Before you file a complaint
Related Links
Is Your Property Assessment Fair and Accurate?
Guide to Property Assessment and Taxation in Alberta
Filing a Property Assessment Complaint and Preparing For Your Hearing
It is recommended that you contact an assessor to discuss any concerns you have regarding your assessment. The assessor can provide you with information on how your assessment was prepared and help you determine whether your assessment is correct and equitable in relation to similar properties. The assessor can make corrections without a complaint being filed. If there is still disagreement after discussion with the assessor, you may file a complaint with the Assessment Review Board.
Further information about property assessment
780-464-8196
assess@strathcona.ab.ca
On what basis may complaints be launched?
A complaint may be about any of the following items as shown on an assessment or tax notice:
- the description of a property or business
- the name and mailing address of an assessed person or taxpayer
- an assessment class
- an assessment sub-class
- the type of property
- the type of improvement
- school support
- whether the property is assessable
- whether the property is exempt from taxation
The complaint may relate to any assessed property.
Complaints may not be made about any tax rate. Further, the Assessment Review Board has no jurisdiction to deal with a complaint about linear property.
Who can make a complaint?
Only an "assessed person" may make a complaint to the Assessment Review Board. An agent or representative may file a complaint with a letter of authorization from the property owner.
Last updated: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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