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Sep 01, 2023 | Any school referendum taxes that have been levied by a school board are deemed to have been requisitioned on and from January 1 of the calendar year for which the requisition is made. Affected local governments must make payment on or before September 1 of that year. | [137 SA] |
Sep 01, 2023 | Each municipality and regional district represented on a library board must pay its share of budget in equal installments on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year. | [25(5) LA] |
Sep 01, 2023 | Interest rates for refunds of tax overpayments, refund of municipal tax sale money and on taxes in arrear or delinquent are set January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 and payable from September 1th, unless the tax payment is made after July 2nd (in which case, the interest is payable from the 61st day after the payment is made. Circulars provided by Ministry of Municipal Affairs. | [239 CC; 654(4), 668(2) LGA; 245 CC; 246 CC; 1, 2 MTR; IRR, 24 HOGR] |
Sep 05, 2023 | Interest rates for refunds of tax overpayments, refund of municipal tax sale money and on taxes in arrear or delinquent are set January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 and payable from September 1th, unless the tax payment is made after July 2nd (in which case, the interest is payable from the 61st day after the payment is made. Circulars provided by Ministry of Municipal Affairs. | [239 CC; 654(4), 668(2) LGA; 245 CC; 246 CC; 1, 2 MTR; IRR, 24 HOGR] |
Sep 08, 2023 | For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last day to publish the first notice of the annual tax sale if last notice under section 94 CC will be published on Sep 15 | [647 LGA, 94, 94.1 CC] |
Sep 14, 2023 | For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, last day to publish the first notice of the annual tax sale if the last notice will be published on Sep 21 | [647 LGA, 94, 94.1 CC] |
Sep 15, 2023 | For municipalities that have adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the earliest day that notice of the annual tax sale can be published under section 94 CC | [647 LGA, 94, 94.2 CC] |
Sep 15, 2023 | Where a municipality is collecting taxes for a regional transit commission, it shall on or before the 15th day of each calendar month, pay to British Columbia Transit all of those taxes collected during the preceding calendar month. | [17 BCTR] |
Sep 15, 2023 | For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the earliest day to publish the last notice of the annual tax sale (not less than 3 days and not more than 10 days before tax sale date) under section 94 CC if the first notice was published on September 8. | [647 LGA, 94, 94.1 CC] |
Sep 21, 2023 | For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last day for publishing the last notice of the annual tax sale (not less than 3 days before Monday September 25, 2023) under section 94 CC if the first notice was published on September 14. | [647 LGA, 94, 94.1 CC] |
Sep 21, 2023 | For municipalities that have adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last day to publish notice of the annual tax sale under section 94 CC (not less than 3 days before Monday September 25, 2023) | [647 LGA, 94, 94.2 CC] |
Sep 25, 2023 | Annual municipal tax sale must be held at 10:00 am on last Monday in September. | [645(1), (2) LGA] |
Sep 26, 2023 | Last date upon which the owner of a property may redeem the property sold by 2022 tax sale: the time limit for making a redemption is one year from the day the tax sale began, or a further time allowed by bylaw. If redeemed, the collector must promptly send to the registrar of land titles for filing the notice required by section 273 of the Land Title Act, together with any applicable fee under that Act. | [660(2), 662 LGA] |
Sep 27, 2023 | Earliest date upon which the collector of taxes for a municipality must forward a notice to the registrar of land titles that a parcel of land sold for taxes was not redeemed at the end of its redemption period, assuming that the parcel of land was sold on the first day of the tax sale in 2022 (September 26, 2022). Upon forwarding the notice, the municipality must also immediately notify the administrator under the Property Transfer Tax Act. | [663(1), (4) LGA] |
Sep 29, 2023 | If an improvement district providing fire protection, street lighting, or other specified services includes a municipality, the amount raised within the municipality for improvement district purposes must be paid on or before September 30 by the municipality to the improvement district, which must without delay pay the amount to the Minister of Finance. | [711(6) LGA] |
Sep 29, 2023 | Monthly reports to: Canada Revenue Agency for GST/PST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing. | |
Sep 29, 2023 | If a local government establishes a weed control committee under the Weed Control Act, the committee must submit an annual report to the Minister and to the council or board no later than October 1st in each year. | [9(4) WCA] |
Sep 29, 2023 | Last date to take votes to obtain elector assent for a bylaw authorizing a municipality or regional district to withdraw from a regional library district. No vote to obtain assent may be taken after October 1 in any year. | [29(2) LA] |
Sep 29, 2023 | Last date upon which a public library association may request for a municipality to assume responsibility for providing library service in the municipality. No request may be made after October 1 in any year. | [42(2) LA] |
AA |
Assessment Act |
HOGA |
Home Owner Grant Act |
AAA |
Assessment Authority Act |
HOGR |
Home Owner Grant Regulation |
AAR |
Assessment Act Regulation |
IRR |
Interest Rates Under Various Statutes Regulation |
ALCA |
Agricultural Land Commission Act |
LA |
Library Act |
AAPR |
Assessment Averaging and Phasing Regulation |
LECFA |
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act |
ALRR |
Agricultural Land Reserve, ;Use, Subdivision and Procedures Regulation |
LTDA |
Land Tax Deferment Act |
BCTA |
BC Transit Act |
MEVA |
Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 4) |
BCTR |
BC Transit Regulation |
MFAA |
Municipal Finance Authority Act |
CC |
Community Charter |
MHA |
Manufactured Home Act |
CIFSA |
Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act |
MHTA |
Manufactured Home Tax Act |
CIFSR |
Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Regulation |
MTR |
Municipal Tax Regulation |
ESC19A |
Economic Stablization (COVID-19) Act |
MWR |
Municipal Wastewater Regulation |
EMA |
Environmental Management Act |
PA |
Police Act |
FDA |
Financial Disclosure Act |
PTR |
Police Tax Regulation |
FIA |
Financial Information Act |
SA |
School Act |
FWA |
Fireworks Act |
SCBCTAA |
South Coast BC Transportation
Authority Act |
HDA |
Hospital District Act |
STRR |
School Tax Remitting Regulation |
HDAR |
Hospital District Act Regulation |
WCA |
Weed Control Act |