Article content
Township council approved the increase last month as part of its 2021 budget.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser. Tax hike angers Loyalist Township residents Back to video
A 4% increase would put Loyalist Township among the municipalities with the largest increase to its property taxes this year.
An online petition to stop the planned tax increase has almost reached its goal of 1,500 names.
“The COVID-19 global pandemic has made many communities and levels of government come to the aid of people yet Loyalist Township feel that increasing the deductions is the right thing to do,” the petition’s author, Tim Pearsall, wrote. “People are already suffering during this uncertain time.”
Interim property tax bills are in the mail, the City of Greater Sudbury says. The first instalment is due on March 1 and the second is due on April 1. Interim…
WINDSOR, ONT. The City of Windsor is reminding residents to check their mailboxes soon for the 2021 interim property tax bills. If you have not received your tax bill(s) or have questions in regard to the amount of the bill, please call 311 (alternate: 519-255-2489) or email propertytax@citywindsor.ca. City officials say failure to receive a tax bill does not exempt property owners from paying their taxes. Penalties and interest (which can add up to 15 per cent of the taxes on an annual basis) will be added for late payments. Consistent with prior years, the interim billing amount is approved at 50 per cent of the property taxes paid in 2020. Changes resulting from Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) assessment updates are reflected on the tax bill.
Article content
I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that Chatham-Kent passed this year’s budget with a 2.4 per cent tax increase, whittled down somewhat from the original 3.96 per cent the process had begun at.
What that means for the average homeowner is an additional $71 a year, on their municipal tax bill which for some people, may not seem too much.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser. ROBINET: The taxing subject of taxes Back to video
For others, $71 is a week’s worth of groceries and they will feel it, particularly in this most challenging of years.