NORMAN REIZ AND RENEE EZRA
v.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Fla. 4th DCA | 2025-05-14
No. 2024-2424
Klingensmith, C.J., Warner, J., Damoorgian, J.
2025 FL 4160 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2025)

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Holding

The mailbox rule, which applies to prisoners, has no application to tax matters before the Department of Revenue.


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[1] The mailbox rule, which applies to prisoners, does not apply to proceedings before the Florida Department of Revenue.

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“The mailbox rule, which applies to prisoners, has no application here.”

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Norman Reiz and Renee Ezra appealed a Department of Revenue decision in a tax case. The appellants apparently relied on the mailbox rule in their argu…

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Opinion of the Court
Klingensmith

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

NORMAN REIZ and RENEE EZRA, Appellants,

v.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Appellee.

No. 4D2024-2424

[May 14, 2025]

Appeal from the State of Florida, Department of Revenue; L.T. Case No.

DOR-2024-083-FOI.

Andrea L. Haber of Haber Legal, Boca Raton, for appellants.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Thomas Barnhart, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Harrell v. Harrell, 879 So. 2d 87, 88 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (“The mailbox rule, which applies to prisoners, has no application here.”); Raysor v. Raysor, 706 So. 2d 400, 401 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).

KLINGENSMITH, C.J., WARNER, and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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