$100 Refund For Hillsborough Residents On Transit Tax

If you're a Hillsborough resident you could get up to $100 refund thanks to an unconstitutional transit tax. You may have read about this in the mail however there are so many scams out there it's hard to know what's real and what's fake. Yes, they did send out a mailer recently alerting people about refunds being issued in Hillsborough County. If you would still like your refund, you can still file a claim. How Can You Get Your $100 Transit Tax Refund? Residents in Hillsborough County can file a claim and receive up to $100 if they lived in or visited Hillsborough County between Jan. 1, 2019, and March 15, 2021. According to ABCActionNews, "The refunds are part of a class action lawsuit concerning All for Transportation sales tax that voters approved in 2018. According to the Hillsborough County Surtax Settlement Program, the Florida Department of Revenue collected around $569 million through the 1% sales tax. In 2021, the Florida Supreme Court deemed the tax unconstitutional." The money from the lawsuit will be issues back to the residents and $256 million of that will also fund transportation projects. The tax was meant to help with many transportation-related projects to help ease traffic problems which is an issue all over the Tampa Bay area. After two years of collecting the tax money it was thrown out following a lawsuit and the money that was previously collected was left in limbo. In 2022 a judge ruled that more than half a billion dollars collected would go to the county. Thankfully, they are issuing a nice refund which isn't a tremendous amount of money but helpful, nonetheless. Make sure you file your claim today so you can get a check up to $100 if you live or lived in Hillsborough County at all.