Tauranga rates rise drafted: 39pc for commercial, 12pc plus rubbish for homeowners
15 Mar, 2021 06:14 PM
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Bay of Plenty Times
Commercial ratepayers in Tauranga are in line for a proposed 39 per cent rates increase in the coming financial year.
It would equate to about an extra $36 per week, Tauranga City Council said in a statement following a public meeting yesterday.
The significant rise is due to the council changing the commercial differential - the proportion of rates commercial ratepayers pay compared to residential ratepayers - from 1:2 to 1:6.
Homeowners are in line for a 12 per cent increase - about $5.46 extra per week - and another $3.70 per week on top of that for the new council-run kerbside rubbish and recycling service.
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