Affaires municipales,
Régions et Occupation
du territoire GEOGRAPHIC CODE APPLICATION NUMBER
___________________ _____________________
APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF THE ROLL OF RENTAL VALUES
MUNICIPALITY ________________________________________________ ROLL IN QUESTION:_________________
(City, village, parish, etc., to whose roll of rental values the application pertains) (3 year of the triennal roll)
IMPORTANT: Unless otherwise indicated, fill in all the white boxes in Sections 1 to 4 legibly, following the directions given in brackets. If necessary, see the additional instructions on the reverse.
1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT Postal code
ADRESS: ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________
(Number(s), name of the street, avenue, road, etc., where the business establishment is located)
- CADASTRAL NUMBER(S): __________________________________________________________________________
(Only if it is a site without a building or a building without an address
- FILE: (Division/Section/Location/CD/Building/Premises)
________________________________________
(File number entered on the roll and on the notice of assessment)
- TOTAL VALUE: $ _________________________________________
(Total value entered on the roll and on the notice of assessment)
2. IDENTIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT
- SURNAME AND GIVEN NAME(S): ____________________________________________________________________
- SAME ADDRESS AS THE Yes Postal code
BUSINESS ESTABLIHSMENT? No ____________________________________________________________________
(Postal address of the applicant)
- THE APPLICANT The sole occupant of the business establishment. Home telephone no
IS: One of the co-occupants of the business (___) ____-_______ .
(Check only one establishment with ____ other(s). Work telephone no.
of the 4 boxes) The mandatory of the occupant of the (___) ____-_______
business establishment whose name is: _______________ Fax no.
Other (please specify): (___) ____-_______
3. ORIGIN, SUBJECT OF AND GROUNDS FOR THE REVIEW REQUESTED
- ORIGIN OF THE APPLICATION: (Check only one one of the 4 boxes. See details on the reverse. If necessary)
1. Roll of rental values as deposited
2. Notice of alteration (Number)
3. Notice of correction ex officio (Number)
4. Alteration not made by the assessor
- I REQUEST A REVIEW OF THE ENTRIES ON OR OMISSIONS FROM THE ROLL CONCERNING (check at least one of the 3 boxes): Actual value according to the applicant
The rental value of the: ______________________________________________$______________________________
business establishment (Conclusion sought with respect to the value. For information only, you may indicate the figure
which, in your opinion, corresponds to the actual value of the business establishment in question)
Other entry ___________________________________________ ______________________________________
(Type of entry) (Conclusion sought)
Other entry ___________________________________________ ______________________________________
(Type of entry) (Conclusion sought)
- GROUNDS INVOKED (See reverse)____________________________________________________________________
(Documents may be attached to this form if the space provided is insufficient)
4. SIGNATURE OF THE APPLICANT OR OF HIS MANDATORY
Year Month Day
______________________________________ ______________________________________ _________________
(Signature of the applicant or of his mandatory) (Name of signatory) (Date of signature)
Note: The date on which the application for review is signed is not deemed proof of its filing. Only the date entered in Section 5 is deemed valid in this respect.
• File this form, duly filled out, at the location indicated on your notice of assessment.
• If you wish to file your application for review by registered mail, please follow the directions given on the reverse.
5. CERTIFICATION OF OFFICIAL IN RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION (For official use only)
• CONFIRMATION OFTHE ENTRIES ON THE ROLL
POSSESSION Code T ___________
UTILIZATION Code U ___________
DWELLINGS Number N ___________
OTHER PREMISES Number P ___________
File matches the roll? Yes, if no Division Section Location CD Building Premises
Rental value matches the roll? Yes, if no $ _________________________________________
• SUM RECEIVED $ ______________
• APPLICATION AND SUM RECEIVED ON THE: Year, Month, Day __________________________________________
(Signature of official)
(This document constitutes the applicant’s receipt)
NOTE: STEPS FOLLOWINGS APPLICATION
• Your application for review will be processed by the assessor of the organization responsible for the roll of rental values of the municipality on which territory the business establishment in question is located.
• The assessor must advise you in writing of his conclusion at the latest on FINAL DATE (Year, Month, Day)
In his reply, the assessor will either:
- propose an alteration to the roll of rental values or
- inform you that no alteration will be proposed.
• If you AGREE with the assessor on the alterations to be made to the roll of rental values, you have 30 days following the sending of the assessor’s reply to enter into a written agreement with the assessor. You may enter into an agreement earlier than the final date indicated above.
• If you DISAGREE with the assessor on the alterations to be made, you have 60 days following the sending of the assessor’s reply to lodge an appeal with the Administrative Tribunal of Québec, based on the same subject as your application for review (see details on the reverse). Once you have lodged an appeal, you may no longer enter into an agreement with the assessor.
• If you DO NOT RECEIVE A WRITTEN REPLY from the assessor, you have 30 days after the final date indicated above to lodge an appeal with the Administrative Tribunal of Québec, based on the same subject as your application for review (see details on the reverse).
2.9.2 A (2000/02)
2. COPY TO BE USED TO LODGE AN APPEAL, IF APPLICABLE
APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF THE ROLL OF RENTAL VALUES: EXPLANATORY NOTES
The Act respecting Municipal Taxation (sections 124 to 138.4) makes provision for an administrative review of the entries contained on the roll of rental value. Any true application for review will receive a written reply from the assessor. The applicant and the assessor may enter into an agreement with respect to the alterations to be made to the roll. Failing an agreement, the Act shall grant an appeal, before the Administrative Tribunal of Québec, to any person who has first filed an application for review.
DEFINITIONS
• Business establishment: immovable or part of an immovable where a person carries out a business or administrative activity, for profit-making or non-profit-making purposes, and which is entered on the roll of rental values under a single file number.
• Roll of rental values: public document containing certain entries prescribed by regulation, for each of the business establishments situated on the territory of a municipality.
• Market date: the date on which market conditions are considered in order to establish the rental value of all the business establishments entered on the roll of rental values of a municipality.
RIGHT TO APPLY FOR A REVIEW
• A person who has an interest in contesting the accuracy, existence or absence of an entry on the roll of rental value relative to a business establishment of which he or another person is the occupant may file an application for review with the municipal body responsible for assessment in question.
• A person bound to pay tax or compensation to the municipality which uses the roll of rental values is deemed to have the interest required to file an application for review.
ORIGIN OF THE APPLICATION FOR REVIEW (and time limits applicable)
The Act makes provision for 4 situations which give the right to apply for a review and sets time limits for each situation:
Situation which may lead to the filing of an application for review Time limit set for filing the application
1. Deposit of the roll of rental values, following by the sending of a notice of assessment to the person carrying out an activity • Whichever date is later:
- prior to 1 May following the coming into force of the roll of rental values;
- 60 days following the sending of the notice of assessment
(120 days if the notice relates to a business establishment whose value is equal to or greater than $1,000,000).
2. Alteration to the roll made by certificate, followed by the sending of a notice of assessment • Whichever date is later:
- prior to 1 May following the coming into force of the roll of rental values;
- 60 days following the sending of the notice of alteration.
3. Notice of correction ex officio addressed by the assessor to the person carrying out an activity, to inform him of a planned correction • Whichever date is later:
- prior to 1 May following the coming into force of the roll of rental values;
- 60 days following the sending of the notice of correction ex officio.
4. Failure by the assessor to make an alteration to the roll, despite an event occurring that should have led to such an alteration • In the course of the financial year in which the event justifying an alteration occurs or prior to the end of the following financial year.
GROUNDS INVOKED
• The Act stipulates that the application for review must state briefly the grounds invoked. These are the arguments that the applicant wishes the assessor to consider at the time of review.
• For example, the defects of a business establishment (breakage, construction defects, etc.), nuisances (noise, pollution, flooding, etc.), as well as its financial situation (loss of rent, high expenses, leases of comparable business establishments), are valid grounds to invoke in support of the application for review.
• The amount of taxes to be paid does not constitute grounds justifying an alteration to the roll of rental values.
• If the space provided on the form is insufficient, additional documents may be attached to explain the grounds invoked.
CONDITIONS
For an application to be admissible to the municipal body responsible for the assessment, it must satisfy, in addition to the time limits given above, the following conditions:
• Be made on the form prescribed for this purpose. This document is the prescribed form. Additional explanatory documents may be attached to the completed form if necessary.
• Be filed at the location determined by the municipal body responsible for assessment for the purposes of the administrative review of the rental value, or be sent by registered mail.
• Be accompanied by the sum of money determined and applicable to the business establishment in question, if prescribed by a regulation of the municipal body responsible for assessment.
FILING OF THE APPLICATION BY REGISTERED MAIL
The Act permits the filing of an application for review by registered mail. The same time limits and conditions apply as for filing an application in person. The following directions are, however, important:
- Copies 1 and 2 of the form must be mailed. The first copy will be forwarded to the assessor; the second will be returned to the applicant after certification by the official responsible for receipt of applications for review. The applicant keeps copy 3.
- The day of sending of the application is deemed to be the date of filing. It is therefore important that the applicant retain proof of dispatch in case of dispute.
APPEAL
Any person who has filed an application for review and who has not entered into an agreement with the assessor may lodge an appeal with the immovable property division of the Administrative Tribunal of Québec, based on the same subject, as the application for review. To be valid, such an appeal must be made:
- by filing a motion at the secretariat of the Tribunal or at an office of the Court of Québec (a copy of the application for review which was previously filed may be required);
- within 60 days of the date of sending of the assessor’s reply or, if the assessor has not sent a reply, within 30 days of the final date sown on the front of this application form.