Taxes

[cottonpicken]

In weyburn to save money they are getting rid of the
junior high and making a giant k-9 to school,luckily
my daughter will have a couple hyper-aggresive big
brothers when the time comes.

"god made the idiot for practise,then he made school
boards" Mark Twain

[oneoff]

And then there are tax shift consequences

One way they arise is exactly what has happenened in this 2009 reassessment. That is the same as saying that todays property values are probably set for another similar additional increase in the next reassessment 4 years hence. Lucky we are still 4 years behind in market value for taxation purposes. For instance; a residential properties fair market value approximately doubled over the 2005-2009 period; but agricultural went up only about 70%. Without use of tax tools (another pair of words you will have to learn to understand how property taxation currently works); then seperate problems will arise in that a lot of farmers could/willreceive an additional tax bill on their principal residence.

Be sure to put that factor in your one line summary on your explanations as to how the system works.

And those 70% and 100% average Sask increases mentioned above don't mean that your specific RM won't suffer school tax increases. I refer you to a recent Weyburn area press release that warns of suprises on those specific fronts.

Just because the province talks of "revenue neutral"; remember that refers to the overall picture from the provincial government point of view.

[furrowtickler]

They did the same thing here a while ago, K-7 then 8-12. IMO, there were many good reasons for Junior High 7-9.

[Choice2U]

My home quarter is comprised of three assessed areas that make up the total assessment:
1. Arable land
2. Waste land
3. Residential

When I didn't have much land, I was taxed on the residential component just like every other acreage owner. Once I purchased more land and the assessed value of all my land totalled an amount greater than my residential assessment, I was no longer taxed on my residence. I don't think there is any "conspiracy" happening here.