(File photo/ paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Taxes

RM of Prince Albert extends property tax deadline

Oct 13, 2020 | 12:00 PM

Ratepayers in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Prince Albert will have a bit more breathing room when it comes to paying their property taxes this year.

The RM’s council previously passed a resolution last May extending the seven per cent discount offering to Oct. 31. However at last week’s council meeting, another resolution was passed extending the deadline even further to Dec. 31.

“I think there is a propensity, in most municipalities, to use any government funding on infrastructure projects or municipal assets, however given the financial hardships everyone is facing during this pandemic, we felt it was important that this money be given directly to our ratepayers in the form of a tax discount,” Reeve Eric Schmalz explained in an emailed statement.

The main reason why council was able to afford extending the deadline was because at the end of September this year, the RM received $212,488. (Based on a per-capita formula) in “COVID Relief Funding” from the provincial government.

“The RM of Prince Albert is in a very strong financial position and we were prepared to absorb the entire cost associated with the original tax discount extension, however once we received this new funding we knew we could extend the discount period even further,” Schmalz said.

Elevate Your Self-Care Game With These Smart Lifestyle Moves

3h ago

Riderville

Shades of 2007

3h ago

Final numbers

Local RM results finalized

23h ago

–

nigel.maxwell@jpbg.ca

On Twitter: @nigelmaxwell