Saskatchewan businesses continue paying more than their fair share of municipal taxes because the province’s largest municipalities levy an unfair property tax burden on businesses like yours. CFIB has examined recent trends between commercial and residential property tax rates, also known as the “tax gap.” This gap is a measure of property tax fairness for small business.
While some cities are doing a better job than others in making municipal property taxes fairer for small businesses, there is still more work to be done. For CFIB's latest calculations, read the Entrepreneurial Communities report.
Is it also important that municipalities do not receive new taxation powers from the Government of Saskatchewan. This could pile onto the already unfair tax bill that small businesses receive from their local government. In fact, 87% of small businesses oppose these new tax powers.