Find out how much tax documents cost and how to order your tax receipt, simplified tax year receipt and tax certificate online.
Tax receipts and certificates ordered before 4:30 p.m. will be available as digital downloads in your account, on the next business day after 9 a.m.
If you’ve any questions about tax documents, send us an email at tax@mississauga.ca. If you require immediate help, call 311 (905-615-4311 outside City limits).
Purchase a tax receipt
You can purchase a tax receipt for your property online. A tax receipt costs $25 and confirms payments received on an account. To purchase a tax receipt online, you’ll need a tax pin. You can also purchase a tax receipt at the Mississauga Civic Centre.
Simplified tax year receipts are also available online for free. A simplified tax year receipt can be used to confirm payments made towards the current or one prior year’s taxes.
Purchase a tax certificate
You can see the current tax status of a specified property by ordering a tax certificate online. Tax certificates cost $55 and refunds are not available.
Tax certificates are usually purchased by law firms, banks and mortgage companies during property sales and for refinancing purposes.
If you want to cancel any tax certificate order placed during the same day, please email estore.info@mississauga.ca before 4:30 p.m.
Fees for tax documents
The fees in the following table are taken from the General Fees and Charges By-law.
| Fees schedule | Fee |
|---|---|
| Tax receipt | $25 per year |
| Local improvement details | $25 per tax account |
| Returned payment fee | $40 per payment |
| Photocopy of processed cheque | $10 per cheque |
| Tax certificate: online | $55 per certificate |
| Tax certificate: mail or expedited | $80 per certificate |
| Tax levy and payments information (prior years) | $50 per year |
| Duplicate tax bill | $25 per bill |
| Tax statement | $25 per statement |
| Tax appeal application, except 357(1)(d.1) | $15 per application |
| Mortgage company administration fee | $8 per account/interim and final bill |
| Ownership change fee | $35 per change |
| Cheque retrieval fee* | $20 per cheque |
| Addition to tax roll | $50 per item |
| Reminder notice | $7 per notice |
| New account administration fee | $50 |
| Title search | $125 per title search |
| Tax sale registration | $1,100 |
| Tax sale final notice | $1,900 |
| Tax sale of property | $7,800 plus incurred advertising costs |
| Tax sale extension agreement | $1,100 |
| Notice of interested parties fee | $30 per notice |
| Bailiff assignment fee | $50 per year assigned |
| Payment redistribution fee | $40 per request |
| Defaulted POA fines – administration fee | $30 per fine |
| Final notice fee | $20 per notice |
| Notice of impending registration | $50 per notice |
| Online simplified tax receipt | $0 |
*Any request to retrieve, return, replace or move a post-dated cheque must be made a minimum of 3 business days prior to the cheque date.
Previously purchased documents
All of your purchased tax receipts and certificates can be found in your account under ‘digital downloads’.