The deadline to apply for Guysborough‘s low-income tax exemption has been extended.
Councillors voted to extend the deadline to the end of October during September’s regular municipal council meeting Wednesday.
After, Vernon Pitts, the warden of the municipality, said it’s something that should have been done earlier.
“This year, we extended our tax return date, and we neglected to extend our exemption date,” he said. “I’m not saying anyone made a mistake here- it was just an oversight.”
Pitts said residents brought it to their attention.
“We had a number of calls and emails in regards to it- council went the extra mile, we extended the time frame on it, and it’s all good,” he said. “This benefits a lot of people throughout the municipality- it’s our less advantaged.”
The municipality’s low-income tax exemption applies to households with an annual income of less than $25,000.
Those households receive $100 off their municipal property tax bill.
