Assessment Contacts Alberta Beach Argentia Beach Barrhead (County) (780) 924-3181 (780) 586-2494 (780) 674-3331 When will I know how much I am Barrhead (Town) Betula Beach Birch Cove paying in taxes? (780) 674-3301 (780) 797-3863 (780) 446-1426 Bon Accord Burnstick Lake Cremona Assessment You will receive your 2021 annual tax bill after (780) 921-3550 (403) 304-5391 (403) 637-3762 Council determines the final tax rates. Your tax bill represents your share of the muncipality’s Crystal Springs Devon Fort Saskatchewan revenue requirement and your share of the (780) 586-2494 (780) 987-8304 (780) 992-6200 Information provincial education tax. Golden Days Grandview Gull Lake (780) 586-2494 (780) 586-2494 (403) 748-2966 for Residential When must I pay my taxes? Island Lake South Itaska Beach Kapasiwin (780) 609-0053 (780) 312-0928 (780) 914-0097 It is important to note that your 2021 taxes Property Owners cover the period of January 1, 2021 to Lac Ste. Anne Lakeview Lamont (County) December 31, 2021. This means a couple of County (780) 797-3863 (780) 895-2233 (780) 785-3411 different payment options are available to you: Lamont (Town) Larkspur Legal 2021 1. You may take advantage of the municipality’s (780) 895-2010 (780) 609-0053 (780) 961-3773 monthly payment plan that spreads the tax Lesser Slave River Ma-Me-O Beach Mayerthorpe payment out over the year.* The monthly (780) 849-4888 (780) 586-2494 (780) 786-2416 payments for the first half of 2021 are based on 2020 taxes. The installments for the Mewatha Beach Millet Nakamun Park (780) 609-0053 (780) 387-4554 (780) 967-0271 balance of the 2021 calendar year are adjusted to reflect the finalized tax bill mailed Norris Beach Onoway Parkland Beach to you. If you wish to sign up now for the (780) 586-2494 (780) 967-5338 (403) 843-2055 Monthly Tax Payment Plan and pay your 2021 Parkland County Poplar Bay Redwater taxes in monthly installments by automatic (780) 968-8888 (780) 586-2494 (780) 942-3519 bank withdrawal, contact your municipality. Ross Haven Seba Beach Silver Beach 2. Alternatively, you can wait for your final tax bill (780) 999-6654 (780) 797-3863 (780) 389-4409 to come and choose to pay your property taxes in a lump sum by the date specified on Silver Sands Slave Lake Smoky Lake (587) 873-5765 (780) 849-8000 (780) 656-3674 your tax notice. South View Spring Lake Spruce Grove * Please contact your municipal office to (587) 873-5765 (780) 963-4211 (780) 962-2611 determine if a monthly payment option is Stony Plain Sundance Beach Sunrise Beach available in your community. (780) 963-8582 (780) 389-4409 (780) 967-0271 Sunset Beach Sunset Point Swan Hills (780) 239-7323 (780) 665-5866 (780) 333-4477 Val Quentin Vilna Waskatenau Capital Region Assessment Services Commission (780) 446-1426 (780) 636-3620 (780) 358-2208 11810 Kingsway Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5G 0X5 West Cove Westlock Whispering Hills Website: www.crasc.ca (780) 967-0271 (780) 349-4444 (780) 609-0053 Email: [email protected] Whitecourt Woodlands County Yellowstone (780) 778-2273 (780) 778-8400 (587) 873-5765 What is market value assessment? In order to maintain equity, similar properties How do I make a complaint? should have similar assessed values. Market value is the amount that a property might Important information for filing a complaint: If your building was only partially completed on be expected to realize if sold on the open 1. There is a standard complaint form. It is December 31, 2020, your assessment reflects the market by a willing seller to a willing buyer. available at the municipal office or atcrasc.ca . value of the lot and the value of the building based 2. If you someone to represent you, you must The Alberta government requires all Alberta on the percentage completed. hire also complete an agent authorization form. municipalities to update property values annually If you have any questions or concerns about your to reflect themarket value on 1 July of the 3. You must fully provide all information requested property assessment, please contact your previous year, based on its condition on by these forms. An Assessment Review Board municipal office. 31 December of that previous year. cannot hear any matters that are not listed on your complaint form. Your assessment notice for 2021 shows the market What if I don’t agree with this 4. Your municipality likely charges a fee to file a value assessment of your property at July 1, 2020, complaint. You must pay this fee at the time of based on its condition on December 31, 2020. assessment? filing your complaint. You may make a formal complaint about your 5. One original of your completed complaint form, How is my property’s market value assessment. The deadline date for submitting your agent authorization form if required, any other complaint is noted on your assessment notice. supporting documentation, and the applicable determined? complaint fee must be filed with the Assessment Your property’s assessed value is determined Use this time to talk to your assessor about your Review Board at your municipal office no later using similar criteria to those used by real estate questions and concerns (contact details available than the time on the deadline date as shown on agents, e.g.: from your municipal office). If there is an error in your assessment notice. the assessment, assessors are able to make • Location 6. Each assessment roll number in dispute requires changes to your assessment without your need to a separate fully completed set of complaint • Lot size file a formal complaint. forms and fee. • Building size 7. Please thoroughly review the instructions on • Age and condition of building It is important to talk to your assessor or visit before filing a complaint. Most your complaint form. • Selling prices of similar properties in similar www.crasc.ca concerns are resolved before complaints reach areas. the Assessment Review Board. How are my property taxes calculated? Your property taxes are calculated by multiplying Assessment/Tax Process your assessed value by the “tax rate”. Date specified 60 days from date of How your property assessment changed from the July 1, 2020 April, 2021 January–June, 2021 on the tax notice assessment notice previous year compared to the average assessment change on all properties in the Assessments Government of Assessment notices Deadline to pay Deadline to file municipality for 2021 tax year Alberta notifies the are mailed to all property taxes complaint determines the change in the share based on market municipality about property owners for without penalty you will pay of the municipality’s property tax value of property its education tax the 2021 tax year requirement. as of this date requirements and The “tax rate” is determined annually by your Council decides the tax rates Customer review period municipality’s council. It includes the provincial education tax that the council has no control over. .