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2. Regional Municipality of Halton (including Property Tax Oakville, Halton Hills, Burlington and Milton) 3. York Region (including Aurora, East July 16, 2009 Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Whitchurch-Stouffville) Tax Changes in 2009 4. City of 5. City of St. Catharines Recent changes to Provincial legislation have given 6. United Counties of Prescott and Russell (includ- municipalities in the option to pass a by- ing Township of Alfred and Plantagenet, Village law that would remove the capping protection of Casselman, Township of Champlain, City of available to Commercial, Industrial and Multi- Clarence-Rockland, Town of Hawkesbury, Residential properties once those properties have Township of , Municipality of reached their CVA Taxes (assessment x tax rate The Nation and Township of Russell) without adjustment) in a prior year. The by-law would also remove the clawback provisions that * Please note that this information is based on research that may have been updated since the such properties would otherwise have been sub- information was collected. We advise you to contact ject to. Therefore properties that may have your local municipal office for up-to-date detailed received capping protection or clawbacks of tax information about the by-laws regulating the prop- decreases in the past may find that in 2009, they erty taxes for Commercial, Industrial and Multi- are being taxed at their CVA Taxes. Some munici- Residential properties. palities have adopted such by-laws, resulting in unanticipated increases (and decreases) in proper- If you have any questions with respect to the new ty taxes. Additionally, as a result of these legislation, please do not hesitate to contact any changes, the format of property tax bills for 2009 member of our Property Tax Group: may be different than it has been in the past and Mark Blidner may no longer show a comparison between cur- [email protected] 416.597.6294 rent year and prior year’s taxes. Melissa Muskat Although the list below is not exhaustive, we are [email protected] 416.597.6297 aware of the following municipalities that have David Bronskill adopted, or will be adopting, the option to [email protected] 416.597.4299 remove the capping protection and eliminate claw- Ian Andres backs for properties that have been taxed at their [email protected] 416.597.5160 CVA Taxes in the prior year*: Anna Selchen 1. City of Toronto [email protected] 416.849.6922

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