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What is a mill rate?
How is the mill rate
calculated?
How can I estimate my taxes?
When do I have to pay my taxes?
Does the M.D. have a monthly payment plan?
Are there any
discounts for early payment?
How does a
change of address impact my M.D. account?
Why do I have to pay
Education Taxes?
Do we
have to fill out school support forms each year?
Do seniors
have to pay education property taxes?
Why am I receiving The Western Wheel newspaper courtesy of the M.D.?
Do I call the Western Wheel to report a change of address or name
correction?
Does the Municipality have any parcels for sale
under tax recovery?
What is
a mill rate?
A mill rate is the rate used to
calculate your annual tax levy. It is the amount of taxes to be raised for every $1,000
of assessed value.
For example, with a
residential mill rate of 8.3720, a tax parcel valued at $100,000 would have a levy of
$837.20.
The mill
rates are set every year by a bylaw approved by the M.D. Council.
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How is the mill rate calculated?
The mill rates are calculated by
dividing the amount of revenue required by the total assessment of all taxable property
within the M.D. of Foothills.
The tax levy is calculated by
multiplying the mill rate by the property assessment.
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How
can I estimate my taxes?
For residential taxes you can apply the most current M.D. mill rate against your estimate of the fair
market value of your property. Market value does not apply to farmland.
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How does a change of address
impact my M.D. account?
A change
of address must be given to the M.D. to allow prompt mail reception of
Assessment/Tax notices, notices from the different departments that relate to your
property or neighboring properties, and information letters sent by the M.D. to its
ratepayers. Please note that the Land Titles Office (LTO) should also be notified of
a change of address in order to update your title information and, in fact, notifying LTO
(call 297-6511 for details of “how”) will result in notification to the M.D.
since LTO then sends that address change on title to the M.D.
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Why
do I have to pay Education Taxes?
Education
property taxes support an education system that is producing the workforce
of tomorrow. All Albertans benefit from a quality education system --
whether or not they have children in school. The
M.D. of Foothills is required by legislation to collect taxes on behalf of the Provincial
Government. Land owners must pay education taxes on property owned in
every municipality in the Province. Inquiries pertaining to Education taxes should be
directed to:
Alberta School Foundation Fund
Foothills School Division No. 38
Christ the Redeemer School Division No. 3
Do seniors have to
pay Education Property Taxes?
Yes. Seniors who own property must pay
education property taxes. The provincial Education Property Tax
Assistance program provides an annual rebate to senior homeowners who have
an increase in the education portion
of their property taxes. The Government of Alberta also provides
financial assistance to low-income seniors through the Alberta Seniors
Benefit.
· Do we have to fill out school support forms each year?
If you have previously notified the M.D. of your choice
of school support and you see that your Combined Assessment and Tax Notice is reporting
that declaration correctly, there is no need to send in another school support declaration.
The Alberta School Act provides that, where both a Public
and a Separate School District exist in the same area, all individuals who are Roman
Catholic must direct their taxes in support of schools to the Catholic School
District. All other individuals must direct their taxes in support of schools to the
Public School District. These conditions apply only to property within the Separate
School District. Education taxes on property outside of the Separate School District
are directed to the Public School District. If this School Support is undeclared,
the Education portion of your property taxes will be directed to the Alberta School
Foundation Fund and redistributed on an equal amount per student to public and separate
school boards in Alberta.
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The Western Wheel is the
M.D.’s vehicle for keeping its ratepayers informed. The Wheel reports the
minutes of Council meetings and other important notices with respect to M.D. activities
that can impact its ratepayers. It is important that the ratepayer be aware that
this avenue of information is being forfeited when a request is made to cancel the
reception of The Western Wheel.
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No. Any change of address or name correction should
be given to the M.D. Each week, the M.D. sends to the Western Wheel office any
changes that have been received.
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