The Illusion & The Reality

We seldom find any humour in doing our tax returns but there are many little humourous anecdotes about taxes. Here are a few Kathy collected to help get you through this years returns with a smile on your face.What's So Funny About Taxes? Tax time is upon us already! I don't know about you, but I...

You And Your Property Tax Bill - Help For Your Appeal For those who are unhappy with their Property Assessment and are looking for some help here is some information on how some companies charge for the appeal process. The information Below is posted here for informational purposes only. This is ...

A Very Timely Reminder    Uxbridge - Property Assessment - Request for Reconsideration Deadline. Recently you received your 2010 interim tax bill. This reminded you that you felt your taxes were to high compared to some of your neighbours who own similar homes. So what do you do about it? The fir...

In My post You and "YOUR" Property Tax Bill - Assessment Appeal Causes Inequities In Taxation Pam McInnes  of Waterloo asked I've also always wondered why, just because you own a home, you have to pay for the school system - pick public, separate, or french immersion, but whether you have childre...

Council Stifles Rights - Charter Rights Are Being Eroded Local councils across Ontario indeed Across Canada continue to chip away at our rights and freedoms.   This is one colunm that you need to read In his column "Am I Wrong" in the Uxbridge Cosmos, February 18th, Roger Varley asks the question...

Inequities In Taxation - A Matter Of Fairness   In my last post You and "YOUR" Property Tax Bill - Assessment Appeal Causes Inequities In Taxation I spoke of an inequity that was caused by an appeal. This post is about some inequities caused by the process. Looking at two hypothetical almost iden...

You and "YOUR" Property Tax Bill - Assessment Appeal Causes Inequities Taxation An earlier post on assessment, You and "YOUR" Property Tax Bill - Environmental Impacts On Property Assessments, discussed a successful appeal that reduced a properties assessment by 50%.. I applaud Paul Thompson for ...

In his post How Property Assessment in Ontario is Calculated Ty Lacroix from London Ontario provided a pretty good window into assessment here in Ontario from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation's (MPAC) point of view.  One needs to look beyond what they provide for a true understanding...

"YOUR" Property Tax Bill - Environmental Impacts On Property Assessments #2 In a comment on her post Ruling Says Wind Farms Affect Property Values Marg Scheben-Edey wondered "how this case will be applied in other situations. Again, is it a percentage or a specific dollar value"   If the same con...

  Environmental Impacts on Property Assessments   Municipalities  considering wind farms have something else to consider now when reaching their decision. How much will it impact their assessment base. With one successful appeal on the records it will not be to hard for others in a similar situat...