If you have not received your tax notice, you can receive your tax notice through eTaxBC. If you do not have access to the internet, you can visit the nearest Service BC location or contact us.
If your property is not located in a city, town, district or village, it is in a rural area. When you own property or lease Crown land in a rural area, you'll receive your property tax notice from the province's Surveyor of Taxes Office every June. You pay your property taxes to the province.
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The province collects taxes for the services they provide (for example, school and policing) and on behalf of other organizations to raise funds for their services. Some of the organizations the province collects taxes on behalf of are:
Each of these organizations informs the province about the budget they require to provide services for the year. The Surveyor of Taxes then determines the tax rates needed to raise the funds to pay for each service. For tax rate information, see:
All property owners share the cost of providing education and policing in the province. If you own property, you are required to pay school tax and police tax for each property you own, unless the property qualifies for a school tax exemption or credit.
You do not pay property taxes if you own a property that is exempt from property taxation, such as a:
You need to notify BC Assessment if you:
The exemption will become effective in the tax year following the year you acquired or changed the use of the property. You will be responsible for ensuring the property taxes are paid for the current year.