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OMTRA Supports AMCTO’s Recommendations to Update MFIPPA

March 5, 2024

Attached is a letter sent to Minister Todd McCarthy, Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery supporting AMCTO's recommendations to …

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The Tax Practitioner’s Guide to the Municipal Tax Sale Process – Updated for 2020 – On Sale Now!!!

November 22, 2020

The Tax Practitioner's Guide to the Municipal Tax Sale Process has been revised and fully updated for 2020, with updated …

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Notice of OMTRA 53rd Annual General Meeting

August 16, 2020

NOTICE OF THE 53rd
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 2020
 

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of …

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Online Training – Conversations that Connect: Covid-19 Actions and Reactions

July 10, 2020

Conversations that Connect: Covid-19 Actions and Reactions

Join us for this Zoom 1-hour webinar on July 23, 2020 at 12pm…

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2020 Conference Cancelled

May 3, 2020

In this unprecedented time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the OMTRA Board has decided to cancel the 2020 Conference in Windsor. …

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OMTRA UPDATE 4 – COVID 19 Resources Page

March 27, 2020

In order to make it easier to find information related to COVID-19 impacts on municipal revenues, OMTRA's website has been …

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OMTRA UPDATE 3 – ARB

March 26, 2020

Assessment Review Board - Emergency Order (O.Reg.73/20) and Board Updates

Attached is a copy of a letter received from the

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Ontario’s Action Plan: Responsding to COVID-19

March 25, 2020

Today, Finance Minister Rod Phillips released Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update).

The government's …

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COVID19 Update #1 – Things you need to know from a property tax perspective

March 25, 2020

O. Reg 73/20 - Ontario Regulation made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

On March 20, 2020 O. …

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Navigating the Appeals Process: General Proceedings – Weeks 1 – 46 of the Schedule of Events

June 13, 2019

In collaboration with MFOA, AMCTO, and MPAC, OMTRA has developed a resource to help municipalities better understand the Schedule of …

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Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Assessment Appeal Process

August 14, 2018

Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Assessment Appeal Process

 
In an attempt to continue to educate and inform our …

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Strategic Plan Update

May 8, 2018

On Thursday April 12th, members of the OMTRA Board met to review the Strategic Plan developed in 2012 and to …

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EVoice 2018-17 — ARB Rules of Practice and Procedure

May 7, 2018

General Stream – 2017 Commencement Dates

We would like to remind our members that we are approaching some critical points …

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Update from Ministry of Energy: Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking (EWRB)

May 7, 2018

The Ministry of Energy sent a “Reminder to Report” email  for properties that are expected to report annual energy and …

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eVoice 2018-15 — Small-Scale Value-Added farms update

May 7, 2018

SMALL-SCALE VALUE-ADDED FARMS -- UPDATE

The Ministry of Finance has provided OMTRA an update on the latest developments regarding the …

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e-Voice 2018-14 Ontario Passes Legislation to Improve Credit Reporting Fairness

May 4, 2018

e-Voice 2018-14

 Ontario Passes Legislation to Improve Credit Reporting Fairness

Stronger Measures Will Give Consumers More Control Over Credit Information.…

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2018 Provincial Budget – Property Tax Related Matters

April 12, 2018

Here is link to the Budget, please refer to pages 295-299.

http://budget.ontario.ca/2018/budget2018-en.pdf

Items that OMTRA members may wish to make …

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THE BUSINESS VACANCY REBATE AND REDUCTION PROGRAMS UPDATE – March 2018

April 4, 2018

Programs Update

As announced in the 2016 Ontario Budget, municipalities have broad flexibility to modify the business vacancy rebate and …

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Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Legislation Act, 2017, S.O. 2017 c. 10

July 30, 2017

Below is a summary to update members of the changes to the Municipal Act, 2001.  As a result of the …

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POA Costs and Fees Review Working Group Update

January 30, 2017

In response to concerns expressed by the Municipal Partners pertaining to the Ministry of Attorney General’s (MAG) recent increase of …

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Valuation Methodology for Landfills for Taxation Purposes Update

July 7, 2016

The Ministry of Finance retained the services of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), with John Wilkinson leading the PwC team.  Mr. Wilkinson

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OMTRA’s Municipal Act Review Submission

November 13, 2015

OMTRA is seeking changes and clarification to the Municipal Act.  Please click here to see the submission made to the …

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POA Tax Rolling Best Practices Tool Kit

May 5, 2015

 

Notice to all Members

RE: Roll out of the POA Tax Rolling Best Practices Toolkit

 

The POA …

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Property Classification of Grain Elevators

January 6, 2015

On December 19, 2014 MPAC sent a Memo to municipalities concerning a Regulation Amendment concerning the property classification of Grain …

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MPAC Memo – Regulations on Valuation of Billboards, Non-profit Hospices Exemption and Housekeeping Amendments

August 22, 2014

On July 31, 2014 MPAC sent a Memo to Municipal Clerks, Treasurers and Tax Collectors providing information on two Regulations …

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Currency Policies

December 12, 2012

The Association frequently undertakes surveys to gather information for our members.  This survey details how some municipalities deal with US …

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