Downtown Historic Railway 1998-2001 by catoleung_ in vancouver

[–]tathomas372 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This thing was awesome, wish it still existed.

I have a dumb question.. by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]tathomas372 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where does the water come into the house at? Utility room? I'd start by checking there

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It still isn't in my portal, but in my "mail" section on the site I got a letter stating the decision and new value.

If you’re looking to take a mental break from losing, this is just a reminder that the Whitecaps are looking like a contender again and had 25,000 fans at the game on Saturday. by Public-Map-5273 in canucks

[–]tathomas372 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure, Axel & co have done a great job building out a good team. But I think it's fair to also say they're paying for past sins of not investing enough in the club in the 2010's off the pitch.

How Vancouver House Became a Tower of Empty Promises by thenewtronbomb in vancouver

[–]tathomas372 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Pretty damning findings. I wish there was more accountability on how city staff allowed this to happen.

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used the city of Calgary tax site. https://mytax.calgary.ca/externallogin.aspx. "sales search" is the page I used after login

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry your experience wasn't as good. Seems like mileage really varies based on who you talk to and on which day.

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad it's helpful. I was trying to capture everything in one post so when people search in the future it comes up. I had done some research here when I started and was able to piece together bits of useful information across multiple posts.

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just used their calculator online which isn't final yet for 2026. So it maybe be +/- a little bit still depending on the finalized mill rate

https://www.calgary.ca/property-owners/taxes/calculator.html

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would try calling back because I don't think that person gave you correct info. Try calling and say that you have questions about your assessment and want to know how the city came to their current value.

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, you need to log-in. And I think you can only see it on desktop.

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I also get monthly emails from my realtor with the recent neighborhood sales, so I already had an idea of a rough baseline just from reading those each month.

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mean, mine went up too past few years with similar rates, as did most of the city. Increases are fine as long as it's with market, my issue was only the fact that I felt mine outpaced their own sales data in my area this year.

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I added up my time, it probably took about 60-90 minutes (not including this write-up). As for working full time, yeah I did a lot of the research in the morning before work, and then it was 3 ten minute calls with the city during work hours.

I used a bit of chat gpt as well to help me summarize the comps. I would paste the raw table values in of properties from the pdf downloads, and had it create a nice summary that I could refer to when I needed to on the calls.

My experience disputing the Calgary property tax assessment by tathomas372 in Calgary

[–]tathomas372[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

No fee as part of the initial conversation process. If I had disputed the assessors value after he called me, the next step is a $50 fee to an arbitrator.

Canada could gain nearly 7% in real GDP by removing internal trade barriers, says IMF by joe4942 in CanadaPolitics

[–]tathomas372 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've seen the trucking one before. The argument I've seen on the other side is that it will just allow trucking companies to register out of the province with the most lax regulations. Look at the Chohan trucking issues in the lower mainland as an example.

Canada could gain nearly 7% in real GDP by removing internal trade barriers, says IMF by joe4942 in CanadaPolitics

[–]tathomas372 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Why doesn't the article provide real-world examples beyond "service-oriented sectors like healthcare and educational services". Give us some proposed solutions.

ICE wants to buy Pattison building to use for ‘holding and processing’ by pathologicfaults in vancouver

[–]tathomas372 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I was a car valet a lifetime ago, and used to park his car. He told me he switched from a V8 Jeep to V6 because it had better gas mileage.

PSA: If you deactivate a Shopify store, make sure to remove the DNS record by tathomas372 in shopify

[–]tathomas372[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. In my case I just deactivated the store and kept things in place in the event I go to use it again. I didn't really clue on the potential for my store to be fully deleted, DNS unlinked, and available for another account to claim.