Assessment Notices
Edmonton property owners receive their property assessment notice in early January. This is not your tax bill. Property tax notices will arrive in May. You will have until June 30 to pay your property taxes without penalty unless you are on the monthly payment plan.
Your 2012 property assessment determines if you will pay more than, less than, or similar to the average 5.39 per cent municipal tax increase for residential properties.
Your assessment notice includes an estimated 2012 property tax amount. It is an estimated amount because the assessment notice was prepared before Council finalized the budget, and before the Alberta Government announced any changes in the provincial education tax from last year.
The actual property tax amount will be sent to you in May after Council sets the final tax rates in April and after the provincial budget is passed in the spring. Receiving your property assessment nearly six months before your 2012 property taxes are due on June 30 gives you time to budget for your taxes.
When you receive your assessment notice:
- Review your property’s assessed value.
- Make sure your home’s assessed value reflects what it may have sold for on the open market as of July 1, 2011
- (optional) Compare your assessment with properties in your area.
- Data specific to your property, including sales information and variables used in determining your assessment. This data can be accessed at https://assessmentinfo.edmonton.ca/ using your Password (which can be found on the front of your assessment notice).
- If you have questions or concerns about your property value assessment, call the City at 780-496-6388 and ask to speak with a city assessor. Issues are often resolved easily.
- If you still have concerns after talking with an assessor, you may file a written complaint to the Assessment Review Board by March 12, 2012.
- Calculate the percentage change in your property’s assessment from the information on your assessment notice.
- Compare the change in your residential property’s assessed value with the average increase of 5.39 per cent overall in the value of Edmonton single family homes. Estimate your tax bill that will come in May.
- Budget for your 2012 taxes. You'll get your final 2012 tax bill in May. You must pay your property taxes by June 30, 2012 unless you are enrolled in the monthly payment plan.
For more information:
| Online | Contact 311 Online |
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| Telephone | In Edmonton: 311 Outside Edmonton: 780-442-5311 |
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| TTY | 780-944-5555 |
| 311@edmonton.ca |
