ANTIGONISH: County council heard from the province’s property assessors last week.
Prior to last week’s meeting of council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, members heard from representatives of Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC). PVSC, the assessment authority for Nova Scotia, issued its annual property assessment notice to property owners on January 13.
Deputy Warden Owen McCarron said councillors field a lot of calls this time each year after residents receive their assessment notices and council asked PVSC to come in and explain the process.
“They gave us a good overview and the notices of assessment are going out now,” said McCarron. “They gave us an overview of what might trigger a change in assessment and it could be a sale or it could be a sub-division of property, a change of ownership.”
Property owners can view details about their property assessment by visiting: www.pvsc.ca. Those who want to appeal their assessment have until midnight, February 13, 2017.
“We had a very good meeting and an open discussion about the process and they seemed like they want to be there to work with the people of the municipality,” said McCarron.
“If you don’t [appeal] before the 13th, the municipality really can’t do anything for you [in terms of assessment] in this upcoming year.”
A release from PVSC states municipalities calculate property taxes based on a property’s taxable assessed value, which reflects either a property’s assessed value or capped assessment, whichever is the lowest.