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32 THE RURAL VOICE
Currently the assessment of
property can range from a low of 1.5
per cent of estimated 1990 market
value in Toronto to nine per cent in
Sault Ste. Marie to a high of 41.5 per
cent of estimated market value in
Barrie. (p. 52)
"Market value assessment could
never be fair," says McCausland.
"There are two reasons. One, the
market value assessment is based on
the ability to pay. This refers to the
wage earning power, and results in
wide variations because similar types
of property are assessed differently in
different parts of Ontario."
"The second reason why market
value assessment is not fair is
because a residential property tax is
in reality a wealth tax," states
McCausland. "This tax refers to net
worth. The value of a residence is
higher as a fraction of net worth in
lower net worth groups."
The Property Tax Working Group
agreed that the funding of education
from property taxes was not fair, but
argued that the solution was not to
exempt particular taxpayers (such as
senior citizens and/or cottage owners)
from the tax, but to reform the tax
system as a whole for the benefit of
all taxpayers. (p. 51)
In 1990, 53 per cern of property
taxes went to Education. The
proposal to take education out of
property taxes suggests leaving the
actual buildings, heating, hydro, and
maintenance costs to be paid by
property tax, with the staff and
programs paid for by the provincial
government. This would remove all
but 20 per cent of education costs
from property tax.
This would lead to a reduction of
property tax amounts by 40 per cent
or $5.3 billion. This deficit could be
made up by shifting the support tax
base to other personal tax sources and
other business tax sources. An
increase in personal income tax from
the current 55 per cent of basic
federal tax to 67.3 per cern could be a
possible source of income for
education. Another alternative could
be to raise the provincial sales tax to
nine per cent from the current eight
per cent.
A second issue that directly affects
agriculture is the Environment and
Taxation issue. There are three
questions that this Working Group