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Is the Saskatoon property tax threat really over?

There was no citywide property tax threat to end, because Saskatoon's property tax does not move through dramatic proposals that get fought off, it moves through an ordinary annual budget cycle. The City of Saskatoon sets a new mill rate every year through public council debate, and that number is published well before tax notices go out.

So there is nothing to check on year to year beyond the normal budget calendar: council debates spending in the fall, the mill rate for the following year is set from that process, and the notice reflecting it arrives in the new year.

The one number that does not change from year to year is the 80 percent residential percentage of value, the province-wide reduction applied to every assessed home before the mill rate lands on it.

If you want to know where next year's tax bill is actually headed, the City of Saskatoon's own budget documents are the source, not a narrative about a threat passing. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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