The online portal for Ottawa homeowners to declare their property status is now open as the city launches its new vacant unit tax.to declare whether all of their residential properties are occupied
“Second, there was a perception that the portal was going to be open on January 1st… correspondence that went out to homeowners clearly states that it would be ready in January and it is just ready today.” Rob DiNardo tried several times. He says, “After I did get in, it was seamless and it did work well.”“This morning, I went on to the portal and it says it was not accessible between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. I waited until 8. After that, it said 8:30, then I waited and it said 9:30; then I tried again at 11 a.m. and I got it. It was very frustrating.”
“We want to see properties rented out and used, and if they're not, then these owners must pay a penalty and that money does go into affordable housing,” Kavanagh said. The new tax will be added to the final bill in June. The tax is 1 per cent of the assessed value of the vacant property.
I went on this morning, it took me 30 secs.. super easy, no issues at all.
Just use the swimming lessons portal, what could possibly go wrong?
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