Property Taxes

• Pre-Authorized Payment Plan: The amount due for your bill is automatically withdrawn from your bank account upon completion of a Pre-Authorized Payment Plan Application Form. Two pre-authorized options are available; a monthly plan in which a fixed amount is withdrawn from your bank on the first of each month or an installment plan in which the amount due is withdrawn from your bank on the installment due date.
• Telephone/Internet Banking: Most financial institutions offer “The Municipality of Huron East - Taxes” or “Huron East - Taxes” as one of their payees. Payments may be made using your roll number as your tax account number. When using telephone or internet banking, please allow for processing time to ensure your payment is received by the Municipal Office on or before the due date to avoid penalty charges.
• By Mail: Cheques can be mailed with the required payment stub to Municipality of Huron East, PO Box 610, Seaforth, ON N0K 1W0.  Allow sufficient time for the payment to reach our office on or before the due date to avoid penalty charges.
• In Person: Payments can be made at the Municipal Office, located at 72 Main St. South, Seaforth, Ontario between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Payment methods accepted are cash, cheque and debit.  After hours payments can be deposited in our dropbox, located at the Municipal Office.
• Post Dated Cheques: The Municipal Office will accept post-dated cheques corresponding with the amounts and due dates printed on the payment stubs. Please ensure the payment stubs are included with your cheques.

Please ensure the Municipal Office has an up to date mailing address so you can receive your mail in a timely fashion.

To prevent misdirected tax bills, please notify the Municipal Office, in writing or by e-mail propertytax@huroneast.com, of any mailing address changes. We are unable to take address changes over the phone. If you have a PO Box ensure it is on file with the municipality as this may result in your mail being returned to our office.

Failure to receive a tax bill does not exempt you from the payment of taxes, nor penalty and interest.

To have your tax bill emailed to you, please complete our E-Send Enrollment Form. If you have any questions or decide to withdraw from E-Send, please contact the Municipal Office at 519-527-0160 ext. 22.

Please note: It is the customer's responsibility to complete a new enrollment form if there is a change to the email address where the tax bill is being sent, and to notify the Municipal Office if your bill has not been received.

Customers using the Tax E-Send service are subject to standard late fees as applicable.

A penalty of 1.25% will be added on the first day of default, as well as 1.25% on the first day of each month thereafter.

Penalty is deducted first from all payments made and the balance, if any, will be applied to the oldest outstanding balance first.

The Municipality of Huron East will mail a tax bill to the property owner on record when tax bills are issued.

If you have recently purchased a property, your lawyer should have advised you of any taxes owing on the property. As the new owner, you are responsible for any amounts owing on the property.

The statement of adjustments from your lawyers will have made allowances for the liabilities of the previous owner, call your lawyer for details.

If you receive a tax bill for a property you no longer own, please contact the Municipal Office at 519-527-0160 ext. 22 or email.

Rushed Tax and Zoning Certificates (same or next day) can be requested with a fee of $100 (each) per roll number (HST exempt).

Click here to complete a Tax Certificate Online Request Form 

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For more information regarding the assessed value of your property, please visit the MPAC website. 

As a farmland owner in Ontario, you may be eligible to apply for a property tax reduction through the Farm Property Class Tax rate Program offered by AGRICORP.

Please contact AGRICORP to see if you meet the eligibility requirements.

Eligible owners will need a valid Farm Business Registration number from AGRICORP in order to apply.

Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form.  You must include a deposit of at least 20% of the tender amount, payable to the municipality (money order, bank draft, or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation).

Tenders must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Treasurer with the property description or municipal address clearly marked on the outside of the envelope.

You must submit your tender by 3 p.m. local time at the Town Hall in Seaforth.

Tenders are opened in public on the same date as soon as possible after 3 p.m. at the Town Hall in Seaforth on the closing date.

• The municipality makes no representation regarding the title to, existing interests in favour of the Crown, environmental concerns, or any other matters relating to the land(s) to be sold.
• Any existing Federal or Provincial Crown liens or executions will remain on title and may become the responsibility of the potential purchaser. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchaser.
• The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.
• The successful purchaser may have to pay HST.
• Sales are governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sale Rules.