How an Edmonton property owner could see a 30 per cent tax hike

When the City of Edmonton mailed out property tax notices last month, some residents saw bills jump much higher than expected.
City council passed a budget with a 2.8 per cent citywide increase — 3.3 per cent for individual homeowners when combined with the provincial education tax — but some residents were reporting tax increases of up to 30 per cent when they opened the bill. Now the deadline to pay is coming up June 30.
Rod Risling, branch manager for taxation and assessment, said