Reporting & Paying Tax

You report B.C. income tax to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as part of your federal income tax return. How to File If you were a B.C. resident on the last day of the tax year, or you earned income in B.C. during the year, you may have to pay B.C. income tax. Forms...

Tax Rates

B.C. personal income tax rates apply to specific tax brackets. A tax bracket is a range of annual income. Income past a certain point is taxed at a higher rate. The tax brackets are indexed each year to the Consumer Price Index for B.C. (BC CPI). For the 2016 tax...

Premier Christy Clark mulls major tax changes in 2017

B.C. Premier Christy Clark has promised to change Medical Services Plan premiums — which she described as unfair — before next May’s provincial election. But Clark would not provide any specific details on how she plans to change the health tax, which brings in...