Residents and property owners can now better understand how the City invested their 2022 tax dollars by completing the new personalized, estimated receipt tool.
Have you tried it yet? Complete the tool now!
After entering their assessed property value, Oshawa residents and property owners will receive a line-by-line account of how much City programs and services and external agency support cost them individually. Users should input their assessed property value without any commas.
Renters can request their property value from their landlord or enter Oshawa’s average assessed property value ($356,000) to get an idea of a how much City services may have cost them.
The Taxpayer Receipt generates only the City’s portion of an Oshawa resident’s or property owner’s tax bill. The City is part of a two-tier government, and as a result collects property taxes on behalf of not only the City, but also the Regional Municipality of Durham and the Province for local school boards. For every dollar collected in 2022, approximately 43 cents was allocated to the Region and 16 cents to local school boards – the City kept only 41 cents.
The City’s 2023 Budget Engagement will kick off this October with a new budgeting tool. Stay tuned for your chance to test spending options for many City services and programs by increasing or decreasing their budgets while having to maintain a balanced budget.
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