A unique expertise in centralized school tax management
For over 50 years, the CGTSIM has supported the school service centres (SSCs) and school boards (SBs) on the Island of Montréal in managing their school tax and pooling certain services, enabling them to devote themselves fully to their educational mission.
We are…
a public organization that provides pooled services to school service centres (SSCs) and school boards, helping reduce their administrative burden and optimize the use of public funds.
Our services
Centralized School Tax Management
The CGTSIM handles the sending, collection, and management of the school tax for SSCs and school boards on the Island of Montréal, representing nearly 563,000 accounts.
Understanding school taxCentralized Cash Management
By pooling the funds of SSCs and SBs on the Island of Montréal, we maximize the return on every public dollar by negotiating favorable rates, reducing short-term borrowing costs, and generating higher interest income.
Cash Management (in French only)Cooperative Purchasing System (CPS)
This group tendering mechanism allows participating members to procure products and services at a lower cost by taking advantage of volume purchasing. Bouton français
Cooperative Purchasing System (in French only)Risk Management Plan (RMP)
The RMP is a self-insurance fund that covers the extracontractual civil liability of the employees, directors and officers of the SSCs and SBs on the Island of Montréal and the CGTSIM. This model enables significant savings on insurance premiums.
Risk Management Plan (in French only)-
$ 388,6 million
in annual school tax billing.
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563 000 accounts
of annual billing.
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$ 13.5 million
in funds allocated to underprivileged areas.
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485 schools and 289,000 students
in the territory served by the CGTSIM.
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Founded in 1972
under the Education Act, supporting education ever since.
