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Council gives property owners extension to pay taxes for 2021

Council voted unanimously to approve Bylaw No. 5644 the Property Tax Bylaw 2021 and Bylaw No. 5645 Tax Payment, Discounts and Penalties Bylaw 2021
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Two tax-related bylaws will soon go into effect, including one that sets the tax policy for various property classes and one that gives property owners more time to pay their taxes. 

During the June 14 regular meeting, city council voted unanimously to approve Bylaw No. 5644 the Property Tax Bylaw 2021 and Bylaw No. 5645 Tax Payment, Discounts and Penalties Bylaw 2021.

Tax payment, discounts and penalties bylaw

Approving the tax payment, discounts and penalties bylaw will give property owners an extension on when their taxes are due. 

Normally the due date is June 30, but this year it will be July 31.

The change in due date is because 2021 is a reassessment year for property values, a council report explained. The Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) — which assesses property values — was late in providing city hall with the annual property assessments. This resulted in a corresponding delay in the annual property tax cycle. 

City hall expects to send out tax notices to property owners by the end of June or the beginning of July. 

Property tax bylaw

City council initially approved several recommendations related to the 2021 tax policy during a May executive committee meeting. These recommendations affect property classes such as residential, commercial/industrial, grain elevators, railways and pipelines, and the resource industry.

Officially approving the tax policy and implementing a bylaw will:

  • Establish the municipal rate of taxation for this year
  • Define the classes and subclasses for tax purposes
  • Enumerate the mill rate factors applied to each subclass
  • Exclude property assessments that generate fewer than $100 in municipal tax revenue from the supplemental roll for this year
  • Set a uniform base tax of $65 for contributing to the waterworks capital fund to partially fund the annual cast iron watermain replacement project
  • Indicate the taxation rates for the school divisions as determined by the lieutenant governor in council. 

The next regular council meeting is Monday, June 28. 

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