tax holidays for back-to-school supplies and disaster preparedness items. It also eliminates Florida’s business rent tax.

Watch the full press conference below:


Source link

Search