Property Tax Billing

If your mailing address has changed, please fill out the Change of Address Form.The form can be dropped off to Town Hall or emailed to finance@penetanguishene.ca Staff will update the mailing address and send a copy of the address change to the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), if consent is provided. 

All property owners are obligated to pay taxes to the Town. Tax bills are issued to cover the costs of Town, OPP, County, and Educational services. Property owners must pay tax even if they don't use all the services provided.

The Town issues two tax bills each year – an Interim Tax Bill and a Final Tax Bill. However, if your property is newly constructed or physical changes have been made to your property, you may receive additional omitted and supplementary bills that can be retroactive for the current year and the past two years.

Final Tax Bills issued by the Town contain the following information:

• The name(s) of the property owner
• Assessed value and tax class assigned by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
• Roll number and legal description of the property
• Breakdown of the tax bill payable to the Town, OPP, County, and School Boards
• Account balance at the time the tax bill is produced (except on omitted and supplementary bills)
• Amount of each tax installment and the date on which each is payable

The Interim Tax Bill, issued annually at the beginning of January, is for the first half of the year’s taxes. The amount levied is based on 50% of the property taxes for the previous year.  Interim Tax Bills have two installment dates and show any outstanding or credit  balance at the time of billing. They are payable on the last business day of February and April. 

The Final Tax Bill, issued annually in July, is for the second half of the year and is based on the annual tax rate approved by the Town for that year. The bill is calculated by using the assessment value assigned to your property for the year, and applying the new tax rate determined by the Annual Budget adopted by Council for the Town, OPP, County and School Board services (minus the Interim Taxes that were billed for the first half of the year).

Final Bills have two installment dates and show any outstanding or credit account balance at the time of billing. They are payable on the last business day of July and September.

Supplementary and Omitted Tax Bills, issued throughout the year, are issued to owners of newly constructed properties or properties that have had physical alterations made that were not reflected on the Interim and Final Bills. Generally, Supplementary Bills refer to the current tax year and Omitted Bills refer to previous years. You may receive three to four bills at different times throughout the year, depending on when the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) provides assessment information to the town.

Supplementary and Omitted Tax Bills may have one or two installment dates that is shown on the bill, and do not reflect any previous account balance at the time of billing.

A property tax certificate reflects the current assessed owner, location and description of the real property, property account number, current levy, if a tax sale has occurred within the last 30 days, account balance and the issuance date of the certificate.

Tax certificates are $65 for a standard non-rush certificate (prepared within 1 week) or $100 for a rush certificate, prepared within 2 business days. Tax certificates also include utility billing account information.