Saskatchewan's outdated and inaccurate approach to assessing property value for tax purposes has been deemed 'more unfair to taxpayers' than others in Canada.
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Every four years, Saskatchewan residents receive sometimes crushing reminders about the province’s unfair and outdated system to assess property values for tax purposes.
And, if the past is any indication, the provincial government will remain silent, perhaps recalling the bitter and long-simmering tax revolt that culminated in 2006 when 150 rural municipalities withheld the education portion of property taxes to force relief and reform. Change always angers someone.
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Nowadays, Premier Scott Moe has essentially pronounced that it’s OK to decline to pay your taxes if you think they’re unfair, with his government’s decision to withhold the despised federal carbon tax on some home heating.
It will be interesting to hear his response if some rural or urban municipalities decide to stage a similar tax revolt over reassessed values — although there’s no indication such a skirmish is brewing.........