Frequently Asked Questions - Government & Departments

We sell both Book and Wall Maps at a cost of $20.00 each.  Our Maps are updated on a quarterly basis. They can be purchased in person at the Main Office at 4900B-50th Street, Taber.  If you have any questions please call the main Administration Office at (403) 223-3541.  Thanks.

The M.D. of Taber issues a Home Occupation Permit for the secondary use of a dwelling unit (and/or its ancillary buildings or lands) by any trade, profession, or craft for supplementary employment as long as it is not readily visible from the adjacent lands. The Home Occupation Permit is renewed annually. The cost of a Home Occupation Permit is $50.00.  It can be obtained from the MD office at 4900B-50 Street, Taber, the MD website or faxed to you.

Once the assessment has been determined, the assessor must determine which tax classification is appropriate for your property.  There are two different property tax classifications used in the M.D. of Taber; residential and non-residential.  Different tax rates are set for these different property tax classifications.

The assessor doesn't create the value of your property; it is created by the real estate market place.  The assessor just measures it.
The assessor is kept informed by the Provincial Land Titles Office of the real estate sales within the M.D. of Taber.  The assessor applies the accepted mass appraisal practises using information from all property sales within the M.D. of Taber to estimate the market value of your property.  They take into account all the market conditions that may affect your property(s) value such as location, size, shape, replacement cost, age and the condition of your buildings.

Market value is the most probable price that would be paid for a property in a competitive and open market.  It assumes the buyer and seller are acting prudently and knowledgeably, allowing sufficient time for the sale and assumes that the transaction is not affected by undue pressures.

An assessment is the estimate of a property (s) market value, as of July 1, of the year previous to the tax year.

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Any citizen may submit an agenda item for the Council Agenda by forwarding the information to the Municipal Administrator in person, by fax (403) 223-1799), by email to admin@mdtaber.ab.ca, or by submiting an item through the M.D. of Taber Website under Contacts.

All regularly scheduled meetings of Council, Subdivision and Development Authority (First and Third Mondays beginning at 9:00 a.m.), Agricultural Service Board (First Monday of the month at 10:30 a.m.) are open to the public.

Council meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month.  Meetings start at 9:00 a.m. and usually conclude around 4:00p.m.  During the rare occasion that a meeting date is changed please check our monthly events calander.

Our main office hours are 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday. The office is closed for lunch from 12:00pm – 1:00pm daily.  We are also closed Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.  These hours of operation apply to our office at 4900B - 50th Street in Taber.