farm Reassessments

[sk_wheatking]

Reassessment should be revenue neutral. The rm council has to adjust the mill rate for this to happen. Taxes will go up because they are using 80% of value instead of 70%. If the mill rates aren't set where they should be there should be big questions. The amount of education taxes we pay is almost theft. Different school divisions running half empty busses or in some cases 1 or 2 kids on them. Unions constantly threatening strikes or walkout.I wonder how much money is wasted in these school boards with separate and public school systems.
Well anyway......

[Braveheart]

Haha Kinger. If I ate that chicken I'd need my stomach pumped. Yes, I've talked to the councillors. They say it's the province. Selinger changed the percentage calculated from farmland. RMs could themselves either adjust the mil rate, change proportions from farmland , or give us a tax rebate. They're fine in this RM reducing taxes in town while giving us a huge and unfair hike in the country.

[Braveheart]

Forage, WTF is wrong with you? Have you ever stuck up for farmers in your life? This is excessive taxation. Just because farm property is reassessed higher doesn't change the farms ability to pay more. In fact, it's the opposite. Also, assessment is only a snapshot of values at that time. Since reassessment, values here have now dropped by, in many cases 30%. That won't show up till next reassessment.

Our RM has shifted the burden of financing the RM operations from the urban to the rural, yet, we have virtually no services. Our roads are shit, infrastructure like culverts are too small, ditches don't work. Road graders are more like recreation vehicles. Drivers rest more than drive.

Our RM, since amalgamation, and electing councillors at large, has virtually all urban councillors. They don't understand farm finance. We had one promising (farmer) person run in the last runoff but he lost in a close vote.

Our farms are under attack. Taxes, whether RM or carbon are choking us. You Forage, seem just fine with that. Why? Not a farmer? Just love gov't (must be a commie)? What? Tell us, besides the "hard workin dairy farmer" you never seem to give a shit about standing up for farmers.

[stonepicker]

like.

[sumdumguy]

Forage, WTF is wrong with you? Have you ever stuck up for farmers in your life? This is excessive taxation. Just because farm property is reassessed higher doesn't change the farms ability to pay more. In fact, it's the opposite. Also, assessment is only a snapshot of values at that time. Since reassessment, values here have now dropped by, in many cases 30%. That won't show up till next reassessment.

Our RM has shifted the burden of financing the RM operations from the urban to the rural, yet, we have virtually no services. Our roads are shit, infrastructure like culverts are too small, ditches don't work. Road graders are more like recreation vehicles. Drivers rest more than drive.

Our RM, since amalgamation, and electing councillors at large, has virtually all urban councillors. They don't understand farm finance. We had one promising (farmer) person run in the last runoff but he lost in a close vote.

Our farms are under attack. Taxes, whether RM or carbon are choking us. You Forage, seem just fine with that. Why? Not a farmer? Just love gov't (must be a commie)? What? Tell us, besides the "hard workin dairy farmer" you never seem to give a shit about standing up for farmers.

Forage, you must be my retired left-limping bureaucrat brother-in-law who resents everything agrarian and loves the old NDippers.

[blackpowder]

If I may ask for perspective. What in general would taxes be on a quarter?
Here about $500. No idea assessment. Selling for $700k.
Yardsite maybe $2000.

[Braveheart]

Blackpowder, one of our quarters (average) has 157.2 acres cultivated.. Taxes are $2,262.02. With one phone call I could sell it for $480,000.

[Braveheart]

Assessment would be about $380,000. Portioned assessed is 26%.

[Horse]

Brave heart, I cll bulshit my tax notice came today and yes my home 1/4 is 2200 tax but the rest are in the 350/425 range. So this is in Alta and not the best of land but I surly doubt you average 2200/. 1/4 a .5% increase this yr on average.

[Braveheart]

You can call anything you want, bullshit,no shit,I don't care. Kinger, Wakpoa, Stonepicker, Jay-Mo, Barleyman, all farm near me and will echo what I've said. Much of MB is the same. I don't know anything about AB, or SK, but we had Selinger and the NDP, and we're screwed near term thanks to them.