What do your tax dollars buy?

Better understand how your tax dollars are used with a personalized, estimated receipt of the City portion of your 2024 residential property tax dollars.

As a lower-tier municipality, the City collects property taxes for not only itself, but also on behalf of the Regional Municipality of Durham and the Province of Ontario. For every dollar collected this year, the City will keep only 40 cents, while approximately 45 cents will be sent to the Region and 15 cents to the Province for local school boards.

Residents and property owners are encouraged to visit the City’s Taxpayer Receipt and enter their property value to receive a breakdown of the City’s portion of their residential property tax bill.

The tool outlines how much City programs, services and external agency support cost them. Renters can request their property value from their landlord or use Oshawa’s average assessed property value ($356,000).

Keep in mind, the Taxpayer Receipt only generates the City’s portion of an Oshawa tax bill and does not include taxes collected on behalf of the Region of Durham or the Province.

Don’t forget to share your budget priorities

Share what services and programs are important to you by adjusting funding and service levels on our Budget Simulator until Friday, June 7. Just like the City’s, your budget will need to be balanced in order to be submitted!

Share your priorities now!

Priorities can also be shared:

• on paper at Service Oshawa (located at City Hall, 50 Centre St. S.) during regular business hours; or,
• online or on paper at the Shape Oshawa event on Wednesday, May 1 (tomorrow) at the Oshawa Centre. Visit staff in front of Old Navy between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.!

All responses will be anonymous and only used to summarize overall feedback received from the public. Feedback will be shared with members of Council and considered in the development of the 2025 Mayor’s Budget.

2025 Budget Process

The 2025 Mayor’s Budget will be delivered to Council and made available online for public review on Friday, November 1. Members of the public are welcome to watch the meeting online via webstream or in person in Council Chambers beginning at 9:30 a.m.

A Special Council Meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m., Friday, November 8 to hear public delegations on the 2025 City Budget. To submit correspondence or an in-person delegation request regarding a matter that appears on a published agenda, your request must be submitted to Legislative Services by 4 p.m. on the business day prior to the meeting. Requests to delegate electronically must be submitted by noon on the business day prior to the meeting.

For more information and to stay up-to-date on the 2025 Mayor’s Budget process, visit the Budget webpage and follow #OshBudget on X (formerly known as Twitter).

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