CITY OF POWELL RIVER NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS 2018 PROPERTY TAX NOTICES The City of Powell River has mailed the 2018 property tax notices and reminds property owners that the due date for payment is Tuesday, July 3, 2018. If you have not received your 2018 tax notice, please contact City Hall. All unpaid 2018 taxes (including unclaimed home owner grants, deferment applications and deferment renewals) are subject to a 10% PENALTY AFTER JULY 3, 2018 WAYS TO PAY • Online banking - avoid the long lines at City Hall leading up to the property tax due date by paying online through your bank. Set up the City of Powell River Property Tax as a payee (exact wording varies between financial institutions) and enter your folio number (RBC requires 12 digits, so add 0's in front of folio number). If eligible, the home owner grant can be claimed online (see instructions below). • In person at your bank - DO NOT claim the home owner grant at your financial institution. •By Mail - City of Powell River, 6910 Duncan St, Powell River, BC, V8A 1V4. Payment MUST be received at City Hall by the due date regardless of the mailing date. •In person at City Hall (6910 Duncan St) - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding Statutory Holidays). •After hours - drop cheque with folio number in the drop box at the front entrance to City Hall (left side). Commercial water bills are also due on July 3, 2018. No online payment option is available for commercial water bills. PAYMENT METHODS Pay by cash, cheque or debit card (know your daily debit card limit). Cheques post-dated to July 3, 2018 will be accepted. Please note, we DO NOT accept credit cards for property tax payments. WAYS TO CLAIM YOUR HOME OWNER GRANT •Online - visit www.powellriver.ca/propertytaxes and click the eHOG link. You will need your folio number and access code found on your property tax notice. •In person at City Hall - please ensure to complete and sign the home owner grant application found on the bottom of your 2018 property tax notice. •After hours - drop your completed and signed home owner grant application in the drop box at the front entrance to City Hall (left side). Residential property tax deferment programs are available to home owners who are: •55 years or older, a surviving spouse, or a person with disabilities; or •Financially supporting a child under the age of 18 at any time during the calendar year. Additional information and applications for the home owner grant, residential tax deferment programs, and 2019 tax instalment prepayment plan can be found at www.powellriver.ca/propertytaxes. If you have any questions, please email financecontact@powellriver.ca, or call either 604.485.8620 or 604.485.8621.
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