PROPERTY TAXES & ASSESSMENT
TOWN OF REGINA BEACH ASSESSMENT ROLL
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Town of Regina Beach for 2022 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days:
Monday to Friday
March 28 to April 27, 2022
A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.
Any person wishing to discuss the notice of assessment or potential appeal may contact the assessor at the Town of Regina Beach, Box 10, Regina Beach, Saskatchewan, S0G 4C0. A notice of appeal, accompanied by a $50.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful, must be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Revision, Box 10, Regina Beach, Saskatchewan, S0G 4C0, by the 27th day of April, 2022.
BYLAW NO. 3/93 A BYLAW TO DISPENSE WITH THE MAILING OF ASSESSMENT
TOWN OF REGINA BEACH 2023
ASSESSMENT ROLL
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Town of Regina Beach for 2023 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday or www.reginabeach.ca
April 10, 2023 to May 10, 2023.
A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.
Any person wishing to discuss the notice of assessment or potential appeal may contact the Assessor
at the Town of Regina Beach, Box 10, Regina Beach, Saskatchewan, S0G 4C0.
A notice of appeal must be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Revision,
Box 658, Southey, SK S0G 4P0.
An appeal fee of $50.00 which will be returned if the appeal is successful, made payable to
Town of Regina Beach, Box 10, Regina Beach, Saskatchewan, S0G 4C0,
must be received by the 10th day of May, 2023.
Dated this 10th day of April 2023
Victoria MacDonald, Assessor
2023 Assessment Notice Listing
PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION
Municipalities raise most of their revenue through property taxes. Your council is elected to make decisions that they consider appropriate and in the best interests of the municipality. These decisions may be based, in part, on your expectations as well as those of other citizens, and in part, on the judgment of the member.
Your Property Tax Notice is a statement identifying how much your property tax is for the current tax year, including details of the taxing authorities that receive a portion of your tax dollars. The Town levies property taxes each year. Your annual property tax notice will include municipal taxes, as well as taxes imposed by other taxing authorities like school divisions or library boards.
The taxation year is the same as the calendar year, January 1 - December 31, with property taxes due December 31. You will receive a five (5) per cent discount on the municipal portion of taxes if you pay by July 31st. Tax notices are sent to property owners at the end of May/beginning of June.
If your current year’s taxes remain unpaid after December 31 they are considered to be in arrears. Arrears are subject to a penalty at a compound rate of 1.25% per month, added on the first day of each month until paid. Penalties added to arrears are considered part of the tax arrears.
RECEIVING YOUR MUNICIPAL BILLS
The Tax Enforcement Act and The Tax Enforcement Regulations provide the direction for enforcing the collection of property taxes. A guide for residents is also available, Municipal Property Tax Enforcement A Citizen's Guide. The Town of Regina Beach has engaged a firm for the management of tax enforcement, TAXervice.
TAX RATES
After the Province, other taxing authorities and the Town of Regina Beach determine their annual budgets, the Town uses the mill rates (also known as tax rates) and council-approved tax policies to calculate your property tax. 
Mill Rate: After annual budgets are approved by the School Board and Town, a mill rate is calculated and applied to all properties.
Mill Rate Factor: A mill rate factor is a tax policy tool used to redistribute the amount of total taxes paid by each property class.
Base Tax: A base tax is a flat fee added to the municipal portion of each tax bill, regardless of the property's assessment. The base tax fee relates to the essential services that property receives.
ASSESSMENTS
The Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) is an agency that operates independently from government. It manages the province's property assessment system.
SAMA is responsible for providing municipalities in Saskatchewan with the assessed values of land improvements (buildings) in order for the municipality to calculate property taxes.
Assessment is the process of valuing all properties in an area using mass appraisal techniques. Property assessment is not the same as property tax. Local governments use property assessments to calculate property taxes.
Property assessments link the value of a property to market conditions. Since property values change over time, all assessments are calculated according to a 'base date' to ensure fairness. This base date must move forward to reflect changes in the market.
Provincial legislation requires that all property values throughout Saskatchewan be revalued every four years. This is because property values change over time due to changing market conditions. This ensures that property values are relatively up to date.
Taxable Assessment: This is the assessment value used as the base to calculate your property tax. It is determined by multiplying the total assessment by the percentage of value applicable to the class of property that belongs to you. Your total property assessment value is determined by the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA). The Province determines what percentage of value is applicable to each property class. The Town of Regina Beach uses the information provided by these agencies in applying the property tax calculation depicted above.
How are Revaluations different from maintenance or re-inspections?
Revaluations update the market value of a property to a new base date, they are not a physical reinspection of a property. As opposed to maintenance or re-inspections, which often seek to update physical changes to a property, revaluations are centred on updating the value of a property to the new market base date.
For the 2021 revaluation, the base date used for assessment values is January 1, 2019. This ensures assessed values are more current, as property values change over time.
One of the key considerations in a revaluation is the province-wide property classes and percentages of value that are applied to assessed values in order to calculate taxable assessments.
ABOUT YOUR ASSESSMENT
If you do not understand your assessment notice, you should start by asking your municipality's administrator.
The assessment provider determines the assessed values of all of the properties in the municipality. Your municipality can also provide contact information for the assessment services provider who appraised your property:
- SAMA also provides assessment services to most cities, towns, villages and rural municipalities in the province.
- Some larger municipalities, such as the cities of Saskatoon, Regina and Swift Current, provide their own assessment services.
- Still others contract assessment appraisal services from private assessment service providers.
You may also wish to ask for a copy of the field sheet for your property. The field sheet will provide specific details about your property used to calculate your assessment like:
- size of buildings;
- condition of buildings; and
- size of lot.
APPEALS
Any person with an interested in the assessed value or classification of a property can appeal the property assessment. (See the Assessment Appeals Guide In Saskatchewan For Citizens.)
You can appeal if you believe there has been an error in:
- the assessed value;
- the classification;
- the contents of the assessment roll; and
- the assessment notice.
You cannot appeal the level of taxes owing to a municipality to the board of revision. Tax policy is a decision made by your Council. Concerns about taxation should be addressed to your municipal Council. The board of revision hears assessment appeals only.
You may wish to meet with the municipality or the assessment appraiser to discuss the appeal prior to completing the notice of appeal form. The meeting may create understanding between the parties on facts or issues surrounding your appeal.
It is your responsibility to make a case to the board of revision when you prepare a notice of appeal form. It may be as simple as proving that dimensions in the current assessment are wrong or that a property classification is not correct. The case may be as complex as proving that the value of a property is not fairly assessed compared to another property that is similar.
Please find some helpful information sheets below, supplied by SAMA.
How Property Assessment Works in Saskatchewan
Understanding Assessment - INFO Sheet
Residential Property - INFO Sheet
Commercial Property - INFO Sheet
SAMAView
SAMAView is a website application that allows the general public access to individual property assessment for all SAMA client jurisdictions.
For general information about assessments, contact:
Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency
200 – 2201 – 11th Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 0J8
Phone: (306) 924-8000
Email:
Website: www.sama.sk.ca
