School Taxes

• Through your bank or financial institution, in-person or online. Depending on your bank, you will find us registered as Commission scolaire New Frontiers or a variation of our name (i.e. New Frontiers). Please contact your financial institution if you are unable to find our name. Use the 20-digit reference number, which appears on your bill.  It begins with ‘000000000” and is unique per property.  Note that only school taxes can be paid with this reference number. It is not possible to pay daycare fees or school fees with this number.
• Through your mortgage provider. If your mortgage provider pays your taxes, you will have to send the original account to your mortgage provider yourself. It is your responsibility to ensure that payment will be made within the required time.
• By mail, by cheque with the invoice stub in the return envelope payable to: New Frontiers School Board.

Receipts

The original bill mailed to you, or your proof of online payment, are considered a receipt for income tax purposes. Should you still require a receipt, we can email it to you. There is a $3 charge. Send your request to taxation@nfsb.qc.ca.

Administrative Fees

• Payments returned as “NSF” Non-Sufficient Funds” $20
• Stop/Reversed payments $20
• Returned post-dated cheques $20

Annual interest charge of 15% on any outstanding balances on the due date.

If we are required to initiate legal proceedings for collection, fees will be charged to the taxpayer. Education Act art. 326

• Parents with children attending one of our schools are automatically registered to pay school taxes to the NFSB.
• Taxpayers on our voting list are automatically registered to pay school taxes to the NFSB
• If you do not have children attending our schools, you may pay your school taxes to the school board of your choice. The request must be received by April 1 and takes effect the following school year.
• If you are an individual who has purchased a property from a contractor, you can choose to support either the English or the French school board for the next school year.
• If you are a company, organization, association, or if you are an individual who has purchased property from a contractor, a “neutral” school tax bill is issued, and the resulting taxation revenue is shared on a percentage basis between the English and French school boards.

• The 2020-2021 school tax bills were mailed July 6, 2020
• If your bill is under $300, the total amount were due August 10, 2020
• If your bill is over $300, it can be paid in two equal installments; August 10 and November 9, 2020
• If the first payment is not made by August 10, the full account becomes due and is charged daily at a rate of 7% annually, until the account is paid.
• We do not send reminders for any unpaid balances after the first installment due.
• Any arrears are added to the first installment.
• You must ensure that your account is paid on time, in all circumstances.
• Please note that even if you do not have access to your account (lost mail, postal strike, inaccessible mail delivery, etc.), this does not relieve you of the obligation to pay. The chosen method of payment must also allow you to meet the deadlines.