The current monroe countytax collector is Honorable Danise Henriquez. This is a position that is elected by the voters within Monroe County and it serves four year terms. The responsibilities include collecting revenue and public funds and to invest these monies to state and local agencies and taxing authorities.

The office of the tax collector also provides many services which include motor vehicle registration, ad valorem and non-ad valorem tax collection, title applications, issuing hunting and fishing licenses, sales tax collection, local business taxes, issuing drivers licenses, and collecting tourist development taxes.

The Monroe County Tax Office now allows people to take advantage of many online services. Those in Monroe County can do the following online: pay real and tangible property taxes, pay business taxes, renew vehicle registrations, purchase hunting or fishing licenses, and search for certain records.

Because the office is a governmental entity it has hours typical for any government agency. It is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:00am to 4:45pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00am to 5:45pm. The office is closed on weekends and Federal holidays.

The online site for the Monroe County Tax Office is helpful in that you can download many forms for taxes and other needs in PDF format so that you can fill them out before bringing them into the office. Some of the available forms are applications for vehicle registrations, specialty license plates, and bills of sale; application for alternative payment of property taxes and address change forms; hunting and fishing licenses for the disabled, tourist development tax, and application for local business tax.

The site also provides link to these other useful websites: The Governor, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Department of Revenue, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Department of Vehicle Registration and Title, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Specialty License Plate Index, Department of Transportation, Gov-Bot Database of Government Web Sites, Government Information Locator, and Government Services Direct.

Not only is the Monroe County Tax Office an important department dealing with many different areas of state and local finance it is also a department that is interested in helping the citizens of Monroe County.