LETTER: B.C.\u2019s new property tax deferral rules are fair<\/p>\n
Published 7:00 am Saturday, February 21, 2026<\/p>\n
Editor, <\/p>\n
The new property tax deferral measures in the B.C. budget are welcome, as they correct a longstanding inequity.<\/p>\n
Previously, the ability to defer property taxes was not income-tested, meaning some well-off seniors living in expensive homes were effectively subsidized by less fortunate taxpayers. In a time when children are learning in portable classrooms and there is insufficient long-term accommodation for our older citizens, such subsidies were hard to justify.<\/p>\n
Tax deferment remains available, but now without the benefit of a subsidized low interest rate and without simple interest. In these challenging budget times, this is a fair and responsible policy change.<\/p>\n
Lynne Spence, Surrey <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LETTER: B.C.\u2019s new property tax deferral rules are fair Published 7:00 am Saturday, February 21, 2026 Editor, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-490258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}