How to pay your oil and natural gas royalties and tax invoice

You can make a payment for your oil and natural gas royalties and freehold production tax invoice:

• Online using eTaxBC
• Through your financial institution using bill payment service, electronic fund transfer (EFT), or wire transfer
• By mail

When you make a payment on an account, our system automatically applies your payment to the oldest debit on that account.

The effective date of when the ministry considers a payment received is different depending on the payment method. Refer to the details below to ensure your payment is received on time.

If an invoice remains unpaid within 45 days of receipt, your permit, licence, or lease may be suspended or cancelled with 60 days notice.

Note: The British Columbia Energy Regulator (BCER) Production Levy and Orphan Site Restoration Tax (OSRT), and the B.C. Crown Royalty do not share the same bank account. If you're making monthly payments for both, send them separately to each account.

Online using eTaxBC

eTaxBC is an online invoicing and payment portal that allows you to:

• Access your eTaxBC account for oil and natural gas
• Pay your royalties and tax
• Review your current and historical Crown invoices
• View your eTaxBC payment history
• Correspond with ministry staff

You can also pay your BC Energy Regulator invoice through eTaxBC.

eTaxBC includes online assistance as well as help through telephone and email. Learn more about eTaxBC online services and review the etaxBC help guide.

Enrol for access to eTaxBC

If you already have access to eTaxBC through another provincial tax, such as a Provincial Sales Tax (PST) account, you will be able to add your Oil and Gas accounts to your existing logon. To do this, you need your new account number(s) and the Letter ID or enrolment code that was sent to you.

If this is your first time using eTaxBC, refer to the instructions in the New Client Registration Letter mailed to you that contains your new account number. Once you enrol for access to one Oil and Gas account, you'll be able to add access to all your Oil and Gas accounts.

Pay through eTaxBC

Before you can make a payment using eTaxBC, you need to add your Canadian Financial Institution account information as a payment channel to your eTaxBC account. More information about making payments in eTaxBC is available in our eTaxBC online help guide.

Payment effective date

When you make a payment in eTaxBC, your payment will be effective on the date you enter as the Payment Date. For example, if you submit a payment on the due date before midnight Pacific Standard Time, your payment will be considered on time, even though we may not process it until the next day. 

Through your financial institution

When you make a payment through bill payment services or electronic funds transfer, your payment will be effective the date recorded as received by the financial institution. 

When you make a wire transfer payment, your payment will be effective the date recorded as received in the province’s account. 

Note: Many financial institutions require payments to be submitted by a certain time for the payment to be accepted as received that day.

By mail

When you mail your payment, it is considered on-time if full payment is received by our office and date stamped on or before 4:30 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on the due date.

If you mail your payment, make sure you leave enough time for it to be received in our office by the due date. Postmark and meter mark dates are not accepted as date of payment.

Be sure to also include the Account Remittance Advice payment voucher (attached to the Statement of Account) with your payment so we can identify your account(s).

To pay by cheque or money order, mail to:

Mineral, Oil and Gas Revenue Branch
Ministry of Finance
PO BOX 9328 STN PROV GOV’T
VICTORIA BC  V8W 9N3

Your cheque or money order must be in Canadian dollars and made payable to the Minister of Finance. Do not mail cash.