Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Friday that Disney would pay more taxes as he signed a bill into law dissolving Disney World’s special status, but some say it’s the state’s residents who bear the brunt of the changes to Disney’s tax status.
National tax expert and founder of Engineered Tax Services Inc. Julio Gonzalez said that DeSantis will work to ensure Florida taxpayers don’t assume any increased tax burdens due to Disney. “I know the media says that, that there’s no chance that even Governor DeSantis said that if there’s any raise in taxes, it would go to Disney Corporation and not the U.S. citizens,” Gonzalez told NTD Evening News host Stefania Cox in a recent interview. “There’s no question about that, have to pay several million dollars more in taxes. A big cost to them because of their pandering and politics.”
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