Florida Department of Revenue Natural Disaster Information

Property tax issues related to hurricanes and other natural disasters

2007 Tornado Relief

The 2007 Legislature provides relief for owners of residential mobile homes and homestead property damaged by tornados that struck Florida on December 25, 2006 and February 2, 2007.

Deadline extended for homestead repairs [News Release: October 26, 2007]

Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet last week extended the deadline to qualify for the full Save Our Homes protection for repairs to homes damaged by a 2004 named tropical storm or hurricane. Repairs or rebuilding of homesteaded property damaged by 2004 named storm must begin by January 1, 2008.

General tax issues related to hurricanes and other natural disasters

Florida Disaster Recovery Fund

All donations to the Florida Disaster Recovery Fund are tax-deductible (Florida charitable registration #8536). Donations can be made securely online by visiting www.VolunteerFloridaFoundation.org or by calling 1-800-825-3786. Checks are also accepted and can be made payable to the Florida Disaster Recovery Fund and mailed to Volunteer Florida Foundation, 401 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301.