How to make water or tax payments during COVID-19

1. The property owner must have experienced financial hardship directly related to the COVD-19 pandemic in the form of a temporary or permanent loss of employment or a decrease in income of greater than 70 percent. 
2. The property must be in the taxable residential property class with a residential structure, or farm, with no portions of the property classified in any non-residential tax class (e.g. commercial, multi-residential, industrial, large industrial or pipeline) and be the official primary residence of the applicant.
3. The property must be the primary residence of all owners who are directly responsible for paying the property taxes. 
4. The account must not have been approved for any other form of tax relief from the Town for 2020 taxes and 2021 taxes. 
5. Applications must be accompanied by documentation or proof to demonstrate severe financial hardship or as otherwise deemed acceptable proof in the sole discretion of the Treasurer.
6. All property taxes have been paid in full (i.e. no amounts outstanding) up to and including the February 2020 Interim Installment, (i.e. date prior to the COVID-19 related closures). 
7. Property owners must apply for the relief by February 18, 2022 for the 10-month plan. If applications are received after this date, the payment period is reduced by the number of months left in 2022.
8. All applications must be made on the Municipality’s form and must include documentation that reasonably and sufficiently establishes eligibility under the relief program. 
9. Applications will automatically be denied if false, inaccurate or insufficient information is provided. Eligibility for inclusion in the program will be determined at the time the application is first approved and changes in financial circumstances before March 15th, 2022 will not affect eligibility. 

1. The property owner must have experienced financial hardship directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
2. All property taxes have been paid in full (i.e. no amounts outstanding) up to Feb. 28, 2020.
3. The property must be a taxable property in the following tax classes; occupied commercial, shopping centre, parking lot, industrial, large industrial or office property. 
4. Applications must be accompanied by documentation to demonstrate financial hardship in one or more of the following categories; excessive business revenue loss or temporary business closure, or another category of financial hardship related directly to the COVID - 19 pandemic as determined at the sole discretion of the Treasurer. 
5. Property owners must apply for the program by February 18, 2022 for the 10-month plan. 
6. Property owners who received compensation from Business Interruption Insurance towards the payment of property taxes do not qualify. 
7. All applications must be made on the Municipality's form and must include documentation that reasonably and sufficiently establishes eligibility under the relief program. 
8. Applications will automatically be denied if false, inaccurate or insufficient information is provided. Eligibility for inclusion in the program will be determined at the time the application is first approved. 
9. The Treasurer's determinations with respect to eligibility shall be final.

If you are eligible, please complete the application form and submit it along with your void cheque and proof of financial hardship to taxes@pelham.ca. Applications must be received by February 18^th, 2022 for the 10-month payment period.