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Property Taxes
2024: The millrate was set in the 2024-02 Tax Rate Bylaw. If you have not yet paid your 2024 Property Taxes, please Contact the Village office.
Each year, the Village of Empress Council passes a Tax Millrate Bylaw in the spring, then mails out the Combined Assessment and Property Tax Notice to property owners by May 1. Taxes may be paid by Cash, Cheque, Debit, Credit Card, or Interac e-Transfer. See our Bill Payments webpage. The taxes are due by June 30. If the taxes are not paid by that date, a penalty of 10% is added. If taxes are still not paid by December 31, another 10% penalty is added. See 2023-02 Property Tax Penalties Bylaw. |
For your information, here are the tax bylaws from some previous years: 2023-01 Tax Rate Bylaw 2022-04 Tax Rate Bylaw 2021-01 Tax Bylaw 2020-04 Tax Bylaw 2019-03 Tax Bylaw 2018-03 Tax Bylaw 2017-01 Tax Bylaw 2016-04 Tax Bylaw 2016-03 Tax Bylaw 2015-05 Tax Bylaw 2014-12 Tax Bylaw Amendment 2014-06 Tax Bylaw |
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If a property owner has an issue with the tax rate, then they should examine the Village’s Financial Statements and the Budget. They might also find useful the information provided by the Alberta Government of the Municipal Tax Rates by Municipality.
If a property owner has an issue with their Assessment, then they should first contact the Assessor:
Chris Snelgrove, AMAA
Assessment Consultant
Benchmark Assessment Consultants Inc.
Phone Toll Free: 1-800-633-9012
Fax: 403-381-1596
Email: Chris@BenchmarkAssessment.ca
If the issue remains unresolved after that, then the property owner may fill out a Assessment Review Board Complaint and submit it to the Village of Empress office. Such complaints must be received before the taxes are due, and the taxes still must be paid before the deadline. If any adjustments get made to the Assessment, any differences in the taxes paid will be handled afterward.
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