Issues of Concern to NFA Members:
IS YOUR FARM IN THE CORRECT TAX CLASS?
You can check this by looking at your most recent Property Assessment Notice.
- "Res/Farm Taxable: Full" - if your notice says only this, it means you will pay 100% of
the residential tax rate on your farmland.
-"Farmland Taxable: Full" - if your notice says this, it means you will pay 25% of the
residential tax rate on your farmland.
For a farm with a house on it, both of the above classes should be on the assessment
notice.
If there is a problem, to correct it call the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs Farmland Program at 1-800-469-2285 or the Assessment Review Board.
The April 2 deadline for submitting 2002 property tax appeals to the Assessment
Review Board (ARB) is fast approaching.
Farmland owners can submit appeals to the ARB that are related to valuation
(assessment) or classification of their property. You can appeal through the ARB if
your farmland is being taxed at the full municipal residential rate for 2002 rather than
25 percent of the municipal residential tax rate as land in the Farmlands Property
Class should be. In such cases, the appeals are forwarded by the ARB to The
Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal.
There is a $50.00 fee for each property roll number for farm properties to appeal to
the ARB.
Assessment Review Board
250 Yonge Street, 29th Floor
Toronto, ON
M5B 2L7
Phone: toll free 1-800-263-3237
Fax: toll free 1-877-849-2066
E-File: www.arb.gov.on.ca
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