County of Two Hills Council Discusses Property Tax Incentives

County of Two Hills Council Discusses Property Tax Incentives

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Michelle Pinon - News Advertiser

The idea of offering ratepayers an incentive for early payment of taxes was bandied about at county council’s January 20 meeting.

Councillor Elroy Yakemchuk spoke in favour of the idea and suggested a March deadline. “It would be nice to give some sort of incentive,” stated Yakemchuk. He also pointed out there is close to $230,000 worth of property taxes currently owing to the county.

Chief Administrative Officer, (CAO) Sally Dary said most municipalities have a tax deadline at the end of June, the county’s deadline is the end of October.

Reeve Don Gulayec said that maybe the incentive should apply to ratepayers who are on the payment plan.

“It would be nice to do something,” added Dary, but they would have to budget for that. Council directed administration to look into the possibility

of having a tax incentive program and report back to council with their findings.

In the county’s January newsletter it informed residents that it would accept any denomination of payment regardless of whether ratepayers were on a formal payment plan or not and outlined the various methods of payment that are available to ratepayers.

The notice also stated, “Property Tax may be made by credit card, processed online the county’s website through Option Pay. If you choose to make a payment with a credit card please be aware there is a three percent service fee that will be processed on the credit card at the time of transaction.

The county has a monthly pre-authorized debit for property taxes, and to be eligible property taxes must be in good standing with no taxes owing.”

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