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Program:
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Thunder Bay - Provincial Land Tax Office - Provincial Land Tax Deferral Program for Low-Income Seniors and Low-Income Persons with Disabilities
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Address:
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c/o c/o Ministry of Finance - Provincial Land Tax
c/o Ministry of Finance - Provincial Land Tax PO Box 58
Thunder Bay, ON
P7C 0A5
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Street Address:
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500 Donald St E
Thunder Bay
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Location:
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- Located on Donald St E in the S ward of Thunder Bay
- Closest intersection is at Donald St E and May St S
- Situated near Blake Funeral Chapel
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Service Description:
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Administers the province's major tax statutes, tax credit and benefit programs, including Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)
Provides a partial deferral on provincial land tax and education tax for low-income seniors and low-income persons with disabilities which is applied to the tax increase in the current year (not to any outstanding taxes)Provincial land tax is a property tax on land located in non-municipal areas which helps to support the local share of a number of services in these areas
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Application:
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- Download, complete and sign the application which can be downloaded here
- Mail or drop off the application in person
- The deadline for submitting applications is February 28 of the year following the taxation year to which the application relates
- Low-income Seniors must provide proof of age and receipt of an increment paid under the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
- Low-income Persons with Disabilities must provide proof of receipt of assistance paid under the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Act
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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- Low-income seniors 65 years of age or older or low-income persons with disabilities who owned a residential/farm property that was used as their principal residence for at least one year preceding the application
- If property is jointly held or co-owned with another person who is not their spouse, both people must qualify to receive the tax deferral
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