Will solar panels raise my property taxes in Florida?

No, for homes. Under s. 193.624 of the Florida Statutes, the value a renewable energy source device adds to residential property can't be counted when the property appraiser sets its assessed value. The rule applies to devices installed on or after January 1, 2013, on new and existing homes.

So the appraiser can't raise your taxable value because you added panels, even if the system makes the house worth more to a buyer. Zillow found that Florida homes with solar sold for about 4% more in 2019. See does solar increase home value.

The statute's definition covers the whole system, not just the panels. The 2026 law lists solar collectors and photovoltaic modules, inverters and other power conditioning equipment, and "power conditioning and storage devices that store or use solar energy."

• Panels, racking and inverters: covered.
• A battery charged by your solar: covered, because it stores solar energy.
• A battery with no solar: not clearly covered, since it only stores grid power. See a home battery without solar.
• A new roof or electrical panel done at the same time: these are ordinary home improvements, so ask your appraiser how they'll be treated.

No. Florida normally adds the value of a home improvement at full market value the January 1 after it's finished, outside the Save Our Homes cap, which limits yearly increases to 3% or inflation, whichever is lower. But s. 193.155(4)(a) makes an exception for devices covered by s. 193.624, and a 2025 Senate bill quotes that exception as current law. So your capped assessed value keeps rising by the usual limit, and the solar isn't added on top.

Selling the home still resets the assessment to market value for the buyer, as it always does. The solar exclusion isn't tied to the owner, so it carries over to the new owner.

The statute describes no application. If your next proposed property tax notice seems to include the system's value, call your county property appraiser before the deadline to challenge it.

The exclusion covers property used for residential purposes; it doesn't require a homestead. So a snowbird's second home gets it too. Non-homestead homes have a separate cap on yearly assessment increases for non-school taxes. That cap is 10% today; Amendment 3, which voters approved in November 2026, lowers it to 5% from January 1, 2027. See solar for a Florida second home.

On November 3, 2026, Florida voters approved Amendment 3 with about 62% of the vote, in unofficial results; it needed 60%. It raises the homestead exemption from non-school property taxes to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, and the Florida Chamber says it adjusts for inflation after that. It also tells the Legislature to set a schedule to phase out the remaining non-school homestead taxes.

We found nothing in it that changes the solar exclusion. For homesteads, a bigger exemption means less taxable value overall, but the value of your solar still stays off the assessment either way, including for school taxes.

Usually not for you. With a lease the leasing company owns the panels, so they're its tangible personal property, not part of your home. Florida exempts 80% of the assessed value of renewable energy devices taxed as tangible personal property (s. 196.182), and that exemption runs through 2037. Read the lease to see whether any tax the company pays is passed on to you. See solar lease vs. buy.

• 2008: voters approved Amendment 3, letting the Legislature keep wind-resistance and renewable energy improvements out of home assessments. The 2013 law that created s. 193.624 put it into effect for homes.
• 2016: voters approved Amendment 4 in the August primary, extending the break to commercial and industrial solar.

Together with the sales tax exemption on solar equipment, it's one of the few state solar incentives Florida still has. There's no state or FPL rebate, and the 30% federal homeowner credit ended for systems finished after 2025. See Florida solar incentives.

No. Florida law exempts solar energy systems and all their components from sales and use tax, so a quote shouldn't add sales tax to the equipment. Run your numbers in the solar savings calculator, or have a quote checked with the solar quote checker.