Property assessment and taxation reform: The Assessment Act
In over 50 years, at no time did the government ever amend or re-write the Act in contemplation of changes in market conditions like the ones we’ve seen here in NB since 2021.
New Brunswick: political and economic topics, especially pertaining to the property tax system
Property assessment and taxation reform: Backgrounder
Fundamentally, though, there are four main areas that any new system absolutely must address for it to improve...
Malign design: Nine ways to build a broken property tax system
My old friend, former Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs, Doug Griffiths, wrote a book called 13 Ways to Kill Your Community. On Amazon, he writes, “Here is a handy manual, chock-full of proven ideas, for the up-and-coming town wrecker.”
TAXING NEW BRUNSWICK: Why I wrote this book (excerpt)
Even though New Brunswick politicians will hate it, this is a book I simply HAD to write.
NB municipalities cry foul where there is none
A piece done by Global News on March 21, 2024, entitled, “Some N.B. municipalities angered by extra property tax pamphlet, Union says” cries out for a response.