Tax & Assessment Review and Assessment Roll
*ATTENTION BRAZEAU COUNTY RESIDENTS*
Brazeau County has contracted Accurate Assessment Group for the 2018 General Assessment. As part of that contract, assessors have been completing the re-inspection process for the 2019 tax year.
Please be aware that assessors will also be conducting inspections throughout the County, pertaining to development permits, subdivisions and incomplete structures.
Assessors will be easily identifiable, as they will be carrying identification tags. Assessors will also be driving Brazeau County marked vehicles.
If no one is present when the assessor visits your property, a call back card will be left. The County requests your co-operation in returning calls and providing the assessors with the necessary information.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Finance Coordinator at 780-542-7777. Additional information, including a map of the 2018 re-inspection area can also be found here: https://www.brazeau.ab.ca/county-hall/corporate-services/tax-and-assessment-review
Brazeau County contracts a third party to conduct a General Assessment each year to assist in determining the taxation for the following year. To meet provincial legislation and “best practices,” cyclical re-inspections are completed on a four year rotation, with approximately 25% of the County properties being inspected each year, as illustrated in the map below.
Assessors also annually inspect (but are not limited to) new development permits, non-started permits from previous years, new subdivisions, land use confirmation/changes, previously incomplete construction and properties which have sold each year.
Criteria important to the assessment process are market value, market growth and real growth. Farm land is valued using a provincially regulated assessment base rate. Commercial and industrial property is valued at market value.
Assessors are out doing inspections between March and the following January and will be easily identifiable by identification badges. Assessors will attempt to make personal contact at properties they inspect. If no one is home a call back card will be left.
Brazeau County appreciates the cooperation of citizens in the completion of assessment.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your assessment, contact Brazeau County’s Taxation and Assessment division at 780-542-7777 or by .
If you are still not satisfied, you may register a formal assessment complaints with the Assessment Review Board within 60 from the date your assessment notice was mailed (confirm the date on the assessment notice). The primary function of the Assessment Review Board is to provide a forum for individuals and corporations to: challenge various aspects of their property or business assessment; seek an exemption from assessment or taxation; or challenge the imposition of other forms of tax (i.e. local improvement, well drilling, special and business revitalization zone taxes).
Click to view the Assessment Review Board complaint form.
2018 Assessment Roll
As per Section 307 of the Municipal Government Act Brazeau County is providing the 2018 assessment roll for public viewing. A hard copy of the assessment roll is available for viewing at the Brazeau County office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, or view it here.
Tax Information
Brazeau County’s Taxation and Assessment Coordinator oversees the preparation of annual taxes and acts as the point of contact for the assessment services contractor. Tax notices are prepared and mailed to property owners mid-May and are due by June 30 of each year. A list of Frequently Asked Questions has been compiled at the bottom of this page to assist citizens. To view the 2018 Tax Rate Bylaw, click here.
To find out how citizens can pay their taxes, visit the Monthly Payment Plan page.
Any further questions can be directed to Taxation and Assessment Coordinator , or contact the office at 780-542-7777.