Red Deer city council voted Tuesday to approve, in principle, pushing back the deadline for homeowners to pay property taxes for 90 days.
The move is to address the ongoing financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the city said the decision to move the deadline to Sept.
30 is “in keeping with changes to the provincial education requisition deadline.” On Tuesday, councillors also extended the Business Improvement Area tax levy deadline until Sept.
30 and decided not to move forward with “supplementary property taxes or BIA taxes in 2020.” “Supplementary tax is the amount of tax levies on a supplementary assessment only,” the city said. “This tax is specific to properties that are under construction and were completed or occupied