Important dates for your property taxes

The important dates for your property taxes depend on where your property is located.

• Municipal or First Nation Properties
• Rural Area Properties

Municipal or First Nation properties

If you own property taxed by a municipality or First Nation, contact them directly for important dates.

Rural area properties

If you own property or lease Crown land in a rural area, important dates are:

January	Your property assessment is mailed out by BC Assessment
January 31	Deadline to request a formal review of your property assessment
May 31	Your rural property tax notice is mailed out
Mid-June	Contact us at 1-888-355-2700 if you have not received your property tax notice
July 2	Deadline to pay your rural property taxes Deadline to apply for the home owner grant without late payment penalties Deadline to apply to defer your property taxes without late payment penalties Deadline to apply for the Farm Extension Program
July 3	A 5% penalty is applied to your unpaid account balance, including any unclaimed home owner grant (unless you are in the Farm Extension Program)
July 23	A Statement of Account is mailed out to you if you have an unpaid account balance from a previous year. You will continue to receive monthly statements until your account balance has been paid
October 31	Deadline to pay your property taxes if you are in the Farm Extension Program
November 1	An additional 5% penalty is applied to your unpaid account balance, including any unclaimed home owner grant A 10% penalty is applied to your unpaid account balance if you are in the Farm Extension Program
December 31	Deadline to apply for the current year home owner grant (penalties apply) Deadline to apply for last year's home owner grant retroactively Deadline to apply to defer your property taxes (penalties apply)

If you do not pay your taxes and any late-payment penalties in the current tax year, your account will become overdue. Find out what happens if you have an overdue account balance.