This option of payment is done through your own banking institution. The Municipality of Clarington is chosen as the “payee” and your roll number is used as the account number. On most bank sites we are listed as “Clarington Tax” 

Residential tax Bills are sent out twice a year, the interim bill is mailed out in February with due dates for February and April.  The final bill is mailed out in June with due dates of June and September.  If you pay your taxes by Preauthorized plan, or with your mortgage, no interim bill will be mailed out to you, however, you will receive a final bill for your records.

If you pay off your mortgage, or stop having the mortgage company collect your taxes on your behalf, it is your responsibility to contact the tax department.
Failure to receive a Tax Notice does NOT eliminate the responsibility for the payment of taxes and penalty.   If you are responsible for paying Property Taxes and do not receive a Notice please contact the Tax Department.

This option is no longer available

To avoid penalty, payments must be made by the due dates or you may sign up for the monthly pre-authorized payment plan. Under the monthly pre-authorized plan, your payments can be divided over a 12-month period.

To pay monthly you must be enrolled in our pre-authorized payment plan. Your tax account must be in good standing, with no arrears. The pre-authorized payment form is completed and sent to the Municipal Tax office, along with a “void” cheque. You will be notified in writing of your monthly amount. Click Here to download the pre-authorized application form.

This method of payment is an agreement between yourself and your banking institution. We can verify if your account has been coded for the bank to make payment, otherwise, you would have to contact your bank.

We are notified by Municipal Property Assessment Corporation of new owners. The information is updated on the tax roll to reflect this. Contact the Tax Department to find out your account particulars.

There are two options available. One is to bring in your tax bill and we will stamp it “paid”. You may also request a tax statement at a cost of $7.00 which will show your payments.

The conditions of the plan state that you must notify the tax department in writing 15 days prior to next withdrawal. Please click here to download the PAP Cancellation form.

It is the responsibility of every property owner to inform the municipality of mailing address changes. Please click here to download the Change of Mailing Address form. Please complete the form and email to finance@clarington.net or fax it to 905-623-4169

School support forms are available on this web site. You need to fill them out and then send them to MPAC. Please call them if you have any questions at 1-866-296-6722.

Council determines how much money is required, through the budget process, for the municipality to provide services for the year.  The total dollar figure is then divided by the total assessment for the municipality and the result is the tax rate to be charged to each resident’s property.  On your tax bill you will also see rates for the Region of Durham as well as Education (they set their own rates). 

Zoning determines the kind of permitted activity that can occur on a certain parcel of land. ie. commercial, industrial, greenbelt. Property classes describe the primary use of a parcel of land. There are seven major property classes: Residential, Multi-Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Pipeline, Farm and Managed Forests.

Supplementary bills are issued when there is an improvement or change to your property. Newly constructed properties are more likely to receive these due to the timing of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) assessing new homes and buildings.

MPAC may assess your property for the current year plus two previous years. You receive a separate bill for each year. The billing starts based on when a building is completed or occupied so the first bill can be for a partial year.
We try to give two installment dates for each billing and the bills must be in the mail 21 days before the first due date. On occasion, due to the lateness in the year that we receive the information from MPAC, the final Supplementary Billing may only have one due date prior to the end of the year.

We try to give two installment dates for each billing and the bills must be in the mail 21 days before the first due date. On occasion, due to the lateness in the year that we receive the information from MPAC, the final Supplementary Billing may only have one due date prior to the end of the year.

If you wish to allow the tax department to provide information about your taxes to anyone other than the owner(s) listed on your property tax roll, you need to fill out the Consent to Disclose Personal Information Form and provide the signed form to the tax department in person, by fax, email or postal mail.  Once we have the form, we will then be able to provide your tax information in your absence.