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Originally Posted by Jedi Ninja
The property taxes only look good because Calgary offloads much more into user fees than other cities, taking almost as much in transit and waste fees and levies as it does in residential property taxes... these are buried in the "Sales of goods and services" in the graph below.
Here is yet another city comparison.
http://www.calgary.ca/CA/fs/Pages/Pl...-Revenues.aspx |
Saskatoon isnt a true comparison. I have paid property tax in both of Albertas major Cities an on a comparable condo price/size/location Edmonton's taxes are at least 10% higher than Calgarys. ETS doesnt charge any less than Calgary transit and the fees on the Epcor bills are no different than the fees on the Enmax bills.
MLS is a great way to look up the property tax on properties in different cities and people can compare it for them selves. I dont think on average $100 per person per month is unreasonable for fire/police/garbage/and all other city services. If you choose to purchase a luxury property then you will pay more taxes but you should also be able to afford the extra taxes that go along with it. I am not advocating higher taxes, but to say Calgary's taxation is too high is laughable.
To compare Saskatoon to Calgary is laughable. Its like comparing Calgary to New York.