Over recent months, MPAC has worked together with the City of Toronto and the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) to develop some potential policy options that would support tax relief for small businesses that have been impacted by rising property values and taxes.  
  
MPAC staff met with councillors and the Mayor’s office to explain these potential solutions and options for consideration based on the City’s planning policies. MPAC provided the City with data analysis around various scenarios for the city to consider, and we were invited to participate in the City of Toronto’s Expert Panel on Small Business Tax Class on June 14. 
 
“It was great to have the support and data resources of MPAC as we worked through options for this significant policy issue” says Casey Brendon, Director of Revenue Services at the City of Toronto. “Although the City has not yet made a decision to implement the small business tax class for Toronto, our deliberations are more fruitful because of the analysis we were able to compile with MPAC’s involvement.” 

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