FAQs About My Assessment

This notice advises you of:

• Your new current assessed value
• Your tax classification and tax liability for Provincial Education, Green Acres, and Municipal taxes
• Your legal description (Plan;Block:Lot)
• Your declared school support
• Your complaint deadline

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A supplementary property assessment is done when a new building, renovation or an addition to an existing building is completed in the current calendar year. The supplementary tax bill will reflect the number of months the building was completed or occupied during the year.

Provincial legislation requires that your City apply the same tax rates to supplementary assessments that were applied for annual property tax purposes. This includes both the Municipal tax rate and the Provincial Education tax rate.

Your assessment is an estimate of the price your property may have sold for on the open market by a willing seller to a willing buyer, as of July 1, of the previous year.

Assessed values are reviewed at three points in the valuation process:

1. By the City's internal checks and balances
2. By the Alberta Government's annual assessed audit process
3. By individual property owners' review of their notice

You may wish to use the Property Information WebMAP http://gis.lethbridge.ca/propertyinfo/ to compare your assessment to your neighbours and other similar properties that have recently sold. You can also contact your Assessment Department with any questions or for more details on your assessment. We would be happy to assist you and answer any inquiries.

 

At your City's Assessment Department, we welcome any inquiries regarding your assessed value. If there are errors in the physical characteristics recorded, the appraiser will amend the assessment accordingly. Below outlines the actions you can take to help ensure your assessed value is correct: