A Truth in Millage (TRIM) notice is the Notice of Proposed Property Taxes that every Florida county property appraiser mails each August under Chapter 200 of the Florida Statutes. Most homeowners glance at the bottom number and set the page aside. That works fine in an ordinary year. It works badly in a year when the property is changing hands, because the notice carries a dispute deadline that closes in under a month, and because the valuation figures printed on it will not follow the property to its next owner. For anyone under contract in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, or Hernando County,...