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Florida's constitution has banned a personal income tax since 1924, and lifting that ban would take a voter-approved amendment, so the state's zero rate is about as durable as tax policy gets. Nothing is withheld for state programs either. Florida has no paid-leave or disability contribution, and its reemployment (unemployment) tax is paid entirely by employers. A Florida pay stub shows federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare, and that is the whole list.

The state pays its bills with a 6% sales tax (counties add up to about 1.5% more) and with tourism: roughly 140 million annual visitors pay sales tax, rental car surcharges and hotel bed taxes that residents never see on a paycheck. Local governments rely on property tax. Homeowners get a homestead exemption of up to $50,000 and the Save Our Homes cap, which limits assessment growth on a primary residence to 3% a year, so long-time owners often pay far less than a new buyer of the identical house next door.

Because Florida taxes nothing, it has no reciprocity agreements and there is nothing to credit. The one catch for movers is the other direction: if you keep working for an employer in a state with a 'convenience of the employer' rule (New York is the best known), that state may keep taxing your wages after you move. Establishing Florida domicile means changing your driver's license, voter registration and homestead filing, not just your mailing address.