The Town of Taber and all municipal governments across Alberta are facing significant challenges in how they pay for local services that their residents want and need. For example:

• Just like your household, inflation is making things more expensive for our town.

• Over the last 15 years, the Alberta government has lowered how much money it gives to municipal governments to help pay for local programs and community infrastructure like roads, water and sewer systems, and recreation facilities.

• A number of projects for infrastructure and improvements throughout Taber have to be delayed for future years, broken up into multiple-year projects, or cancelled entirely due to tight budgets and lack of funding.

These changes are making it more costly for the Town to provide the services you rely on. That’s why municipal property taxes have gone up. The Alberta government is also increasing its property tax, which the Town of Taber collects on their behalf.

The non-partisan association, Alberta Municipalities, which represents the province’s summer villages, villages, towns, cities and specialized municipalities, has conducted considerable research around property taxes and community funding. They are sharing their findings through an information project called Property Taxes Reimagined. It explains what is happening and raises questions about whether Alberta needs to change how local services are funded.

Each year, Council establishes a Rate of Taxation, based on assessed values, sufficient to pay for those expenditures that are not recovered from other revenue sources. Taxes help pay for the services the municipality provides to the community.

The Finance Department is responsible for the maintenance of over 3,000 different parcels within the Town boundaries.

Current Tax Rates

• View our current rates

Other Tax Information:

• Understanding your 2025 Property Taxes Brochure 
• Government of Alberta Website: Property Assessment and Taxation Information
• Alberta Health Website: Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program

The Town of Taber's assessments are completed by Benchmark Assessment Consultants Inc., prior to December 31 of the year, prior to the date of the current Tax Notice.

For information regarding assessments you can contact:

Benchmark Assessment Consultants Inc.
#4, 320 WT Hill Blvd.
Lethbridge, AB T1J 4W9
Phone: (403) 381-0535 Fax: (403) 381-1596

Or visit the Benchmark Assessment Consultants Inc. Website.

Or check Online Assessment Summary Reports

Payments will be accepted at any time (subject to penalties). All cheques must be made payable to the Town of Taber. Cheques are conditional payment until the cheque is honoured. Penalties will apply for any dishonoured payments. Payments rendered with any conditions attached will not be accepted. All payments will be applied first to arrears of taxes and secondly to current taxes.

Payment Options

To pay your taxes, we have a number of options for your convenience:

1. In Person: At the Town Administration Building (ie: Town Office): A-4900 50 Street, Taber, AB
   • The Administration Office if open 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday (except holidays)
2. By Mail: Town of Taber, A-4900 50th Street, Taber, AB, T1G 1T1
3. After Hours Drop Box: In our large "drop box" located outside the main entrance of the Town Office (make sure to place it in the Town's slot, not the MD of Taber's)
4. Financial Institutions: Payments accepted at participating Chartered Banks, Credit Unions, or Alberta Treasury Branches in person, by Online Banking or Telephone Banking and through Automated Banking Machines.
5. Cheques: Post-dated cheques dated on or before the June 30 due date.
6. Preauthorized Payment Plan: You can pay taxes in monthly installments. More info is below.
7. Online Credit Card Payment: You can pay taxes using your credit card. More details are here.

Preauthorized Payment Plan (Monthly Payments)

Property owners have the ability to enter into an agreement with the Town of Taber to pay property taxes through monthly installments. These monthly installments are debited from the applicant's Financial Institution on the last working day of each month.

This plan allows property owners to apply into the program at any time during the year as long as there are no tax arrears and/or have not had more than two NSF's in the last two years. To sign up, please fill out the sign-up form below. You can cancel at any time.

• Preauthorized Payment Plan Sign-Up form
• Preauthorized Payment Plan Cancellation form

If you believe your assessment is not fair in relation to similar properties or if you suspect an error, contact the Assessment Agent listed on your Tax Notice. You may file a complaint to be heard by the Assessment Review Board. Complaint forms are available at the Town of Taber Administration Office or access online here. Complaint forms must be in before the final date of complaint shown on your Tax Notice. Send the completed form to:

ARB Clerk
c/o Town of Taber
A-4900 50 Street
Taber, AB, T1G 1T1

Accompanying a complaint form must be the correct fee as set out below:

Property Assessment Appeals

If the Assessment Review Board makes a decision in favour of the complainant, the fee will be refunded.

An assessed person is entitled to see or receive sufficient information about the person's property in accordance with section 299 of the Act or a summary of an assessment in accordance with section 300 of the Act, or both.

An appeal against your assessment property value does not exempt you from paying taxes on time or from late payment penalties.

• More information on Property Taxes
• View our Tax Assessment Pamphlet

In order to be fair to all taxpayers in the Town of Taber, supplementary taxes are also levied against those properties for improvements that are:

1. Completed or begin to operate in the current year;

2. Occupied during all or any part of the current year; or

3. Moved into the Town of Taber during the current year and not taxed in that current year by another municipality.

Supplementary taxes are calculated by multiplying the appropriate tax rate to the difference in value from the original tax notice and the final value when completed and prorated by the number of months remaining in the year from the date determined by A, B, and C above.

Example:

• Work completed August 31
• Original Tax Notice Assessment Value = $100,000
• Completed Assessment Value = $250,000
• Assessed Value of improvement = $150,000
• Supplementary Assessment
• Assessed Value X (# of months left in the calendar year) / 12 x "Mill Rate" = Tax Levy
• $150,000 x 4/12 x 9.8664 = $369.99

If your non-profit organization is the owner of a property, or the holder of a property under a lease, license or permit, and if the property is primarily used for the purpose of the organization, your organization may qualify for a property tax exemption.

Applying for Property Tax Exemption

To qualify for property tax exemption, a completed application form along with full supporting information is to be submitted by the non-profit organization in the year preceding the taxation year. Once completed, the application will be reviewed and considered for tax exemption according to Section 362 (n)(I) to (v) of the Municipal Government Act and the Community Organization Property Tax Exemption Regulation A/R 281/98 as amended. If it meets the requirements, the property, or a portion thereof, will be exempt from paying property taxes the next taxation year.

• Municipal Government Act
• Community Organization Property Tax Exemption Regulation

Who Qualifies?

Your non-profit organization may qualify for property tax exemption only if it:

• Owns property, or holds property under a lease, license, or permit.
• Is incorporated under the Society Act, or an entity established under a federal law or law of Alberta.
• Uses the funds chiefly for the purposes of the organization and not for the benefit of the organization's directors and employees;
• Does not restrict the use of the property within the terms and meaning outlined in the regulation.

Submitting Your Application

To receive such a property tax exemption, a qualifying non-profit organization is required to submit a completed application with full supporting information to the address below for consideration to the Town of Taber.

Town of Taber
c/o Property Tax Clerk
A-4900 50 Street
Taber, AB T1G 1T1

Please submit the application form that corresponds to your non-profit organization. If the following are not applicable please submit the general application form.

• General
• Arts or Museum
• Care and Supervision of Children
• Chamber of Commerce
• Community Association
• Ethno-Cultural Organization
• Fairs and Exhibitions
• Sheltered Workshop/ Thrift Shop
• Sports or Recreation
• Non-Profit Organization

View information on the Property Tax School Declaration Forms

• View the Property Tax Bylaw
• View the Supplementary Assessment Bylaw
• View the Supplementary Property Tax Bylaw