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TAX BILLS

Property tax bills are mailed out twice a year.

For 2021 The Due Dates as follows:

Interim Tax Bill Due Dates: February 15th and May 15th

Final Tax Bill Due Dates: August 15th and November 15th

Interim Tax

The 2021 interim tax billing is calculated at 50% of your 2020 property taxes. The 2021 final bills will be issued in July, and will reflect the current year's taxes less what has been levied for the interim billing.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR TAX BILL

Your property tax bill total is based on three tax rates:

Municipal (Lower Tier) – established by Municipality of Central Elgin Council.
County (Upper Tier) - established by The County of Elgin.
Education – established by the Province.

The Municipality collects all three tax rates and then distributes approximately 49.86% of the taxes collected to the County of Elgin and application school boards.

Central Elgin Council has no control of the tax levies set by the County of Elgin, or the Province of Ontario education levies.

Each property within the Municipality has a property classification in accordance with the property’s use.

Each tax class has a separate tax rate. The tax rates are determined when the annual budget has been approved.

PAYMENT OPTIONS

Internet or Telephone Banking

When setting up through your bank:

Select “Central Elgin Tax” as the payee (you may have to play around with the wording as each bank may use a different payee name)
Enter all 19 digits of your property roll number starting with 3418.

Mail

Cheques should be made payable to "Municipality of Central Elgin" (please include the stub from you tax bill).

Cheques may be mailed to :

Municipality of Central Elgin

450 Sunset Drive

St. Thomas, ON

N5R 5V1

In Office

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our office is currently open by appointment only. To pay your property tax bill in the office please call ahead to book an appointment at 519-631-4860. Payment by cash or cheque can be dropped off in the mail slot at the front entrance of the building. Please make sure the envelope is addressed to The Municipality of Central Elgin and includes your name and return address.

Our office accepts cash, debit or cheques (please include the stub from your tax bill).

The office is located at:

450 Sunset Drive

St. Thomas, ON

N5R 5V1

(On the main floor of the County of Elgin Administration Building)

Mortgage Companies

If arrangements have been through a mortgage provider, tax amounts are sent directly to the property owner's mortgage company for payment. A bill is mailed to the owner at the end of the year after all payments have been received.

Pre-Authorized Payment Plan (PAP)

A convenient option of having your payments automatically withdrawn from your bank.

To enroll, fill out and return the PAP form.

If you'd like to cancel or make changes to:

Financial Institution
Account Information
Plan Type (12 Month PAP, Bi-Weekly, Installments)
Amount Range

Please fill out and return the Request For Change/Cancellation form.

Change Your Mailing Address

If your mailing address information has changed you will need to notify the Municipality and provide your updated address.

To change your mailing address, please fill out the Change of Address Request Form.

LATE PAYMENTS

A 1.25% penalty immediately following the due date, and the first day of each month thereafter to December 31st. After December 31st, interest will be at 1.25% per month or portion thereof until paid, as legislated under SECTION 345 of The Municipal Act, RSO 2001.

Failure to receive a tax notice does not relieve the taxpayer from payment of taxes or penalty for late payment. The Municipality is not responsible for bank or postal processing delays. Please allow enough processing time for the payment to be received. A $5.00 charge will apply for tax bill reprints.

Payments are applied first to any penalty and interest with the balance of payment applied to the oldest year's tax amount.