Low increases in municipal taxes
Laval property owners are among the lowest taxed in the Province. Since 1994, increases in average municipal tax has been two and half times less than inflation
The 2010 city budget continues in this vain as the residential sector will see municipal taxes increase by barely 1 percent (on average). There is more good news. The budget also foresees freezes to the special water infrastructure tax, the water tax and the tariff related to water usage. Taxes on regional transport will also be frozen.
Pay your taxes easily, quickly and efficiently
What is more boring and labour intensive than paying your taxes…with a history of making life easier, the city of Laval offers different ways to pay your municipal taxes, quickly and efficiently. In effect, several methods of payment are offered, one of which will certainly be convenient for your lifestyle and to your use of time.
Internet to the rescue!
Thanks to elaborate and diverse internet functionalities put in place by the city of Laval to simplify your life, you will be able to access, among other things:
- The evaluation role to rapidly switch between the application of evaluation and that of taxation…and vice versa;
- An account of municipal taxes, thanks to an account consultation module of the municipal tax accounts.
A flourishing economy
For the past 20 years, Laval has chosen to focus on 5 main cores: the industrial core, the bio-core, the e-core, agro-food and recreational tourism. Today, these cores of the economy are at the forefront of Laval’s strength. The average family income is considerably higher than the average of Quebeckers and Canadians.
The past decade has seen an expansion more than 10,500 companies in the Laval territory, representing an annual investment of over 1 billion dollars. These companies employ close to 190,000 people! These are only a few statistics which serve to show that the city of Laval is doing admirably well from an economic standpoint.
