{
 "answer": "In the Town of New Tecumseth, Ontario, property tax & assessment rules are set by Property Taxes — 2026 rates and due dates (New Tecumseth), verified 2026-10-19. Penalty interest: 1.25% of the outstanding property tax balance the first day of each month; no compound interest.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001653",
 "municipality": "New Tecumseth",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://newtecumseth.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Taxes — 2026 rates and due dates (New Tecumseth)",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.newtecumseth.ca/live-here/services/property-taxes/",
   "summary": "2026 rates passed May 11, 2026 (residential 1.109984%); interim instalments end of Feb and Apr; final residential June and September; commercial/industrial Aug and Oct.",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "e55021bf1b679a2417942af0261669b45d80fa2bb5d2cb0dcc1a51bacc0f4f15",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e55021bf1b679a2417942af0261669b45d80fa2bb5d2cb0dcc1a51bacc0f4f15.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "tax_rate": "Residential: 1.109984%, Multi-Residential: 1.109984%, Commercial Occupied: 2.049720%, Commercial Vacant: 2.049720%, Industrial Occupied: 2.021202%, Industrial Vacant: 2.021202%, Farmland: 0.277496%",
    "due_dates": "Interim: 1st instalment last business day of February, 2nd instalment last business day of April. Residential/Farmland Final: 1st instalment last business day of June, 2nd instalment second last business day of September. Commercial/Industrial/Multi-Residential Final: 1st instalment last business day of August, 2nd instalment last business day of October.",
    "penalty_interest": "1.25% of the outstanding property tax balance the first day of each month; no compound interest."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "tax_rate": "\"The 2026 tax rates were passed by Council on May 11th, 2026\"",
    "due_dates": "\"The due dates for all Interim bills are\" / \"first installment being due the last business day in June\"",
    "penalty_interest": "\"A penalty of 1.25% of the outstanding property tax balance will accumulate on your tax roll the first day of each month\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/new-tecumseth/property-tax/property-taxes-2026-rates-and-due-dates/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/new-tecumseth/property-tax/"
}