The Town of Battleford has established its tax discounts for next year, with two small changes from last year.
Monday evening a bylaw was passed setting discounts for payment of taxes up to March 31 at 10 per cent, the same as last year.
The discount for April is eight per cent, also the same as last year.
For May and June, the discount has gone down by one per cent, to six per cent in May and five per cent in June.
As usual, July and August have neither a discount nor a penalty.
If paid in September, a one per cent penalty goes on the outstanding amount of taxes. Each month after that another one per cent is added on the combined amount of the outstanding current taxes and the previous penalties.
Jan. 1 of 2017, a 10 per cent penalty is added to the outstanding amount.
For those who pay their taxes before the tax roll is completed, the payments shall be estimated on the basis of the taxes levied against the property for the preceding year and are eligible for the discounts above.
The discounts apply only to the municipal portion of property taxes. They do not apply to the education portion.
