Town of Nobleford

Property Taxes

The Town of Nobleford collects municipal property taxes in order to provide services like road construction and maintenance, recreational and leisure opportunities, agricultural services, emergency services, utilities such as water, and more.

The Town of Nobleford, along with all other municipalities, is required to collect various requisitions on behalf of the provincial government to help fund provincial education and senior programming. The provincial government requires that municipalities collect these requisitions via municipal property taxes and reallocate them back to the provincial government. These provincial requisitions are included in your property tax rate.

Under the Municipal Government Act, municipalities are responsible for collecting taxes for municipal and educational purposes. Property taxes are levied based on the value of the property as determined from the property assessment process. Property taxes are not a fee for service, but a way of distributing the cost for local government services and programs fairly throughout a municipality.

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2023 Property Tax Brochure

E-Billing

The Town of Nobleford offers utility users the option to receive their tax notices immediately to their inbox through E-Notices. You may enroll in E-Notices at anytime by submitting the E-Consent Form to the Town Officer either in-person, by mail, or by emailing it to admin@nobleford.ca

Tax Installment Payment Plan (TIPP)

Monthly penalty-exempt pre-authorized property tax payment plans are available. The TIPP is a program which allows you to pay your property tax on a monthly basis instead of one payment in June.  

How does it work?

For the first six (6) months of the current year, the taxpayer shall make a monthly payment equivalent to one twelfth (1/12 ) of the estimated tax as determined by the Tax Collector. For the second six (6) months of the current year, the taxpayer shall make monthly payments equivalent to one sixth (1/6) of the balance of the tax levy for the current year, (i.e.: after the deduction of payments for the first six months). All payments are due on or before the first day of each month. You may sign up at anytime, though the most ideal time is before January, to ensure all TIPPs are processed on time. You must resign the consent form every year.

Click here for the application form.

Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program

The Government of Alberta has implemented the Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program. The voluntary program allows eligible senior homeowners to defer all or part of their residential property taxes, including the education tax portion. This is done through a low-interest home equity loan with the Government of Alberta. If you are eligible, the Province will pay your residential property taxes directly to the Town of Nobleford on your behalf. For more information on eligibility and loan details, please click the link below.

 Alberta.ca/Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program

Assessments

Property assessment is the process of assigning a dollar value to a property for taxation purposes. In Alberta property is taxed based on the ad valorem principle. Ad valorem means "according to value.” This means that the amount of tax paid is based on the value of the property.

The market value based standard is used to determine the assessed values for the majority of properties in Alberta. Market value is the price a property might reasonably be expected to sell for if sold by a willing seller to a willing buyer after appropriate time and exposure in an open market. Assessors gather information on ranges of sale prices in the marketplace. This statistical data is used as part of the process for calculating market value based assessments.

Nobleford's assessments are prepared by Benchmark Assessment Consultants Inc. 

Assessment Appeals

To ensure that property owners have a voice in the property assessment system, the Municipal Government Act has set out a complaints and appeals system for property owners who have concerns about their assessment.

Any assessed person, taxpayer, or person acting on behalf of an assessed person or taxpayer may file an assessment complaint. An agent for fee acting on behalf of a property owner or taxpayer must have written authorization to do so. If ownership of a property changes while a complaint is in progress, the new owner of the property or business then becomes the complainant involved in any proceeding before the board.

Mill Rates

Mill rates are established every year by a bylaw approved by Council. A mill rate is the rate used to calculate your annual tax levy. This is called the mill rate because the number is expressed in mills - one mill is 1/10th of a cent ($.001).

Your mill rate is the amount of taxes to be raised for every $1 of assessed value for your property. For example; with a combined residential mill rate of 5.00, a tax parcel valued at $1,000 would have a tax levy of $5.00

Bylaw 694 (2023 Tax Levy Bylaw)