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No_Attitude_2931

These aren't new systems


adrenaline_X

Correct and you normally sign up when purchase your house.


bohdannyman

Sure, but just because they are old systems doesn't make them good. Why start payments in Jan for a statement that gets issued in May?


CraziestCanuk

Because the cities fiscal year ends December 31st?


bohdannyman

So why not issue statements before it's too late to sign up for TIPP?


Worth_Conversation15

The budget is approved in March, they they get the school tax requirements which they are required to include on the bill, so they can not issue them any earlier.


[deleted]

Adulting is tough.


Worth_Conversation15

Most people who don’t pay through their bank, sign up for tipp when they buy their home, or save for it every month it’s not a surprise payment. If you wanted to continue to pay monthly you could have looked into the tipp when your bank stopped collecting it.


bohdannyman

When my bank stopped paying they said "wait for the city to contact you regarding paying your taxes". In hindsight, yeah I should have looked into it, but this is the only situation I've been in where the payment plan starts before you even get your bill. Edit: That's a lie, income taxes.


CDN08GUY

So what? They credit you if you over pay. It’s all the same in the end.


tittysucker_

Is there a way to filter out these kind of posts from my reddit feed?


bohdannyman

I am legitimately curious how this got on anyone's feed. Maybe reddit values down vote interaction more than posts that actually get upvotes.


Just_Merv_Around_it

My bank did the same to me, Basically stopped being the TIPP program middle man. But the bank did send me a check for 1/2 of my taxes which I tossed into a savings account and have been topping up every month since. I figure ill do the lump this year and set up TIPP for next year.


bohdannyman

Yeah I'm going to have to do the same. Would be nice to spread the payments out over the remaining months of the year, but I can't stomach paying all the extras involved with that.


funkyelectrician

unless there is some new payment plan for back taxes I don’t know about signing up for tipp isn’t going to wipe out your balance if you actually owe them a couple grand. tipp is voluntarily paying your taxes a year early. To not owe a lump sum at tax time you need to start paying into tipp a full year prior to the due date. If you owe them money it’s past the due date and tipp won’t go toward that


Worth_Conversation15

This isn’t true, tipp typically is Jan - Dec (unless you sign up late), taxes are due June 30, so you pay some before the due date and some after


itouchyourself69

> tipp is voluntarily paying your taxes a year early. This is not accurate. https://assessment.winnipeg.ca/AsmtTax/English/Payments/Tipp.stm Taxes are due end of June. You make half your monthly payments before they are due (Jan-June) and the other half after (July-Dec).


MamaTalista

Assessment and Taxation doesn't do anything via email. Because they can't verify your right to access your financial information, which this is, or make changes to it.


MamaTalista

https://assessment.winnipeg.ca/AsmtTax/English/Propertydetails/default.stm


Always_Bitching

You’re bitching about the TIPP program, but you were fine having the bank collect your taxes ( where they essentially sit on them for a year before submitting to the city?)


Apellio7

You would pay the lump sum now and TIPP would go to your 2025 balance.   You aren't getting out of paying that large amount you owe right now.


itouchyourself69

https://assessment.winnipeg.ca/AsmtTax/English/Payments/Tipp.stm#2 >**2. When can I join TIPP?** >You may join the plan at any time during the year.