What's New
Property Taxes Section - 2011

Each time we change the information on our website, we record that change on this page. This lets you see at a glance what changes have been made.

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August 11, 2011

The First Time Home Buyers' Program publications linked below have been updated to clarify when the penalty provision applies. In addition, First Time Home Buyers' Program – Example Calculations, is a new document containing the examples that were previously in the Guide. Minor wording and organizational changes have also been made to the publications for consistency and clarity.

Bulletin PTT 004, First Time Home Buyers' Program
Property Transfer Tax and the First Time Home Buyers' Program brochure
Guide to the First Time Home Buyers' Program
First Time Home Buyers' Program – Example Calculations

July 26, 2011

Bulletin HOG 001, Home Owner Grant Program, has been revised to reflect the new assessed threshold amount and also includes information regarding the northern and rural area.

June 16, 2011

Information Sheet, Home Owner Grant Low-Income Grant Supplement Program, has been updated to reflect the new assessed threshold amount and also includes information regarding the northern and rural area.

June 3, 2011

Important Message Regarding Postal Strike

A postal strike is in effect as of June 3, 2011. For details on the impact to property transfer tax payments, rural property tax notices and payments, applying for the Home Owner Low Income Grant Supplement or making a payment, or applying for Property Tax Deferment, please refer to the following pages:

Property Transfer Tax
Rural Property Tax
Home Owner Grant
Property Tax Deferment

If you have any questions, please contact us.

May 24, 2011

Form B - Certificate of Physician and Property Owner (FIN 74), has been updated to clarify how to complete the form and apply for the additional home owner grant.

May 10, 2011

The 2011 Property Tax Deferment applications, FIN 28 (Children and Families) and FIN 51 (Regular Application), have been posted to the Property Taxation website.

March 25, 2011

The brochure, Tax Benefit Programs for Persons With a Disability, has been revised to clarify that persons with dependent children under 18 years of age may qualify for the Families with Children Property Tax Deferment Program.

March 8, 2011

The brochures, Property Tax Deferment Program and Families with Children Property Tax Deferment Program, have been updated to indicate that the Financial Hardship Property Tax Deferment Program is no longer available. In addition, minor wording and organizational changes have been made to the publications for consistency and clarity.

March 3, 2011

The brochure, Home Owner Grant Program, has been updated to include information on the Northern and Rural Area Homeowner Benefit, and to provide the new threshold amounts for the elimination of the basic and additional home owner grants.

The brochure, Your Rural Property Taxes, has been updated to remove reference to the expired Financial Hardship Property Tax Deferment Program.

March 1, 2011

Information Sheet 2010-01, Property Owners - Taxation and Benefit Programs, has been updated to remove references to the expired Financial Hardship Property Tax Deferment Program.

January 31, 2011

Bulletin PTT 006, Subdivisions, has been updated to include information on property transfer tax exemptions for certain transfers made to facilitate an amendment to a strata plan under the Strata Property Act. The bulletin has also been rewritten in plain language.

January 27, 2011

The brochure, Tax Benefit Programs for Persons with a Disability, has been updated and rewritten in plain language.

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