| Municipal Taxation
2007 Tax Rate Chart
The municipal tax rate is determined after Municipal Council
and the Region of Durham approve their budgets and the Province
of Ontario establishes the Education Rate. The tax rate is
applied to the property's current value assessment (CVA) to
determine the amount of property taxes to be levied.
| PROPERTY CLASS |
|
COMBINED RATE (%) |
| Residential |
|
1.41459 |
| Multi-Residential |
|
2.41159 |
| Commercial Occupied |
|
3.15592 |
| Commercial Excess Land / Vacant Land |
|
2.20914 |
| Shopping Centre |
|
3.15592 |
| Shopping Centre Excess Land |
|
2.20914 |
| Office Buildings Occupied |
|
3.15592 |
| Office Excess land |
|
2.20914 |
| Parking Lots |
|
3.15592 |
| Industrial Occupied* |
|
4.52193 |
| Industrial Excess Land/Vacant Land |
|
2.93927 |
| Large Industrial Occupied* |
|
4.85749* |
| Large Industrial Excess Land* |
|
3.15738* |
| Pipelines |
|
3.00112 |
| Farmlands |
|
0.29612 |
| Managed Forests |
|
0.35365 |
* These rates may be subject to change.
Download a complete copy of 2007 Final Tax Rates (pdf)
Download a complete copy of 2006 Final Tax Rates (pdf)
 2007
Taxes
I recently purchased this property, shouldn't this bill go
to the previous owner?
Under the current legislation, it is the property and not
the individual owner that is taxed. As such, the current owner
is responsible for any outstanding taxes, including pre-ownership
taxes resulting from legislated retroactive adjustments. Please
contact your lawyer to resolve discrepancies in your purchase
transaction.
Does it matter if I have had an assessment
changed?
If your assessment has been adjusted by either the Municipal
Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) or by a decision
of the Assessment Review Board, then it will affect the capping
calculation. The majority of approved assessment related changes,
which have been received by the Municipality, are incorporated
in the capping adjustments. However, assessment changes are
ongoing and will result in revisions to the appropriate tax
billing year.
What do I do if I have tenants?
In 1998, the Province eliminated the Business Occupancy Tax
(billed to business rather than property owners) and the lost
revenue was recovered by an increase in the general property
tax rate. The Province passed legislation that allowed the
property owner to pass through some of their increased costs
to tenants who were relieved of tax liability in 1998.
Bill 140 requires that property owners recalculate any
tenant's tax adjustment.
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