Change the taxes. See what happens.

Move a property tax rate up or down — the town’s, the county’s, 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

Town of Melbourne Beach mills — now 4.6 mills
Brevard County general fund mills — now 2.86 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 inside the Town of Melbourne Beach (millage code 34X0), so it pays the town, Brevard County, and Brevard Public Schools.

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

Property tax a year	$3,591	→ $3,591
Local sales tax a year	$0	→ $0
Change		no change

Florida taxes property on its assessed value, in mills: $1 for every $1,000. Enter your assessed value from your TRIM notice or bcpao.us. The homestead box takes off $51,411 for town and county taxes and $25,000 for school taxes (2026 amounts, per the Property Appraiser); homes assessed under about $76,000 get a smaller exemption, and senior, veteran and other exemptions aren’t modeled. County and school rates are the final 2025 rates — the 2026 table wasn’t posted yet. Smaller taxes on the bill (library, mosquito control, recreation, water management, inlet and navigation districts — 1.1933 mills together in 2025) stay as they are.

What one step is worth — before you change anything

Town of Melbourne Beach mills — now 4.6 mills

+0.1 mills raises about $72,598 a year. That’s 1.5% of the town’s General Fund.

One mill raises about $725,978 a year — the town’s 2026 taxable value is $725,977,934 (Property Appraiser’s certification). The town budgets 97% of that, since some taxpayers pay early for a discount. The stormwater debt mill ended when that loan was paid off in July 2026. Town of Melbourne Beach FY2027 Final Budget, PDF p. 23

Brevard County general fund mills — now 2.86 mills

+0.1 mills raises about $7.6 million a year.

One mill raises about $76.4 million a year across the whole county — its 2026 taxable value is $76,403,021,129. The county’s general fund pays for the jail and most county services. 2.8643 is the 2025 rate. Brevard County 2025 Millage Rates (Tax Collector’s table, posted by the Property Appraiser), code 34X0

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. 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 town and county 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 59.7% of the town’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
Also on the ballot: the town’s $5.0 million General Obligation bond, which the town estimates at 0.53–0.70 additional mills a year for 20 years ($131–$175 a year on $250,000 of taxable value). Facts only, no side taken. Town of Melbourne Beach — General Obligation Bond page and two-page fact sheet

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; the town budgets 97% of its levy for that reason.
County and school mills raise money from every property in Brevard County, not just homes in Melbourne Beach.
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.