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Sep 1, 2010	Monthly reports to: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency for GST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing.
Sep 1, 2010	Interest rates for refunds of tax overpayments and for refund of municipal tax sale money are set January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1; and on taxes in arrear or delinquent, January 1, May 1, and September 1. Circulars provided by Ministry of Community and Rural Development	[239 CC; 411(3), 423(2)(a) LGA; 245 CC; 246 CC; MTR; 3 IRR ]
Sep 1, 2010	Interest on overpayment of taxes is payable from the later of September 1 of the year taxes due and the 61st day after payment is made if payment is made after July 2.	[239 CC; MTR]
Sep 17, 2010	Earliest date of last notice published on tax sale (at least 3 days and not more than 10 days before tax sale date.)	[405 LGA]
Sep 23, 2010	Last date for giving last notice of tax sale (at least 3 days prior to September 27).	[405 LGA]
Sep 27, 2010	Tax sale must be held at 10:00 am on last Monday in September.	[403(1)&(2) LGA]
Sep 28, 2010	Last date upon which the owner of a property may redeem the property sold by tax sale: the time limit for making a redemption is one year from the day the tax sale began, or a further time allowed by bylaw.	[417 LGA]
Sep 28, 2010	Earliest date upon which the collector of taxes for a municipality must forward a notice to the registrar of land titles that a parcel of land sold for taxes was not redeemed at the end of its redemption period, assuming that the parcel of land was sold on the first day of the tax sale in 2009, September 28, 2009. Upon forwarding the notice, the municipality must also immediately notify the administrator under the Property Transfer Tax Act.	[420(1), 420(4) LGA]
Sep 30, 2010	On or before September 30 in each year, local governments must remit to the Agricultural Land Commission a portion of application fees received under the Agricultural Land Commission Act.	[35(1)(b) ALCA; 33(3) ALRR]
Sep 30, 2010	If an improvement district providing fire protection, street lighting, or other services includes a municipality, the amount raised within the municipality for ID purposes must be paid on or before this date.	[756(6) LGA]

AA	Assessment Act	HOGA	Home Owner Grant Act
AAA	Assessment Authority Act	IRR	Interest Rates Under Various Statutes Regulation
ALCA	Agricultural Land Commission Act	LA	Library Act
AAPR	Assessment Averaging and Phasing Regulation	LGA	Local Government Act
ALRR	Agricultural Land Reserve, Use, Subdivision and Procedures Regulation	LTDA	Land Tax Deferment Act
BCTA	BC Transit Act	MFAA	Municipal Finance Authority Act
CC	Community Charter	MSR	Municipal Sewage Regulation
CIFSA	Cremation, Internment and Funeral Services Act	MHA	Manufactured Home Act
CIFSR	Cremation, Internment and Funeral Services Regulation	MHTA	Manufactured Home Tax Act
EA	Expropriation Act	MTR	Municipal Tax Regulation
EMA	Environmental Management Act	PA	Police Act
FDA	Financial Disclosure Act	PTR	Police Tax Regulation
FIA	Financial Information Act	SA	School Act
FSA	Fire Services Act	STRR	School Tax Remitting Regulation
FWA	Fireworks Act	WCA	Weed Control Act
HDA	Hospital District Act

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