Drop off, mail, or hand in your payment in person at City Hall

Property tax and Empty Homes Tax

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  Payment options

  What we accept:

  Paying your taxes in person	Dropping off or mailing your payment
  Cheque Money order Bank draft Debit card payments  Credit cards and credit card cheques are not accepted.	Cheque Money order ​ For security reasons, cash is not accepted for drop off or in the mail.

  What to write on your cheque or money order

  Make your cheque or money order payable to the City of Vancouver when paying your taxes and include your:

  • Property tax: Folio number when paying your property tax
    (Your folio number can be found at the top of your property tax notice.)
  • Empty Homes Tax: Vacancy Tax account number when paying your Empty Homes Tax 
    (Your Vacancy Tax account number can be found at the top of your Vacancy Tax notice.)

  

   Including your folio number on your cheque (when paying your property tax) and your Vacancy Tax account number (when paying your Empty Homes Tax) helps us know which property your payment applies to.

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  Drop-off location

  What to write on your cheque or money order

  Make your cheque or money order payable to the City of Vancouver when paying your taxes and include your:

  • Property tax: Folio number when paying your property tax
    (Your folio number can be found at the top of your property tax notice.)
  • Empty Homes Tax: Vacancy Tax account number when paying your Empty Homes Tax. 
    (Your Vacancy Tax account number can be found at the top of your Vacancy Tax notice.)

  Where you can drop off your payment

  You can drop-off your payment either:

  • In the mail slot at the south entrance doors of City Hall (the doors are located at the West 12 Avenue entrance). Our mail slot is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • The drop box on the first floor of City Hall (only available during business hours).

  Vancouver City Hall is located at:

  453 West 12th Avenue
  Vancouver, BC

   
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  Mail and courier information

  If you are sending your tax payment from outside of Canada, we recommend that you courier your payments to Revenue Services at City Hall, to ensure that your payment is received on time.

  What to write on your cheque or money order

  Make your cheque or money order payable to the City of Vancouver when paying your taxes and include your:

  • Property tax: Folio number when paying your property tax
    (Your folio number can be found at the top of your property tax notice.)
  • Empty Homes Tax: Vacancy Tax account number when paying your Empty Homes Tax 
    (Your Vacancy Tax account number can be found at the top of your Vacancy Tax notice.)

  Where to send your payment

  Courier address	Mailing address
  City of Vancouver Revenue Services 453 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4	City of Vancouver Revenue Services PO Box 7747 Vancouver, BC V6B 8R1

   If tax payments are sent by mail but do not arrive at City Hall by the due date, a 5% penalty is applied to the unpaid balance after the due date. Canada Post postmarks are not proof of on-time payment.

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  Where to pay in person

  Pay your taxes in person at:

  Revenue Services
  Ground floor, City Hall
  453 W 12th Ave

  Business hours are 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.