MF YYC Politics - there, I mega did it

[bizaro86]

8.2%

My taxes might actually go down!

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

14% for homes.

Ours went up by almost exactly 14%, using the City's Property Tax calculator, this translates into a 7.7% increase in taxes, which is about $450. F---.

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

8.2%

My taxes might actually go down!

Up 2.2%, according to the City's calculator.

https://www.calgary.ca/property-owne...alculator.html

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Up 2.2%, according to the City's calculator.

https://www.calgary.ca/property-owne...alculator.html

Boo this man!

Oh well. Still better than I expected.

[getbak]

My assessment went up 25% and my taxes almost 18%. It's been assessed quite low in recent years, so it's hard to complain.

[Torture]

14.3% here. Honestly, seems about right compared to recent listings in the neighbourhood.

[topfiverecords]

Oh nice, only up 18% this year after 64% last year.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Ours went up by almost exactly 14%, using the City's Property Tax calculator, this translates into a 7.7% increase in taxes, which is about $450. F---.

I think one thing to look at is that by percentage the provincial tax increase looks like what is driving this increase

My provincial portion is up 12.2%.
My City portion is up 5.5%

[Fuzz]

Wait, so the province actually raised our taxes?

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Wait, so the province actually raised our taxes?

According to that calculator on the city website. I am not familiar with the mechanism of how the provincial portion of property taxes is set, just that it exists.

[Badgers Nose]

nvm

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Wait, so the province actually raised our taxes?

Transfer payments to rural Alberta…

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Transfer payments to rural Alberta…

Calgexit!

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by getbak

Calgexit!

Only if I can NWexit after.

[GGG]

Did a little more digging.

The 12% increase on the provincial portion is based on provisional numbers to be finalized in Aprils budget. It appears that the provincial number is just based on taking the 2024 rate and applying it 2025 assessments.

https://www.calgary.ca/property-owne...ovincialBudget

2024 Provincial Budget
12%
The City collects property tax on behalf of the Province, a total of $875.7 million. Although the total provincial requisition was frozen in 2024, The City’s provincial property tax requisition increased $94.1 million or 12 per cent due to growth in assessment value.

So unclear at this point if the province has raised taxes but if they don’t reduce their rate taxes increase.

[Torture]

The Province raised the rate under Kenney IIRC.

They also have been reducing funding to the city on a variety of files, which we end up paying for anyways.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by GGG

Did a little more digging.

The 12% increase on the provincial portion is based on provisional numbers to be finalized in Aprils budget. It appears that the provincial number is just based on taking the 2024 rate and applying it 2025 assessments.

https://www.calgary.ca/property-owne...ovincialBudget



So unclear at this point if the province has raised taxes but if they don’t reduce their rate taxes increase.

My understanding is the provinces portion works just like the city's budget. They set a dollar value and divide by assessments. But its province wide not city wide. So if Calgary assessments grow faster we pay a bigger % of the total even if the province keeps the total take the same.

And since farmland is assessed using a formula that massively undervalues it ensuring they don't pay their fair share, and E=NG, I think you can expect that to continue.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

So who do you think is running again?

Sharp
Wyness
Mian
Chu
Dhaliwal
Wong
Walcott
Carra
Chabot
Penner
Spencer
Mclean
Demong

I'm going to guess Wyness, Dhaliwal, Wong, Walcott, Chabot, Mclean run again.

Chu, Carra, Penner, Demong I assume don't run as they probably lose if they do. Sharp is going to run for mayor I think.

Spencer and Mian I'm on the fence with. I think they should run, and are good councilors, but don't know if they will.

So Spencer is out I guess.

Ward 12's Evan Spencer won't seek re-election in 2025 - LiveWire Calgary https://search.app/g348YzZ2C4pSwsvj7

Seemingly a good guy and empathetic. But really just deferred to city administration on many things. And if all you're going to do is defer to city administration, what exactly is the point of your job?

That's my issue with a lot of councillors tbh. They're in for the right reasons, but they don't trust themselves to actually go find the right answers by listening to a range of viewpoints. They just have their ideology and/or read the reports put together by city admin and they say "well the facts say this" when in reality they only listen to way city administration has framed the issue. And then these same councillors get upset or discouraged when people say they don't listen or are doing a bad job.

It's really unfortunate to see. Good intentions, but not great results. Smart guy though, had the potential to do a good job and Im hoping to see him come back to council in the future

[Faust]

Attempt to freeze pay for Calgary city councillors defeated by tie vote:

https://globalnews.ca/news/10959350/...d-by-tie-vote/

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

So Spencer is out I guess.

Ward 12's Evan Spencer won't seek re-election in 2025 - LiveWire Calgary https://search.app/g348YzZ2C4pSwsvj7

Rumblings are that Mian is going to not seek reelection.