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m ent is not correct, the y have the option of filing a Request for Reconsideration and MPAC will review their assess m ent free of charge. Hours will be e x tended at each of MPAC’s 33 local offices across the province during the Notice m ailing period this fall. Prop- ert y owners can also call MPAC’s Custo m er Contact Centre toll free at 1-866-296-MPAC (6722). Anglo entrepreneurs, voice y our opinion newsroom@eap.on.ca LACHUTE | The Fonds d’Emprunt des Laurentides, in partnership with CE- DEC’s Small Business Support Network, will be hosting a focus group of English- speaking entrepreneurs and business owners in the Laurentians. The focus group will be held Wednes- da y Nove m ber 7 fro m 3:30 p. m . to 6 p. m . at Laurentian Regional High School, 448 ave Argenteuil, Lachute. For m ore infor m ation, contact Karen Di x on, business start-up consultant at the Fonds d’E m prunt des Laurentides at 450-562-3553 or 1-888-782-3553 or at fonds@felaurentides.org. The goal of the m eeting is to deter- m ine what kind of services the y need and whether the y are aware of e x isting services. The Fonds d’E m prunt des Laurentides helps m en and wo m en with their busi- ness start-up b y offering training, m icro loans and other support based on their needs.
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and school board requisitions to deter m ine the final propert y ta x invoices. Residential propert y values have in- creased b y an average of appro x i m atel y 18 per cent across Ontario since 2008 when the last assess m ent update was delivered. Because of the four- y ear phase-in progra m , propert y owners will see an average assess- m ent increase of 4.5 per cent each y ear for the ne x t four y ears. “Our values reflect local real estate m ar- kets and confir m that m ost ho m eowners in the province have seen the value of their ho m es increase over the last four y ears,” said Larr y Hu mm el, MPAC’s Chief Assessor. MPAC’s MarketSnapshot - Assessment Up- date Edition provides a m ore detailed anal y - sis of the changes in values that have taken place across the province. The report is available on MPAC’s website at www. m pac. ca. An increase in assess m ent does not necessaril y m ean an increase in propert y ta x es. If the assessed value of a ho m e has increased b y the sa m e percentage as the average in the m unicipalit y , there m ight be no increase in the propert y ta x es paid b y a propert y ta x pa y er. MPAC will m ail Propert y Assess m ent No- tices to Ontario’s nearl y five m illion propert y owners between now and Nove m ber. Lo- cal assess m ent changes will be announced prior to the m ailing of notices in each m u- nicipalit y over the ne x t two m onths. “Our role is to accuratel y assess ever y propert y in Ontario. Propert y owners
L’ORIGNAL | Prescott-Russell property owners will get a tax break from the unit- ed counties next year after council de- cided Wednesday to freeze the regional government’s 2013 tax rate. A tin y hike of 0.3 per cent was proposed in the esti m ates presented b y chief ad- m inistrative officer Stéphane Parisien. That would have upped the count y ta x es on a $100,000 ho m e fro m $491 to $498. Howev- er, m e m bers voted to ai m for a zero per cent increase in the ta x rate, which is e x pected to be finalized in March or April. Parisien assured m e m bers he would m eet that goal b y tri mm ing $108,000 fro m the list of projected e x penses. The reworked budget is set to be ratified Nove m ber 27. But a rate freeze will not necessaril y trans- late into lower ta x bills for ratepa y ers since m an y are facing propert y evaluation in- creases ne x t y ear. Ontario ho m eowners will see the as- sessed value of their propert y increase b y an average of 4.5 per cent in 2013, accord- ing to the Municipal Propert y Assess m ent Corporation. The draft budget presented Wednes- da y calls for an increase in spending fro m $80,517,300 to $81,789,650. “This is a business as usual budget,” said Parisien, stressing the previsions contain no m ajor new e x penses and follow the coun- ties’ five- y ear plan. The count y lev y is added to the m unicipal
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should ask the m selves if the y could have sold their propert y for its assessed value on Januar y 1, 2012. If the answer is y es, then their assess m ent is accurate. If not, we are co mm itted to working with the m to get it right,” Hu mm el said. Propert y owners can check the accura- c y of their assess m ent at www.about my - propert y .ca. This website allows owners to easil y co m pare the value of their prop- ert y to others in their neighbourhood and co mm unit y . Registration infor m a- tion is included with ever y notice m ailed this fall. If propert y owners believe their assess-
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