A ratepayer can declare their support for either school board either partially or in full. A ratepayer can only change their school tax support within the 45 day period after the mailing date noted on the assessment notice. Upon the sale of a property, school tax support automatically reverts to the enrolment ratio.
| Where Your School Tax Dollar Goes |
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The City of Yellowknife levies and collects school taxes for the Yellowknife Education District No. 1 and the Yellowknife Catholic Schools. Revenues raised are passed directly to the two boards. The allocation of school taxes is shown on the Notice of Assessment for a property. |
| How School Taxes are Allocated |
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The City levies and collects school property taxes for the Yellowknife Education District No. 1 and Yellowknife Catholic Schools. The allocation of school taxes is shown on the Notice of Assessment for a property. If a property owner wishes to adjust how their school taxes are allocated, they should complete a School Support Declaration form and submit it to the Secretary of the Board of Revision within 45 days of the mailing date of the assessment notice. If a property owner does not specify how their school taxes are to be allocated the taxes are allocated based on the enrolment ratio, which currently directs 58.23% of taxes to the Education District No. 1 board and 41.77% to the Catholic School board. When a property is sold, the allocation reverts to this distribution. |
| To Change Your School Tax Support |
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If you want to adjust how the school taxes that you pay are allocated, complete a School Support Declaration form and submit it to the Secretary of the Board of Revision within 45 days of the mailing date of the assessment notice. |