2025 Write-off of Uncollectible Property Taxes and Accounts Receivable

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2026-05-20 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on May 20 and 21, 2026, adopted the following: 1. City Council deem the unpaid property taxes levied in all years (including interest and penalties that have accrued on those unpaid taxes up to the time of write-off) on the 196 receivables listed in Attachment 1 to the report (April 27, 2026) from the Controller and Chief Accountant, uncollectible, and direct the Controller and Chief Accountant to remove these amounts from the tax assessment roll by writing them off.

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This report outlines accounts receivable balances deemed uncollectible and written off in 2025 under the delegated authority of the Controller and Chief Accountant, including property tax amounts owing, outstanding receivables for invoiced services, and fines issued under the Provincial Offences Act. This report recommends that Council deem uncollectible and approve for write-off certain property tax amounts owing on 79 individual property tax accounts, comprising 196 receivable amounts which total $299,458.16, from taxation years 1994 to 2024.

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Staff are recommending these property tax receivable amounts for write-off as they are no longer reflected on the assessment roll, or for which further collection efforts and recovery of outstanding amounts are extremely unlikely to be successful. For the fiscal year ending 2025, the Controller and Chief Accountant, in accordance with delegated authority under the City's Financial Control By-Law, has approved the write-off of $1,008,896 in outstanding receivables for various services invoiced by City Divisions where collection is considered doubtful. The Controller and Chief Accountant has approved the write-off of 8,022 Provincial Offences Act cases totaling $3,019,028. In all cases, no amounts were recovered since debtors could not be located or were deceased and / or had no assets, or exhaustive collection efforts proved futile. There is no financial impact in the 2025 fiscal year from these write-offs since amounts owing are not recognized as revenue until paid or unless there is a reasonable expectation of collection.

Staff recommended

The Controller and Chief Accountant recommends that: 1. City Council deem the unpaid property taxes levied in all years (including interest and penalties that have accrued on those unpaid taxes up to the time of write-off) on the 196 receivables listed in Attachment 1, uncollectible, and direct the Controller and Chief Accountant to remove these amounts from the tax assessment roll by writing them off.

Considered

2026-05-11 · General Government Committee · adopted
Decision as filed
General Government Committee recommends that: 1. City Council deem the unpaid property taxes levied in all years (including interest and penalties that have accrued on those unpaid taxes up to the time of write-off) on the 196 receivables listed in Attachment 1 to the report (April 27, 2026) from the Controller and Chief Accountant, uncollectible, and direct the Controller and Chief Accountant to remove these amounts from the tax assessment roll by writing them off.
2026-05-20 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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