Local News
Council approves 2022 operating budget with 5% increase
Residents looking at a 5% tax increase for 2022 [playht_player width=”100%” height=”90px” voice=”en-US-JennyNeural”] by Colin Smith The Town of Morinville […]
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Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Open letter to mayor re recent comments on tax bylaw
Mayor Turner, during the debate on the Property Tax Bylaw you stated: “That at the end of the day income and relief for residents comes from the Federal and Provincial Government. We have to be careful about going down the slippery slope of income support for residents… […]
Business
Town continues discussion on possibility of splitting tax rate
Town Council has taken another step on the path to a possible revamp of Morinville’s tax policy to raise the rate paid by non-residential property owners. […]
Local News
Taxes to remain at roughly 1% increase for 2018
Morinville residents will see a 0.96% increase ($19.86 per year on a $300,000 property) over 2017 in their property taxes. Council passed second and third reading at their Apr. 24 meeting.
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Local News
Average home tax to go up $40 between property taxes, school taxes and housing foundation levy
Council has unanimously passed first reading of their 2018 tax bylaw that would see Morinville residents pay a 0.96% increase ($19.86 per year on a $300,000 property) over 2017 in their property taxes. Until second and third reading pass, council still has an opportunity to make some changes to the rate based on expected impact of rate changes.
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Local News
Municipal taxes go up .38% – 1.59% with school taxes
Morinville taxpayers should expect next years’ tax bill to go up by a few bucks a month following Council’s approval of 2017’s tax rates in a unanimous vote from Council for 2nd and 3rd Reading of the Tax Bylaw.
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Local News
Council to consider reducing tardy tax penalties
Councillor Stephen Dafoe brought forward a motion Mar. 28 to have Administration bring back a report on potential approaches to reducing the burden of unpaid municipal tax penalties on unemployed or financially burdened residents. […]
Local News
Town taxes up 2% – School taxes going up over 8%
Council unanimously approved First Reading of the 2017 Property Tax Bylaw, leaving two more readings before tax notices can be sent to residents.
According to Town Administration a property owner with the average $331,960 home can expect their tax bill to go up $126.78. […]
Local News
Tax update shows municipal taxes to go up by 3 per cent in 2016
Morinville taxpayers now have an idea of how the Town Budget will affect their own budget with some clear numbers from Administration on tax rates. At their Committee of the Whole meeting, Council received a report from Shawna Jason, Interim Director of Financial Services for the Town, who informed Council that to support the 2016 budget, ratepayers would be paying approximately $61.40 more this year, based on a home valued at $300,000. […]
Local News
Morinville ranks best in province for business-friendly taxes
Morinville holds a virtuous first place among Alberta municipalities for fair business tax rates, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
The CFIB released Dec. 7 Entrepreneurs Deserve Property Tax Fairness, a report targeting the “property tax gap,” the difference between residential owners pay and what commercial property owners are paying. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: From the Desk of Financial Services
Did you know that you can take advantage of the Town’s monthly payment plan for your property taxes? Rather than paying your taxes in a single payment in June of each year, you can arrange with us to take one twelfth of your taxes directly out of your bank account on the 16th of each month… […]