Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency

SAMA is an independent agency with responsibility to: the Province of Saskatchewan; local governments (municipalities); and property owners. Provincial legislation mandates SAMA to: develop and maintain the province's assessment policies, standards and procedures; audit assessments, and review and confirm municipal assessment rolls; and provide property valuation services to local governments (municipalities). We are partly funded: by the provincial government for our core service of developing assessment policy, auditing municipal assessments and confirming assessment rolls; and through "requisitions" that municipalities pay for SAMA field services. Here's what we do, in a nutshell: SAMA provides reliable, up-to-date property assessment valuations - the pillar upon which governments set tax policy and property tax rates. For this reason, SAMA focuses on providing objective, accurate, understandable information to all stakeholders. SAMA strives for a quality assessement system that is: accurate and up-to-date based on professional standards defensible understandable universal cost-effective and easily administered equitable, and fair for all property owners. It's important to note what SAMA doesn't do, because there is often confusion: SAMA doesn't make tax policy, and doesn't set mill rates. Looking for Legislation pertaining to SAMA and assessment? Legislation pertaining to SAMA, including The Assessment Management Agency Act, The Cities Act, The Municipalities Act, and The Northern Municipalities Act, can be found online at the Government of Saskatchewan Queen's Printer web site.