A borough council may, by virtue of powers vested in it by the
Charter of the Ville de Montréal, levy a property tax or require
compensation for taxable properties situated in its borough, in view of
increasing the levels of service offered.
Taxes concerning
services
Seven borough councils have
decided to levy taxes concerning services in 2010. These boroughs are
: Anjou, LaSalle, Lachine, Montréal-Nord,
Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Saint-Léonard and Verdun .
Tax concerning capital expenditures
Prior to 2005, all capital works expenditures were paid by the
full set of Montréal taxpayers. Since 2005, the borough councils have had the
power to adopt borrowing by-laws for expenditures identified in their respective
three-year capital works programs that fall under local authority. This power is
defined in the Charter of the Ville de Montréal. The owners of taxable
properties situated in such boroughs are responsible for repaying the loans.
In
2010, a borough investment tax will be levied for the fourth year, pursuant
to borrowing by-laws previously adopted by the various borough councils and
investment expenditures that have been made pursuant to these by-laws. In 2010,
these taxes should generate $47.8 million in revenues to repay loans
relating to capital expenditures made from 2005 to 2008.
This new system will not result in any overall tax increase. The expenditures
needed to repay these loans will not be financed by all Montréal taxpayers
through the general property tax. Rather, they will be redistributed to the
boroughs and will correspond to their respective spending levels.
For more information, please:
- Call your borough office;
- Call : 311 (island of Montréal) or 514 872-0311 (outside Montréal);
- Send us an e-mail.
The details contained here are for information only and have no
legal value. The acts and by-laws posted on this site are for administrative
purposes only, and although efforts are made to update them, they may not be the
latest versions. Please check the sources before using the texts
officially.
