TAX MATTERS - TRANSITION RATIOS AND AVERAGE TRANSITION RATIOS

Municipal Act, 2001
Loi de 2001 sur les municipalités

ontario REGULATION 385/98

formerly under Municipal Act

TAX MATTERS — TRANSITION RATIOS AND AVERAGE TRANSITION RATIOS

Historical version for the period April 26, 2012 to December 19, 2012.

Last amendment:  O. Reg. 62/12.

This Regulation is made in English only.

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CONTENTS

 

 

Sections

 

Definitions

0.1-1.-8

 

Transition Ratios

9

 

New Multi-Residential Property Class

10

 

Property Classes New to Municipality

11

 

Average Transition Ratios

12

 

Special Rules

13

Definitions

0.1 In this Regulation,

“commercial classes” has the meaning set out in subsection 308 (1) of the Act;

“industrial classes” has the meaning set out in subsection 308 (1) of the Act;

“optional property class” has the meaning set out in subsection 308 (1) of the Act;

“previous year” means the taxation year immediately preceding the qualifying taxation year;

“qualifying taxation year” means the 2012 taxation year;

“specified residential class” means the residential, farm, managed forest or new multi-residential property class;

“unadjusted tax ratio” means, in respect of a property class for the qualifying taxation year,

(a) the tax ratio for the property class for the previous year, or

(b) if section 8 of Ontario Regulation 73/03 (Tax Matters — Special Tax Rates and Limits, 2003 and Later Years) made under the Act applied to the property class in the previous year,

(i) the tax ratio for the property class for the qualifying taxation year that is determined under subsection 7 (1) of that regulation if the property in the class is in a single-tier municipality, or

(ii) if the property in the class is in an upper-tier municipality, the tax ratio for the property class for the qualifying taxation year that would be determined under subsection 7 (1) of that regulation if that subsection were to apply to the upper-tier municipality and if subsections 7 (2) and (3) of that regulation were not to apply.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 1; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 1; O. Reg. 339/11, s. 1; O. Reg. 62/12, s. 1.

1.-8. Revoked:  O. Reg. 56/10, s. 2.

Transition Ratios

9. (1) This section applies for the qualifying taxation year to a municipality if, in comparison to the previous year, the percentage of total tax revenue for the qualifying taxation year derived from tax on property in a class other than a specified residential class would be lower in the qualifying taxation year if the unadjusted tax ratio for the qualifying taxation year was applied.  O. Reg. 56/10, s. 4 (1).

(2) If this section applies to a municipality, the municipality may establish a tax ratio for the qualifying taxation year for the property class referred to in subsection (1) that is greater than the unadjusted tax ratio for the class but not greater than the transition ratio determined for the class under this section.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 4 (2).

(3) If a municipality establishes a tax ratio for a property class under subsection (2), the transition ratios determined under this section apply to the municipality for the qualifying taxation year except for the purposes of,

(a) the specified residential classes; and

(b) an optional property class if the qualifying taxation year is the first year in which the optional property class applies in the municipality.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 4 (3, 4).

(4) The following rules apply for the purposes of this section:

1. The total assessment of the properties in a property class for the previous year includes all assessments made for the purposes of taxation for the previous year that are made after the return of the roll for the previous year.

2. In determining the total assessment of the properties in a property class for the qualifying taxation year, a municipality may elect to exclude the assessment of a property in the property class if,

i. the current value of the property has,

A. increased since 2008 by 100 per cent or such greater percentage as the municipality elects, or

B. decreased since 2008 by 25 per cent or such greater percentage as the municipality elects, and

ii. the municipality also excludes the assessment of the property in determining the total assessment of the properties in the property class for the previous year.

3. An optional property class is considered to be a separate property class for the purposes of subsection (5).  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 4 (5-7).

(5) Subject to sections 10 and 11, the transition ratio for a property class for the purposes of subsection 308 (10) of the Act is determined as follows:

1. Multiply the unadjusted tax ratio for the property class for the qualifying taxation year by the amount of the total assessment of the properties in that property class for the year.

2. Multiply the unadjusted tax ratio for the property class for the qualifying taxation year by the amount of the total assessment of the properties in that property class for the previous year.

3. Determine the weighted reassessment change for the specified residential classes by dividing “A” by “B” where,

“A” is the sum of all amounts each of which is an amount determined under paragraph 1 for a property class included in the specified residential classes, and

“B” is the sum of all amounts each of which is an amount determined under paragraph 2 for a property class included in the specified residential classes.

4. Determine the weighted reassessment change for the commercial classes by dividing “C” by “D” where,

“C” is the sum of all amounts each of which is an amount determined under paragraph 1 for a property class included in the commercial classes, and

“D” is the sum of all amounts each of which is an amount determined under paragraph 2 for a property class included in the commercial classes.

5. Determine the weighted reassessment change for the industrial classes by dividing “E” by “F” where,

“E” is the sum of all amounts each of which is an amount determined under paragraph 1 for a property class included in the industrial classes, and

“F” is the sum of all amounts each of which is an amount determined under paragraph 2 for a property class included in the industrial classes.

6. For each property class that is not included in the specified residential classes, the commercial classes or the industrial classes, determine the weighted reassessment change for the property class by dividing the amount determined under paragraph 1 for the property class by the amount determined under paragraph 2 for the property class.

7. Determine the adjustment factor for each property class by dividing “G” by “H” where,

“G” is,

(a) the weighted reassessment change for the commercial classes as determined under paragraph 4 if the property class is included in the commercial classes,

(b) the weighted reassessment change for the industrial classes as determined under paragraph 5 if the property class is included in the industrial classes, or

(c) the weighted reassessment change for the property class as determined under paragraph 6 if the property class is not included in the specified residential classes, the commercial classes or the industrial classes, and

“H” is the weighted reassessment change for the specified residential classes as determined under paragraph 3.

8. Determine the transition ratio for the property class for the qualifying taxation year by dividing the unadjusted tax ratio for the property class for the year by the adjustment factor for the property class determined under paragraph 7.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 4 (8-10).

New Multi-Residential Property Class

10. For the qualifying taxation year, the transition ratio for the new multi-residential property class in a municipality is equal to the tax ratio for that class in the municipality for the previous year.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 5.

Property Classes New to Municipality

11. The following rules apply for the purposes of subsection 308 (10) of the Act in determining the transition ratio for a property class in a municipality for the qualifying taxation year:

1. Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the transition ratio for a year for a property class other than an optional property class is the upper limit of the allowable range of tax ratios prescribed for the property class if no property was classified in the property class in the previous year.

2. If no property was classified in the commercial property classes in the previous year and property was classified in the industrial property classes in the previous year,

i. the municipality may elect to have the average transition ratio for the industrial classes prescribed in paragraph 2 of subsection 12 (1) apply to both the commercial classes and the industrial classes, or

ii. if paragraph 2 of subsection 12 (1) does not apply in the municipality, the municipality may elect to have the transition ratio for the industrial classes apply for the qualifying taxation year to both the commercial classes and the industrial classes.

3. If no property was classified in the industrial classes in the previous year and property was classified in the commercial property classes in the previous year,

i. the municipality may elect to have the average transition ratio for the commercial classes prescribed in paragraph 1 of subsection 12 (1) apply to both the commercial classes and the industrial classes, or

ii. if paragraph 1 of subsection 12 (1) does not apply in the municipality, the municipality may elect to have the transition ratio for the commercial classes apply to both the commercial classes and the industrial classes.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 6.

Average Transition Ratios

12. (1) The following rules apply for the purposes of subsection 308 (10) of the Act for the qualifying taxation year:

1. The prescribed average transition ratio for the commercial classes is the weighted average of the qualifying taxation year’s transition ratios for the property classes within the commercial classes.

2. The prescribed average transition ratio for the industrial classes is the weighted average of the qualifying taxation year’s transition ratios for the property classes within the industrial classes.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 7 (1-3).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the weighted average of the qualifying taxation year’s transition ratios is calculated using the formula in subsection 308 (14) of the Act, except that the phrase “tax ratios” in the portion before paragraph 1 shall be read as “transition ratios” and the phrase “tax ratio” in paragraph 1 shall be read as “transition ratio”.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3; O. Reg. 56/10, s. 7 (4).

(3) This section does not apply to determine transition ratios for the commercial classes or industrial classes, as the case may be, in the first year an optional property class applies in a municipality.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3.

Special Rules

13. (1) The following transition ratios, and not the transition ratios determined under section 9, 10 or 11, apply for 2009:

1. 1.500000 for the new multi-residential property class in the City of Brantford.

2. For the Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island:

i. 1.000000 for the multi-residential property class.

ii. 1.028600 for the commercial property class.

iii. 0.614000 for the industrial property class.

iv. The upper limit of the allowable range of tax ratios prescribed for the property class in the case of any other property class.  O. Reg. 162/09, s. 3.

(2) Despite sections 9 to 12, for the County of Essex, the 2010 transition ratio for the commercial property class is 1.082044 and the 2010 average transition ratio for the commercial property classes is 1.069559.  O. Reg. 56/10, s. 8.

(3) Despite sections 9 to 11, for the Township of Johnson, the 2010 transition ratio for the industrial property class is 1.437700.  O. Reg. 56/10, s. 8.

Tables 1-7 Revoked:  O. Reg. 56/10, s. 9.