Taxes and Fees

Please see below the tax rates for the Town of George’s Brook-Milton 2025

2025 Tax Structure

In compliance with the provisions of the Municipalities Act, Chapter M-24, S.N. 1999, Province of Newfoundland & Labrador, the following rates of taxes and fees are applicable for the 2025 Taxation Year:

Water Tax:

• Residential: $400.00 per annum

• Business/Commercial: $400.00 per annum

Poll Tax:

• $126.00 per eligible individual per annum

Waste Collection Fee:

• $225.00 per household/residence per annum

Business Rates:

• All Classes with a fixed place of business except Class 7: 0.40 of one percent of gross revenue per annum (minimum $400.00)

• Class 7: Utility & Telecoms: 2.5 percent of gross revenue

Curb Stop Turn on/off Fee:

• $20.00 (in work hours), $40.00 (out of work hours)

Discounts:

• A discount of 5 percent is offered on 2025 RESIDENTIAL taxes and fees paid in full by midnight of JANUARY 31, 2025, provided there are no other outstanding taxes and fees due on the account.

Taxes Due Date:

• All Business and Residential taxes and Waste Collection Fees are due by MARCH 31st, UNLESS paying by three equal installments when the installments will be due by FEBRUARY 28th, APRIL 30th and JUNE 30th 2025 respectively.  Any taxes still due after March 31st or after the installment deadline will be considered overdue.

• Interest may be charged on all overdue sums at 2%, compounded monthly.

• NSF (Non-Sufficient Funds): $25.00 will be charged for all payments returned (e.g., for reasons of insufficient funds, ‘stopped payments’, closed accounts, etc.).

POLL TAX

What is a poll tax?

A Poll tax is an individual tax based principally on income.

To be paid by a person who

·        Is 18 years of age or older and who is ordinarily resident

·        Is 18 years of age or older and who is employed in the municipality for not fewer than 90 days

·        Is not ordinarily resident in the municipality but owns real property in the municipality

·        Does not ordinarily reside in a municipality for the full current financial year is entitled to a rebate of the poll tax that the person has paid for the full year, the rebate to be in proportion to the duration of time that person is not resident

Exemption from poll tax

·        A person who is liable to pay the real property tax in the municipality

·        Upon application to a council, a person whose income from all sources for the taxation year under the Income Tax Act (Canada) immediately before the date on which a poll tax is due is less than the basic personal exemption provided for under that Act, or a greater amount which the council may determine

·        Pension income received under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) and pensions and allowances that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may prescribe by regulation shall not be considered to be income

·        An application for an exemption shall be made before July 1 in a financial year in order for that exemption to be applicable to that financial year