Item - 2019.EX4.6

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on April 16 and 17, 2019 with amendments.
  • This item was considered by Executive Committee on April 9, 2019. It is being forwarded to City Council without recommendations. It will be considered by City Council on April 16 and 17, 2019.
  • See also By-law 591-2019

EX4.6 - 2019 Education Property Tax Levy and Clawback Rate By-law

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on April 16 and 17, 2019, adopted the following:

 

1.  City Council adopt the 2019 tax rates for school purposes, as shown in column II, which will raise an education tax levy on rateable properties for 2019 of $2,242,074,103, in accordance with O.Reg. 400/98 as amended, prescribing such rates for the City of Toronto:

 

Column I

Column II

Property Class

2019 Tax Rates for Education Levy

Residential

0.161000%

Multi-Residential

0.161000%

New Multi-Residential

0.161000%

Commercial  

1.030000%

Commercial (New Construction)

1.030000%

Commercial Residual

1.030000%

Commercial Residual l (New Construction)

1.030000%

Industrial

1.110878%

Industrial (New Construction)

1.030000%

Pipelines

1.290000%

Farmlands

0.040250%

Managed Forests

0.040250%

2.  City Council adopt reductions in tax decreases for the 2019 taxation year on properties in the commercial, industrial and multi-residential property classes by the percentage of the tax decrease set out in Column II in order to recover the revenues foregone as a result of capping: 

Column I

Column II

Column III

(Property Class)

(Clawback

Percentage)

(Allowable

Decrease)

Commercial

65.068190%

34.931810%

Industrial

50.130410%

49.869590%

Multi-residential

39.891946%

60.108054%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. City Council authorize the introduction of the necessary Bills in Council to give effect to City Council's decision.

Background Information (Committee)

(March 26, 2019) Report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on 2019 Education Property Tax Levy and Clawback Rate By-law - Notice of Pending Report
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-131244.pdf

Background Information (City Council)

(April 15, 2019) Supplementary report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on 2019 Education Property Tax Levy and Clawback Rate By-Law (EX4.6a)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-132100.pdf

Motions (City Council)

1 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Gary Crawford (Carried)

That City Council adopt the following recommendations in the supplementary report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer [EX4.6a]:

 

1.  City Council adopt the 2019 tax rates for school purposes, as shown in column II, which will raise an education tax levy on rateable properties for 2019 of $2,242,074,103, in accordance with O.Reg. 400/98 as amended, prescribing such rates for the City of Toronto:

 

Column I

Column II

Property Class

2019 Tax Rates for Education Levy

Residential

0.161000%

Multi-Residential

0.161000%

New Multi-Residential

0.161000%

Commercial  

1.030000%

Commercial (New Construction)

1.030000%

Commercial Residual

1.030000%

Commercial Residual l (New Construction)

1.030000%

Industrial

1.110878%

Industrial (New Construction)

1.030000%

Pipelines

1.290000%

Farmlands

0.040250%

Managed Forests

0.040250%

2.  City Council adopt reductions in tax decreases for the 2019 taxation year on properties in the commercial, industrial and multi-residential property classes by the percentage of the tax decrease set out in Column II in order to recover the revenues foregone as a result of capping: 

Column I

Column II

Column III

(Property Class)

(Clawback

Percentage)

(Allowable

Decrease)

Commercial

65.068190%

34.931810%

Industrial

50.130410%

49.869590%

Multi-residential

39.891946%

60.108054%

3. City Council authorize the introduction of the necessary Bills in Council to give effect to Council's decision.

EX4.6 - 2019 Education Property Tax Levy and Clawback Rate By-law

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Without Recs
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Executive Committee forwards the item to City Council without recommendations.

Decision Advice and Other Information

The Executive Committee requested the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to report directly to City Council at its meeting on April 16 and 17, 2019 on this matter.

Origin

(March 26, 2019) Report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Summary

This is to advise that the report "2019 Education Property Tax Levy and Clawback Rate By-law" will be on the agenda of the Executive Committee meeting on April 9, 2019. The report is predicated on the Ministry of Finance making the Regulation, prescribing the tax rates for school purposes for the 2019 taxation year.

Background Information

(March 26, 2019) Report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on 2019 Education Property Tax Levy and Clawback Rate By-law - Notice of Pending Report
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-131244.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to forward item Without Recommendations moved by Mayor John Tory (Carried)

That Executive Committee:

 

1. forward the item to City Council without recommendation; and

 

2. request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to report directly to City Council at its meeting on April 16 and 17, 2019 on this matter.

Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council