Early Assessment Notices
Edmonton property owners receive their property value assessment notice in early January. This is not your tax bill. Tax bills will arrive in May.
Your 2009 property value assessment determines if you will pay more than, less than, or the same as the average 3.6% municipal tax increase for households.
Your assessment notice shows an estimated 2009 tax amount. This amount does NOT include the Council-approved budget 3.6% average increase, because your notice was prepared before Council finalized the budget. Your assessment notice also does NOT include the provincial education tax which is announced in April.
Receiving your property assessment five months before your 2009 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, 2008
- (optional) Compare your assessment with properties in your area.
- If you have questions or concerns about your property value assessment, call the City at 311 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 appeal (complaint) to the Assessment Review Board by February 10, 2009.
- 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 10% decline overall in the value of Edmonton households. Estimate your tax bill that will come in May.
- Budget for your 2009 taxes.
You’ll get your final 2009 tax bill in May. You must pay your property taxes by June 30, 2009.
