Ville de Montréal - Gestion financière

Municipal property taxes accounts are sent in late January. If the amount due is at least $300, the tax bill may be paid in two equal instalments.

The due dates are:

March 1^st, 2012
June 1^st, 2012

Payments received after those dates carry added interest charges (0.8333 %) and a penalty (0.41%) calculated daily.

You may receive additionnal bills. They result from ajustments to your property value due to renovations, for example, or any other activity that affects your property value. A specific due date applies to each such invoice.

We send various notices if you don't pay a bill on time. These notices are sent according to a schedule such as the one that follows.

	The steps involved in the billing and collection process

No	Step	Mailing period	Deadline
1	Bill	January 2012 (massive billing)	1^st instalment: March 1^st, 2012. If the bill is $300 or more 2^nd instalment: June 1^st, 2012
1	Bill	Mailing of tax bills during the year (successive billing), if necessary. This may involve billing that results from new accounts (ex.: new buildings) or changes to accounts (ex.: renovation).	30 days after the mailing date
2	Deadline reminder (bills of $300 or more)	Mailing of tax bills at the beginning of the year (massive billing): in May, approximately 15 days before the second instalment date.	June 1^st, 2012
2	Deadline reminder (bills of $300 or more)	Mailing of tax bills during the year (successive billing): approximately 15 days before the 2^nd instalment date.	90 days after the 1^st instalment date
Steps if there is an unpaid balance
No	Steps	Production period	Date used to calculate interest and penalty
3	Reminder Notice	July 2012 30 days after the last deadline	Approximately 15 days after the mailing date
4	Tax Arrears	January 2013	Approximately 30 days after the mailing date
5	Tax Sale Notice (Notice of sale for unpaid taxes)(fees of $45)	March 2013	Approximately 30 days after the mailing date
Starting July 1^st, 2013, payments in cash, by certified cheque or money order are accepted.
6	Tax sale - Last warning (Last notice)	August 2013	Approximately 30 days after the mailing date
No	Steps	Date
7	Publication (fees equivalent to 5% of the capital balance, up to $2,000)	September 2013
7	Additional publication (fees equivalent to 5% of the capital balance, up to $2,000)	One month before the date of sale, at the latest
8	Sale by the Montréal city clerk	November 2013

For more information, please:

Call your borough office;
Call the 311 (island of Montréal) or 514 872-0311 (outside Montréal);
Send us an e-mail.

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