Residential Property Taxes
Property taxes help pay for civic services like police and fire protection, road maintenance and snow clearing, sewers, parks and swimming pools, public transit and neighborhood infrastructure.
All Edmonton residential property owners pay annual property taxes, which are due June 30 each year. Assessment notices are mailed January 2. Tax notices are mailed in late May.
Property taxes can be paid in full or in monthly payments.
Residential property taxes make up about 15% of the revenue the City needs to pay for services, amenities and infrastructure. The other 85% of the costs are paid for by grants, user fees and business and non residential taxes.
Your property tax is made up of:
- A municipal portion – based on the budget City Council sets at the end of each year.
- A provincial education portion – the Alberta Government determines the amount of education tax each municipality in Alberta will pay and advises the city each April. The City of Edmonton is required to collect this tax from property owners on behalf of the province.
- Some residents (about 25% of all Edmonton properties) also pay local improvement charges.
Your share of the municipal taxes is determined by your Assessed Property Value.
You may appeal your assessed property value by February 10, 2009, but you cannot appeal your May tax bill.
2009 Taxes
Because the 2009 budget increased, municipal taxes will increase an average of 7.3% for all property types (including commercial and industrial). But for residential properties, the tax increase is less because households no longer pay for garbage services with taxes - this is paid entirely through user fees.
Therefore, the average municipal tax increase for houses is 3.6%. For a house valued at $400,000 last year, that’s an increase of about $51. Most households will also get a one-time rebate on their tax notice in May to help offset increases in garbage fees that start Jan. 1. For the average house the rebate is about $53. The rebate is on a scale; more modest homes get more and houses with greater value get less of a rebate.
So, municipal taxes will increase about 3.6% for the average house, and user fees for garbage services drainage and sewer fees will increase. For the typical house worth $400,000, the total increase in all civic utilities and taxes will be about $162.
Early assessment notices allow homeowners to estimate their taxes due in June to help budget for any increases.
For more information:
Customer Services Office
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