Postal Strike Update | Mise à jour sur la grève du Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (en anglais)

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Government of Saskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations and organizations are implementing contingency plans to minimize the impacts of postal service disruption.

Les ministères, sociétés d’État et organismes du gouvernement de la Saskatchewan mettent en œuvre des plans d’urgence (en anglais) visant à réduire les répercussions de l’interruption du service des postes.

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Education Property Tax Changes for 2017

Released on March 22, 2017

As part of the 2017-18 Budget, the government has established the Education Property Tax (EPT) mill rates for 2017.

Mill rates for all classes of property have been lowered.  However, because of reassessment and increased property values across the province, actual tax revenue collected through EPT will increase by $67 million, or 9.8 per cent.  The EPT change for each property will vary, based on the reassessed value of that property.

The education property tax system was redesigned and property taxes were lowered significantly in 2008-09.  As part of that redesign, the government committed to a 60/40 split for the funding of education - 60 per cent coming from the government’s grants and 40 per cent from EPT.

In recent years, EPT has remained unchanged while education costs have continued to increase.  The share of education costs funded by EPT has been approximately 35 per cent.  This budget restores the 60/40 balance.

The new mill rates and estimated revenue from each property class are as follows:

Property Class

2016 EPT Mill Rates

2016 EPT Revenues ($M)

2017 EPT Mill Rates

2017 EPT Revenues ($M)

Agricultural

2.67

39.0

1.43

46.1

Residential

5.03

324.7

4.12

359.6

Commercial/Industrial

8.28

169.8

6.27

193.8

Resource

11.04

146.5

9.68

147.4

Total

680.0

746.9

“We have tried to strike a careful balance between education taxes that are fair and which help meet our government’s fiscal challenges,” Government Relations Minister Donna Harpauer said.  “Since 2009, residents of Saskatchewan have seen $1.3 billion in education property tax savings.”

The mill rates for Lloydminster are calculated differently and are unique to that city.  They will be announced in the coming weeks.

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For more information, contact:

Michael Harrison
Government Relations 
Regina
Phone: 306-787-6156
Email: michael.harrison@gov.sk.ca

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