Tax Certificate
Generate instant tax certificates for property transactions, provide property tax inquiry tools, and manage tax receipt/statement requests — replacing the traditional 2–3 day manual certificate process with real-time generation.
Certificate Gen
Cert Accuracy
Portal → Delivery
Inquiry Response
Purpose-Built for Canadian Municipalities
Purpose & Scope
What this module owns
Clear ownership boundaries prevent duplication and ensure every capability has exactly one authoritative home.
Owns
6Delegated to
6Tax account balances and payment history
Assessment data and roll values
Property/owner data
Fee payment processing
Certificate document storage
Online self-service portal
These capabilities are handled by dedicated modules and consumed via stable API contracts — keeping boundaries clean and ownership unambiguous.
Core Capabilities
What it does
3 capability groups comprising 5 discrete capabilities — each with API surface, business rules, and data ownership.
Generate tax certificates with real-time data including current taxes, arrears, penalties, liens, and tax sale status — prorated to closing date.
Real-Time Data
Compile current taxes, arrears, penalties/interest, local improvement charges, liens, and tax sale status in real time.
Prorated to Closing
Calculate pro-rated tax amounts to the specified closing date for accurate real estate transactions.
Digital Signature
Digital certificate with authorized municipal signature — legally valid for property transactions.
Instant Generation
Generate in ≤5 seconds vs. traditional 2–3 day manual process — transformational improvement.
Online portal for law firms and title searchers with batch requests, account billing, and status tracking.
Online Submission
Law firms and title searchers submit requests by roll number through the dedicated portal.
Batch Requests
Submit multiple certificate requests in a single batch for high-volume firms.
Account Billing
Credit card or established account billing — no need to visit the municipal office.
Status Tracking
Real-time request tracking with status notifications for each certificate.
Every module owns a single bounded context, exposes stable APIs, and can be composed into any Civic product — that's the architecture that scales.
Krutik Parikh
Creator of Civic
Data Model
Entity Architecture
2 entities with 3 relationships — the authoritative schema for this bounded context.
Entities
Select an entity to explore its fields and relationships
API Surface
Integration Endpoints
8 RESTful endpoints across 4 resource groups — plus 3 domain events for async integration.
/api/v1/tax-certificates/generate
Generate tax certificate
/api/v1/tax-certificates/{id}
Get certificate details + PDF
Ecosystem
Products that depend on this module
1 Civic products consume Tax Certificate — making it one of the most critical platform services in the ecosystem.
Technical Specifications
Performance, Compliance & Configuration
Certificate Generation
Certificate Accuracy
Portal Request to Delivery
Inquiry Response
Certificate Retention
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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