Disney World is reminding Floridians about its contribution of $6.6 billion in tax revenues and its support of 263,000 direct and indirect jobs at the same time the company is suing tax officials over what it says are inflated property tax bills. 

Disney filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Orange County, naming as defendants Property Appraiser Amy Mercado, Tax Collector Scott Randolph, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) and Jim Zingale, executive director of the Florida Department of Revenue.

“The assessments (of properties listed in the lawsuit) do not represent the just value of the subject property as of the lien date because they exceed the market value and therefore violate article VII, section 4 of the Florida Constitution,” the legal complaint states.