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By Mat Barrett

Municipal Property Taxes

Town of Nipawin releases 2019 Municipal Property Tax Rates

Jun 3, 2019 | 12:25 PM

The Town of Nipawin has officially announced how the 2.4 per cent tax increase for this year will be spread out through the Municipal Property Tax rates.

The increase of 2.4 per cent is fairly average, according to Chief Administrative Officer Barry Elliot. He said the changes to the rates aren’t worrisome at all.

“There is a recognition that there are adjustments needed,” Elliott told northeastNOW. “And this one was certainly in line with what’s been going on throughout the province.”

For the 2019 tax year, the base tax for commercial properties are $1,566.50 for vacant land, and $2,089 for improved. For residental land, the base tax for vacant land will be $963.00, while residents will pay $1,284 for improved land. Director of finance and administration, Lesley Richer, said agricultural land is the biggest standout with the new taxes.

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“The one change on the base tax, over and above [the 2.4 per cent tax increase] was with agricultural vacant land,” Richer said. “That used to be set at 25 per cent of an improved agricultural property. That is now at 50 per cent of an improved agricultural property.”

Due to appeals board decisions in 2017, the town saw decreases in assessment values of commercial properties. As a result, some changes needed to be made to the Mill Rate Factors, mainly on the commercial side.

“But because of that, we still needed to pull the same percentage of our total tax dollars from the commercial class,” Richer said. “And we had to adjust our Mill Rate Factors to achieve that. So, you will see a change in the commercial Mill Rate Factor and the residential Mill Rate Factor as well.”

The new factors sees the commercial class at 3.19, while residential is 0.87, and agricultural remains at 0.76 per cent. Richer said all in all, administration, and council felt good about how things went.

“I would say that compared to some other years it is either in line or less than some other increases that we have seen,” she said.

Elliott and Richer also encouraged residents to get ahold of the Town if they had any questions regarding the new rates.

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