WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida Democratic House member has sent a letter to Palm Beach County's property appraiser, asking that former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach be taxed at the rate that he claims it's worth amid his ongoing civil fraud trial in New York.
In a letter sent to Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks on Thursday, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., noted a New York judge's ruling last week saying that Trump repeatedly committed acts of fraud for years by lying to banks and insurers by overhauling and undervaluing his assets while also exaggerating his net worth by billions of dollars.
"Between 2011 and 2021, you value the Mar-a-Lago property between $18 million and $28 million," Moskowitz wrote in the letter.
Donald Trump & his family have argued all week in his fraud trial that Mar-a-Lago is actually worth a billion dollars, even though its taxable value is listed as $18 million.
— Congressman Jared Moskowitz (@RepMoskowitz) October 5, 2023
So I wrote to the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser that it’s time for Trump to pay more in taxes. pic.twitter.com/eAWEDE2exV
"Mar-a-Lago was listed as worth $490 million in financial documents given to banks," Moskowitz wrote. "If the property value of Mar-a-Lago is so much higher than it was appraised, will you be amending the property value in line with the Trump family's belief that the property is worth well over a billion dollars?"
So far, neither the Trump Organization nor the property appraiser's office has responded to the letter.