Thanks Sask Party and SARM

[Guest]

Well I going to stick up for some teachers
My wife is a teacher. Works her ass off . Puts up with a lot of little Bastards and mini witch's . She puts in a lot of free time that most don't and helps coach school sports.
Yes there are some useless teachers and ones that abuse the system horribly with stress / sick leave and b/S like that . My wife hates every one of them .
Don't lump all teachers them same , I have seen my wife come home and cry because some ignorant assholes kid needs a severe kick in the ass but teachers can't do anything anymore to discipline these little fukers . And a lot of parents have. zero yes zero responsibility for their kids behaviour.... that's a fact
Sorry for the rant but , good thing your not here tonight or you would get a kick in the ass .

couldn't agree more furrow , 2 daughters the same . some of the parents are worse than kids . and sask party has had a hate on for teachers and education for years .i wonder if these helicopter parents realize the damage they are doing raising these totally useless members of society . pretty sad when kids in Saskatoon go to school in trailers but the riders have a new stadium

[grefer]

Ours up 17% over 2016. Average assessment= $119,753
Average Tax per quarter = $1077.

Yay! RM of Ponass lake, great place to own land...hint hint

Farma this includes levies for 2 C&D's and a levy for Quill Lake Watershed.

What is the assessment on your $2500 quarter? ours would have to be $277,978

FJ are you talking assessed value or taxable assessment. My farm average assessed value is $128839 average taxes (municipal and school) is $477. Looks cheap compared to some.

[sumdumguy]

Grefer hit the nail on the head. We should compare taxable assessment with municipal taxes paid. That is the true test of how well your municipal council is handling your money ( not withstanding other externalities - as in oil and potash revenue, acreages, weather conditions that damage roads).

[fjlip]

FJ are you talking assessed value or taxable assessment. My farm average assessed value is $128839 average taxes (municipal and school) is $477. Looks cheap compared to some.

Correct taxable assessment, my mistake we might not all be apples to apples.
Average assessed value= $212255, at $1077, at your tax rate we should be $653.

[farmaholic]

Correct taxable assessment, my mistake we might not all be apples to apples.
Average assessed value= $212255, at $1077, at your tax rate we should be $653.

.........now look who is back living in the Utopian Garden of Eden! ;-0

Farma reporting to you from the Sahara Slum of the Ghetto.

[oneoff]

[I]There are closed council sessions every year to discuss a budget. After deciding how many dollars are required for next years operations; there are more closed discussions as to which classes of taxpayers get to be the ones hardest hit . First the legislated rates of % of assessed value that becomes taxable assessment are automatically applied. (eg. if the majority of a quarter called pasturewould be about 40 some percent of assessed value; whilst if that same quarter had ever been broken it would be 80%). Then mill rates are set for agricultural, residential and commercial etc. Then the almighty mill rate factor that is more powerful than any thing else can be applied; as it can shift where most tax dollars come from quite dramatically. (eg the commercial oil industry assessed assets may attract a 1.2 or even 6.0 or so factor while a dollar of agriculture assessment may be left at 0.8). And just for information... a council could decide that everybody only pays a flat rate of say $1750 dollars; no matter what the assessment was. Or that basically coal or oil or potash funds all money required.

Not to mention base taxes that can be levied; special head tax levies for any individual name appearing on a tax notices etc. etc..

But not a word yet on this thread about jumping municipal taxes by 60 to 70% in one year. Thats no lie and that's exactly what can happen (with no real checks and balances) to any smug individuals who sneaked by with only complaining about education taxes and teachers salaries.

Get real and look at the big picture. Your local teachers aren't your enemies; and sure as hell aren't the center of the big picture.

[furrowtickler]

Well said oneoff

[fjlip]

.........now look who is back living in the Utopian Garden of Eden! ;-0

Farma reporting to you from the Sahara Slum of the Ghetto.

Could be for sale, will let you know, you can move on up from the Sahara slum to Garden of Eden,
Never have to worry about rain again!

[Guest]

Could be for sale, will let you know, you can move on up from the Sahara slum to Garden of Eden,
Never have to worry about rain again!

that's what I thought here , but went 8 weeks w/o rain . until we swathed some oats

[oneoff]

OK So does a 68% increase in agricultural land taxes (over last year's levy) win as the biggest tax grab in the province of Sask