By Eric Stern
December 11th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
BRAG has watched the City of Burlington present a 7.51% Burlington tax increase as 4.97%, 5.76% and now, after the regional and police increases have been approved, 5.82%
The marketing technique used to present a 7.51% Burlington only increase as an ever-changing series of lower numbers, does residents a disservice. Terms like impact and overall are not well understood by the community.
When Burlington talks about the Burlington budget and Burlington taxes the conversation should be about Burington’s 8.3% total property tax increase and 7.51% increase to existing taxpayers.
Communications about the impact on the overall bill should wait until all the other levels of government involved in the overall bill have passed their own budget increases.
Your taxes increased by 7.51% more than 2024.
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