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Main street Canada businesses say old property tax methods of cities not fair
– canadianbusiness.com
HALIFAX – Matina Aucoin says she can’t understand why she has to send $3,800 a year in property tax to her city government for a parking lot that requires no service.
“I know it costs the city zero,” she says in an interview at the Zephyr furniture shop on Halifax’s Quinpool Road.
It’s the kind of tax complaint that is causing some main street entrepreneurs across the country to argue municipal property tax assessments — a crucial source of funds for Canadian cities — are urgently in need of reform, especially in an era of real estate price volatility.
Zephyr is located amidst an assortment of mostly locally-owned organic grocers, restaurants and clothing boutiques that resembles other downtown or suburban main streets.
As the selling price for local buildings rose rapidly in recent years, assessments for Aucoin’s building and 450-square metre parking followed suit. Until a recent appeal, she was paying $5,000 a year for pavement based on its potential resale value…
“I know it costs the city zero,” she says in an interview at the Zephyr furniture shop on Halifax’s Quinpool Road.
It’s the kind of tax complaint that is causing some main street entrepreneurs across the country to argue municipal property tax assessments — a crucial source of funds for Canadian cities — are urgently in need of reform, especially in an era of real estate price volatility.
Zephyr is located amidst an assortment of mostly locally-owned organic grocers, restaurants and clothing boutiques that resembles other downtown or suburban main streets.
As the selling price for local buildings rose rapidly in recent years, assessments for Aucoin’s building and 450-square metre parking followed suit. Until a recent appeal, she was paying $5,000 a year for pavement based on its potential resale value…
