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Understanding Your Tangible Personal Property Assessment

Each year, business owners in Miami-Dade County receive a Notice of Proposed Property Taxes (TRIM Notice), which includes the assessment of their Tangible Personal Property (TPP). This includes assets like furniture, equipment, and other items used in the operation of a business.

We encourage you to talk to or visit the Property Appraiser first, before the deadline on your Notice of Proposed Property Taxes, for a review of your folio and an explanation of the assessment. You don’t have to wait for a deadline or a formal process. We're here to help clarify, correct, or update your account at any time during the year.

An assessment may not be contested unless a timely Tangible Personal Property Tax Return is filed.

Note: Inquiries must be made no later than the deadline date printed on the notice.

Taxpayers may inquire about their assessment in person by going to the address listed on the bottom of their notice.

Contact Us for a TPP Assessment Review

You may reach out in any of the following ways:

Or visit us in person:

  • Stephen P. Clark Center (Main Office)
    111 NW 1 Street
    Suite 710
    Miami, FL 33128

  • South Dade Government Center
    10710 SW 211 Street
    2nd Floor
    Cutler Bay, FL 33189

Confidential Records Reminder

Due to the confidential nature of your tax records, we can only discuss your account with: 
  • The business owner 
  • A company officer
  • A partner or corporate officer 
  • An employee with authorization (a letter on company letterhead authorizing employee access to confidential records) 
  • An attorney who is a member of the Florida Bar and who is representing the owner 
  • An Authorized Personal Property Tax Consultant. 
If you are authorizing someone to speak on your behalf, please complete and submit the Confidential Information Authorization Form.

What to Bring if You Visit in Person

  • To help us resolve your inquiry efficiently, please bring: Picture identification for verification of Owner or Corporate Officer 
  • Letter of authorization (if not owner/officer) 
  • Copy of current year's Tangible Personal Property Tax Return amended with the corrected figures 
  • A copy of the company's federal income tax return, including an itemized fixed asset listing, for the period covering the assessment date of January 1st. This would typically be the previous year federal income tax return 
  • Copies of leases for all leased furniture and equipment for the period in question (as of January 1st) 
  • Complete insurance binder, including endorsement page, documents and claims 
  • Appraisals 
  • Documents such as sales documents, moving documents, bills of lading and shipping 
The taxpayer must bring all additional information and/or documentation they would like to be considered in the assessment of their personal property.

Note: If the concerns are not resolved, property owners have the option of appealing to the Value Adjustment Board.