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Welcome OMTRA’s New Executive Director
June 19, 2024
We are delighted to welcome Scott Kettles as the new Executive Director of the Ontario Municipal Tax & Revenue Association …
Read MoreOMTRA Supports AMCTO’s Recommendations to Update MFIPPA
March 5, 2024
Attached is a letter sent to Minister Todd McCarthy, Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery supporting AMCTO's recommendations to …
Read MoreThe Tax Practitioner’s Guide to the Municipal Tax Sale Process – Updated for 2020 – On Sale Now!!!
November 22, 2020
The Tax Practitioner's Guide to the Municipal Tax Sale Process has been revised and fully updated for 2020, with updated …
Read MoreNotice of OMTRA 53rd Annual General Meeting
August 16, 2020
NOTICE OF THE 53rd
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 2020
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of …
Read MoreOnline Training – Conversations that Connect: Covid-19 Actions and Reactions
July 10, 2020
Conversations that Connect: Covid-19 Actions and Reactions
Join us for this Zoom 1-hour webinar on July 23, 2020 at 12pm…
Read More2020 Conference Cancelled
May 3, 2020
In this unprecedented time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the OMTRA Board has decided to cancel the 2020 Conference in Windsor. …
Read MoreOMTRA UPDATE 4 – COVID 19 Resources Page
March 27, 2020
In order to make it easier to find information related to COVID-19 impacts on municipal revenues, OMTRA's website has been …
Read MoreOMTRA UPDATE 3 – ARB
March 26, 2020
Assessment Review Board - Emergency Order (O.Reg.73/20) and Board Updates
Attached is a copy of a letter received from the
Ontario’s Action Plan: Responsding to COVID-19
March 25, 2020
Today, Finance Minister Rod Phillips released Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update).
The government's …
Read MoreCOVID19 Update #1 – Things you need to know from a property tax perspective
March 25, 2020
O. Reg 73/20 - Ontario Regulation made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
On March 20, 2020 O. …
Read MoreNavigating the Appeals Process: General Proceedings – Weeks 1 – 46 of the Schedule of Events
June 13, 2019
In collaboration with MFOA, AMCTO, and MPAC, OMTRA has developed a resource to help municipalities better understand the Schedule of …
Read MoreTips and Tricks for Navigating the Assessment Appeal Process
August 14, 2018
Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Assessment Appeal Process
In an attempt to continue to educate and inform our …
Strategic Plan Update
May 8, 2018
On Thursday April 12th, members of the OMTRA Board met to review the Strategic Plan developed in 2012 and to …
Read MoreEVoice 2018-17 — ARB Rules of Practice and Procedure
May 7, 2018
General Stream – 2017 Commencement Dates
We would like to remind our members that we are approaching some critical points …
Read MoreUpdate from Ministry of Energy: Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking (EWRB)
May 7, 2018
The Ministry of Energy sent a “Reminder to Report” email for properties that are expected to report annual energy and …
Read MoreeVoice 2018-15 — Small-Scale Value-Added farms update
May 7, 2018
SMALL-SCALE VALUE-ADDED FARMS -- UPDATE
The Ministry of Finance has provided OMTRA an update on the latest developments regarding the …
Read Moree-Voice 2018-14 Ontario Passes Legislation to Improve Credit Reporting Fairness
May 4, 2018
e-Voice 2018-14
Ontario Passes Legislation to Improve Credit Reporting Fairness
Stronger Measures Will Give Consumers More Control Over Credit Information.…
Read More2018 Provincial Budget – Property Tax Related Matters
April 12, 2018
Here is link to the Budget, please refer to pages 295-299.
http://budget.ontario.ca/2018/budget2018-en.pdf
Items that OMTRA members may wish to make …
Read MoreTHE BUSINESS VACANCY REBATE AND REDUCTION PROGRAMS UPDATE – March 2018
April 4, 2018
Programs Update
As announced in the 2016 Ontario Budget, municipalities have broad flexibility to modify the business vacancy rebate and …
Read MoreBill 68, Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Legislation Act, 2017, S.O. 2017 c. 10
July 30, 2017
Below is a summary to update members of the changes to the Municipal Act, 2001. As a result of the …
Read MorePOA Costs and Fees Review Working Group Update
January 30, 2017
In response to concerns expressed by the Municipal Partners pertaining to the Ministry of Attorney General’s (MAG) recent increase of …
Read MoreValuation Methodology for Landfills for Taxation Purposes Update
July 7, 2016
The Ministry of Finance retained the services of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), with John Wilkinson leading the PwC team. Mr. Wilkinson …
Read MoreOMTRA’s Municipal Act Review Submission
November 13, 2015
OMTRA is seeking changes and clarification to the Municipal Act. Please click here to see the submission made to the …
Read MorePOA Tax Rolling Best Practices Tool Kit
May 5, 2015
Notice to all Members
RE: Roll out of the POA Tax Rolling Best Practices Toolkit
The POA …
Read MoreProperty Classification of Grain Elevators
January 6, 2015
On December 19, 2014 MPAC sent a Memo to municipalities concerning a Regulation Amendment concerning the property classification of Grain …
Read MoreMPAC Memo – Regulations on Valuation of Billboards, Non-profit Hospices Exemption and Housekeeping Amendments
August 22, 2014
On July 31, 2014 MPAC sent a Memo to Municipal Clerks, Treasurers and Tax Collectors providing information on two Regulations …
Read MoreCurrency Policies
December 12, 2012
The Association frequently undertakes surveys to gather information for our members. This survey details how some municipalities deal with US …
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