TAXES INCREASE by about 7% in Viking

Taxes in the Town of Viking will increase this year.

The mill rate moved from 12.3  last year to 13.2 this year and was adopted in a bylaw on Monday, June 17 at the regular council meeting.     

The bylaw authorizes the rates of taxation to be levied against assessable property within the Town of Viking for the 2013 taxation year.

The new mill rate will see taxes increase by about 7 per cent on average, more for some properties, less for others.

For more see the June 25/13 issue of the Viking Weekly Review