埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 2684|回复: 17

[爱城新闻] 市长要增加财产税(SUN)

[复制链接]
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-9 22:25 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
Mayor warns of 'scary' tax hike4 A* _7 {) _: C. {# f" O/ I9 I# s) ~

' N- q/ V. R" E/ G% MThink your property taxes are high now? You ain't seen nothing yet. 3 i+ C+ W; X& S9 ?: _2 R) Z. S

& R8 v' O  G) f& T+ s, V3 mEdmontonians could face a "scary" tax hike of up to 10% next year, Mayor Stephen Mandel said. That would be the highest property tax increase since the 1980s. - w; \7 j" f( }, _6 k
, X  a) l5 ~/ m" E- u( ]
Mandel tossed out the figure yesterday following a presentation by administration that outlined the intense economic pressures the city is facing as a result of Alberta's economic boom. / N+ v- t; z+ I/ `( I. F5 F
) J$ I0 h# d+ O, T
"Looking at this we're talking an 8-10% tax increase," Mandel said in council chambers.
$ v! b. t4 R8 N+ O8 ~9 |3 G- f0 ]( {+ O/ r8 L# E
City manager Al Maurer confirmed that Mandel's prediction was on the money, based on initial cost estimates
* c, L6 Y  N  N' H4 t"Given the amount of it, it's going to be scary," the mayor said. - j- x7 p) W5 x! l, j1 P# J

  W' k& L- i' X) ?# A+ e0 P" gA hike in that range could cost the average homeowner up to $200 a year.
  I/ E2 b/ t& d
4 y, t* g1 }& t! G"There's no question costs are going up," said Coun. Michael Phair, who conceded the tax hike "may very well" be in the range predicted by Mandel. 7 m3 ^2 L/ u( Q

% U% C6 |9 M0 |0 ?$ P3 z5 c+ dCoun. Ron Hayter said it's still very early in the process, and he cautioned against getting overly anxious at this point. 2 c+ W; c( c6 \9 |# V( w6 X

1 }4 i+ I* Z' e4 ^$ R) r! B% S  CThe draft budget does not come out until November.
1 o: z/ {  Q* m7 |5 U4 X5 a1 o# r! q' i
"I'm not looking for a major increase next year, at least not too much more than we've already approved for this year," Hayter said. & e# X8 k7 [5 R( J/ u1 t" H

- v  J- t7 M$ x& E4 R! o"It won't be as bad as some people are making it out." , E; C- |. n# E& X: t

3 }. o3 j6 f' a' l6 T4 r8 }. @Maurer said income from investments and various financial strategies could offset a large hike.
# i# H0 V- j! j7 D) s8 [; ?. _4 D  `* @9 f0 n+ Y* q" R5 K
However, he said there aren't really any city programs that could be cut in order to save a few bucks. " _0 n' |' V- A; T: L8 L7 ?

2 s; N6 o2 C# h"We've certainly got more demands," Maurer said, noting council still has to find money to fund an improved snow-clearing program. : ]( f" p5 w2 u
3 F; R$ {2 x- b) V8 Y1 y
Scott Hennig, with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said there's no excuse for a double-digit tax increase.
$ C! m* Z0 J: W0 J. ~) V
  j, w& M  [% h- s. N/ xHe said hikes should be limited to inflation, which is pegged at 5% both this year and next, according to the city. % w. W/ [* Z  |( p: J1 i7 r& r3 P

8 R" r9 P- m! M- j; `% J; i"They're going to hear from a lot of angry taxpayers if they're looking at 10%," Hennig said.
: t! \' N% b: d% Q' v4 f  o7 Q; x" z' z; h3 w. ?( p/ T% T
"I don't know what some of these members of council are going to be able to say to some pensioner who got a 2% hike in their pension."
; Q3 f  Y1 ~6 m/ U& ?4 ?% P- M: _" X9 @7 n8 Y
The average property tax bill in Edmonton will go up 4.95% this year, the city has said. 1 Q5 [: s$ n1 \8 _

. U8 u; B4 m$ [1 D0 `- JThe tax on homes will go up higher than average - about 7%. The figures include both municipal tax and the provincial education tax, which the city collects.
: J& H- u; V' s6 b+ G
  \1 G" v4 m5 p5 x- J4 Q  D. F1 d8 [9 CTax bills will be mailed May 25 and payments are due June 30.
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-9 23:35 | 显示全部楼层
政府趁火打劫!8 y1 w9 M+ v+ {( m7 W
一头调高地价,一头增加税率,真是太过分了!
3 v3 _% Z8 {7 z/ k* @7 h更可恨的是,收了这么多税,市政建设却一塌糊涂,公车的班次不增加,道路上又都是大大小小的坑,太不要脸了!
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 03:19 | 显示全部楼层
没财产是不是就不用交税了 ?
鲜花(6) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 07:14 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
Sad
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 09:48 | 显示全部楼层
10% is not a big deal. But there are holes all over Edmonton, I don't know where the money goes.
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 11:37 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 xdd 于 2007-5-10 10:48 发表 3 d2 t4 `3 Z* D: w
10% is not a big deal. But there are holes all over Edmonton, I don't know where the money goes.

; G/ Q- g- k: V7 _+ \1 y* c( L
鲜花(2) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 14:31 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
原帖由 sujie_alex 于 2007-5-10 00:35 发表
7 v, q9 `9 D- z" V% n政府趁火打劫!) n2 Z6 L. l, W& e, m
一头调高地价,一头增加税率,真是太过分了!0 S9 {. ^6 e8 x) E+ Q9 A
更可恨的是,收了这么多税,市政建设却一塌糊涂,公车的班次不增加,道路上又都是大大小小的坑,太不要脸了!
) l+ I) M4 E5 A- j* |

9 a4 O' k: w3 N% t8 xThis is the worst Mayor I've seen in Canada.
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 15:04 | 显示全部楼层

回复 #3 Zee 的帖子

Your landlord needs to collect it from you to cover his loss.  Eventually, pay by you my friend.  Also consider the increase in ETS bus pass.  I guess we should fire the Mayor and his council.  Do not vote for any of these people again.  Too Greedy and do nothing to the City.
鲜花(3) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 16:06 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
鲜花(27) 鸡蛋(1)
发表于 2007-5-10 17:15 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 19:12 | 显示全部楼层
鲜花(1) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-10 19:18 | 显示全部楼层

kick the mayor out

原帖由 火与星 于 2007-5-10 20:12 发表
, l( ]3 O8 ?* B7 Z" X2 f; G0 C5 b" D
) C$ N4 k6 R: e7 o7 r. H) W
So BAd mayor. Put him down
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-11 00:18 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
Stephen Mandel ----Son of B*i*t*c*hes!!!
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-11 04:32 | 显示全部楼层

支持政府早日出台这个政策

老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
现在爱城的放假飞升,也导致房租高涨,看看下面这个帖子:
3 k0 U$ ^3 E/ d0 r; I; G- ~http://www.edmontonchina.com/vie ... &extra=page%3D1( S" y& E9 h9 Y6 f* v  d5 a0 Y

/ e+ G( d1 W4 O: ~) G房价涨的这么快,很大的因素就是有人在炒房,还有很多盲目的购房者。出台这样的措施,可以有效的控制房价。财力不够的,就不要拼命卖房,这样只会帮着房产商太高房价。
鲜花(1) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-11 11:37 | 显示全部楼层
"we should fire the Mayor and his council.  Do not vote for any of these people again.  Too Greedy and do nothing to the City"5 c+ Z6 r- d: S  |+ `* K
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-11 11:51 | 显示全部楼层
据说这个SOB的mayor自己有几千套 mobile home, 他可是房地产疯长的最大收益者!!
鲜花(1) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-11 15:27 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
Edmonton的市长, Alberta的省长. 我一个都不喜欢, 怀念以前的.
鲜花(1) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-5-11 21:37 | 显示全部楼层

Can we go strike for the increase of Property tax?

Go to City hall and Strike ask for fireing mayor
您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-6-29 08:59 , Processed in 0.244118 second(s), 40 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表