Assessment Review Board (Tribunals Ontario)

Ministry

Attorney General

URL

http://tribunalsontario.ca/arb/

Address

1500 - 655 BAY ST
TORONTO
M5G1E5

Phone

(416) 212-6349

Fax

(416) 314-3717

Background

Assessment Review Board Act (opens a new window)

Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and Appointments Act, 2009 (opens a new window)

Function

The board hears and determines assessment appeals concerning properties, businesses, school support, and the apportionment of municipal taxes or rates applicable to individual parcels of land that have been assessed in a block. When authorized by a municipal by-law, the board determines applications for the cancellation, reduction or refund of municipal taxes and for increases in municipal taxes where errors have been made in the collector's roll. The Assessment Review Board is designated as part of an adjudicative tribunal cluster by regulation made under the Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and Appointments Act, 2009.

Membership

The Lieutenant Governor in Council appoints a chair and the number of vice-chairs and other members as advisable. In accordance with the governance structure of the clusters, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint: an executive chair to be responsible for all of the adjudicative tribunals included in a cluster; an associate chair for each adjudicative tribunal that is included in a cluster; one or more of the associate chairs as alternate executive chairs of the cluster; one or more vice-chairs for each adjudicative tribunal that is included in a cluster. The executive chair and each alternate executive chair must also be members of each of the adjudicative tribunals in the cluster, and the associate chair and each vice-chair must also be members of the tribunal to which they are appointed as associate chair and vice-chair.

Term

There is no limitation in the legislation.

Meetings

Hearings are held in all municipalities throughout the province during the year. Minimal preparation time is required for the hearings. Some travel is required.

Remuneration

Appointees are remunerated according to Schedule B of the Agencies and Appointments Directive

Appointments & Vacancies