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This may have been discussed before so the answer is probably out there. I was looking at the Brandon GIS site this morning See link http://gis.brandon.ca/flex/PropertySearch.html# and I noticed that from 2015 to 2016 the school tax change from year to year is all over the map. Some properties saw their school tax increase by well over 10% while others saw their their school taxes decrease. Could it be because property value assessments were all over the map as well? One thing for sure is that I wish that school taxes weren't a part of our property taxes as it seems that they're out of control. The School boards should be funded by the provincial coffers to ensure the boards have a tighter grip on spending.

Information from my last post:  
my taxes went up last year, school (7.8%) and city (3.6%)respectively. One of my neighbors taxes also went up: school (15.1%) and city (16.5). Down the street another neighbor saw their taxes go down: school (-3.1% and city (-6.5%). Like I said before, The increases, decreases appear to be all over the map as if I saw 15% increase for the school, I would also expect 15% for the city as both are based on assessment, at least I thought. Anyone know what gives?

The increase/decrease depends on which side of the assessment increase you were. If your assessment increase was less than the city average increase then your taxes would go down. However if your assessment increase was more than the city average then your taxes would go up.

SensibleFarmer said "The increase/decrease depends on which side of the assessment increase you were. If your assessment increase was less than the city average increase then your taxes would go down. However if your assessment increase was more than the city average then your taxes would go up. "

That makes sense. If we assume that the city or school taxes went up an average of 2% for arguments sake. Let's also assume that the mil rate is the same for a neighborhood. If my assessment goes up 5% then my taxes should see a higher percentage increase comparred to a house that saw its assessment go up by 1%. Where it gets muddy for me is that on two houses in the same neighborhood where one house saw their school taxes go up a higher percentage comparred to their city taxes while next door taxes had their city taxes go up a higher percentage than their school taxes. Shouldn't they be in sync? For example only: someone would say, "this year our city taxes went up two percent and school district 5%" and neighbours would all agree that the school taxes went up more tgan city taxes. But that's not how I see it. I see neibours who saw the opposite. One had school taxes going higher percentage wise compared to city and vice versa and some were pretty much "even steven" between school and city tax increase. I think they make it so complex that they (city and school boards) don't even understand their formulas!

Again it all depends on your own assessment. Every time a building permit is issued for home remodeling, your assessment changes.  
When a school division sets its mill rate, the mill rate is applied to the proportioned assessment equally across the whole division. Where there are multiple municipalities the mill rate is still the same for everyone.  
So the variance (either increase or decrease) depends on your assessment.  
Also for municipal taxes- every street may be different depending on if there were any "local improvements."  
Your education property tax credit also depends on your assessment. The higher your assessment the higher your eptc to a maximum of $700.00. So it varies home to home.  
As far as taking Education tax off property-highly unlikely. The government would have to come up with approx. 800 million to cover off what school divisions raise province wide. Every province from Quebec to BC funds a portion of education from property taxes.

SensibleFarmer said "Again it all depends on your own assessment. Every time a building permit is issued for home remodeling, your assessment changes.   When a school division sets its mill rate, the mill rate is applied to the proportioned assessment equally across the whole division. Where there are multiple municipalities the mill rate is still the same for everyone.   So the variance (either increase or decrease) depends on your assessment.   Also for municipal taxes- every street may be different depending on if there were any "local improvements."   Your education property tax credit also depends on your assessment. The higher your assessment the higher your eptc to a maximum of $700.00. So it varies home to home.   As far as taking Education tax off property-highly unlikely. The government would have to come up with approx. 800 million to cover off what school divisions raise province wide. Every province from Quebec to BC funds a portion of education from property taxes. "

Do understand what your saying, but there are inconsistencies all over the city. My taxes went up last year, but like most on my street the difference in augmention favored the school board by 2.3%. Most of my neighbors were in that same 2.3-2.5% favoring the board. However, some had differences of 4.5% favoring the school board. None of these properties went through renovations or improvements so a little strange to me.  
One street over, one house saw it's taxes go down, this time the city saw the biggest decrease, about 6.7% more than the school boards decrease. The kicker is that the direct neighbors house saw an increase in the school division taxes while the city taxes decreased. So If it were my house I'd be asking the city for an explanation when my increase/decrease is not in line with my neighborhood. I think there's some reason to question the discrepancies.

What you explain certainly sounds odd. Agree if it were mine I would check for an explanation.

Did your city taxes change by the same or similar percentage?