How Much Does a Funeral Cost in Florida?
Florida funeral homes charge a median of $6,035Median of 45 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source for a funeral with a viewing and burial and $2,465Median of 143 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source for a direct cremation, before cemetery charges.
Florida funeral homes charge a median of $6,035Median of 45 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source for a funeral with a viewing and burial. The price covers the basic services fee, the transfer of the remains to the funeral home, embalming and other preparation, use of the facilities for the viewing and the ceremony, the hearse, and the lowest-priced casket the funeral home sells. A graveside service and burial with no viewing costs a median of $5,923Median of 122 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source. Cemetery charges are separate.
Florida funeral homes charge a median of $2,465Median of 143 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source for a direct cremation, a cremation with no viewing or ceremony. One price list in ten charges $1,340Median of 143 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source or less, and one in ten charges $3,655Median of 143 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source or more. A memorial service and an urn cost extra.
Florida funeral homes charge a median of $4,130Median of 133 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source for an immediate burial, a burial with no viewing or ceremony. A graveside service and burial, with a hearse and the lowest-priced casket the funeral home sells, costs a median of $5,923Median of 122 Florida funeral homes' general price lists, effective January 2025 to November 2026 (16 CFR 453.2(b)(4))Verified Nov 10, 2026View source. Neither figure includes the cemetery's charges for the plot, opening and closing the grave, or the marker.
Yes. Under federal law, a funeral home must give a general price list16 CFR 453.2(b)(4)Verified Nov 9, 2026View source to anyone who asks in person about its goods, services or prices. The list is printed, shows the date its prices took effect, and is handed over at the start of that conversation. It prices each item separately, so the same items can be compared from one funeral home to the next. The Florida funeral home directory links to the price list of each funeral home that posts one.
A funeral home's price list covers only the funeral home's own goods and services. The cemetery charges separately for the plot, opening and closing the grave, and the marker. Anything the funeral home pays others on the family's behalf is added to the bill: a separate crematory's fee, clergy, an obituary and flowers. There is a public program in Florida for a family that cannot pay: County indigent and unclaimed-remains burial or cremation, set by each board of county commissioners (§§ 406.50(5), 406.52(3))F.S. § 406.50Verified Oct 17, 2026View source. The Florida burial and cremation laws page has the details.
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Probate on a $500,000 estate in Florida costs an estimated $30,600Fla. Stat. § 733.6171Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Attorney fees on a statutory schedule presumed reasonableFla. Stat. § 733.6171Verified Sep 8, 2026View source.
Who Inherits Without a Will?
Without a will in Florida, a surviving spouse takes the entire estateFla. Stat. § 732.102Verified Oct 21, 2026View source when every child of either spouse is a child of both, and descendants divide what passes to them per stirpesFla. Stat. § 732.104Verified Oct 21, 2026View source.
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How Much Are Estate & Inheritance Taxes?
Florida levies no estate or inheritance taxNo state estate or inheritance tax. Fla. Const. Art. VII, § 5(a) caps any Florida estate or inheritance tax at the federal credit amount; the Chapter 198 estate tax (Fla. Stat. § 198.02) is a federal-credit pickup — not repealed, but $0 since EGTRRA eliminated the federal state death tax credit, and the Florida Department of Revenue confirms the estate tax was eliminated for people who died after Dec. 31, 2004. Florida has no inheritance tax and no gift tax.Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; only the federal estate tax applies above $15,000,00026 USC 2001(c), 2010; P.L. 119-21 §70106Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
What Taxes Apply to My Inheritance?
Florida imposes no inheritance or estate taxNo state estate or inheritance tax. Fla. Const. Art. VII, § 5(a) caps any Florida estate or inheritance tax at the federal credit amount; the Chapter 198 estate tax (Fla. Stat. § 198.02) is a federal-credit pickup — not repealed, but $0 since EGTRRA eliminated the federal state death tax credit, and the Florida Department of Revenue confirms the estate tax was eliminated for people who died after Dec. 31, 2004. Florida has no inheritance tax and no gift tax.Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; probate assets arrive when the estate closes, 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate.
How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?
Inherited assets in Florida take a basis reset to fair market value on the date of death26 USC § 1014Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, and the gain on a later sale faces no state capital gains taxFla. Const. Art. VII, § 5(a) — "No tax upon estates or inheritances or upon the income of natural persons who are residents or citizens of the state shall be levied by the state"Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
What Are the Estate Laws in My State?
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Florida costs an estimated $30,600Fla. Stat. § 733.6171Verified Sep 8, 2026View source and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees on a statutory schedule presumed reasonableFla. Stat. § 733.6171Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Estates under $150,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.
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