If you live in West Kelowna, you’ve got mail.
More than14,000 tax notices have been mailed out by the district to property owners.
Property owners have until 4:30 p.m. on July 3 to pay their property taxes without penalty. They are bing reminded by district staff to claim the provincial home owner grant to lower their total tax bill.
Payments can be made:
• Online or in person through most financial institutions
• By mail to District of West Kelowna, 2760 Cameron Road, West Kelowna, BC V1Z 2T6
• In person, using cash, debit, cheque or money order (credit cards are not accepted) at municipal office 2760 Cameron Road, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays.
If paying at the municipal office, residents are advised to save time by:
• Ensuring the home owner grant application, found on the property tax notice, is completed in full and signed; or, claiming the home owner grant in advance through online services at www.districtofwestkelowna.ca
• If paying by cheque, filling out the cheque in advance and making it payable to the District of West Kelowna and writing the roll number in the memo line
• If paying by debit, ensuring in advance the daily withdrawal limit on the bank account is enough to cover the amount owing on the tax notice
Those unable to get to the municipal office during business hours can use the drop box located to the right of the main entrance. Non-cash payments should be stapled to completed forms and placed in a sealed envelope before being put in the drop box.
Current taxes that are not paid by this year’s deadline, including any unclaimed home owner grant amounts, are subject to a 10 per cent penalty.
Those unable to pay taxes in full can reduce the penalty amount by paying as much as possible and by claiming the home owner grant by July 3.
Remember, postmarks are not accepted as a proof of payment date.
For more information contact the District of West Kelowna’s tax department at 778-797-8860.
For residents of the two unincorporated areas of the Central Okanagan—Central Okanagan West and Central Okanagan East electoral areas— rural property tax notices from the provincial government are also currently being mailed out.
Electoral area residents are reminded the Central Okanagan Regional District does not collect taxes directly and does not accept payment of property taxes.
Rural property tax notice payments are collected directly by the province. In the four municipalities in the CORD, regional district taxes are included on municipal tax notices each property owner receives from the City of Kelowna, District of Lake Country, District of Peachland and District of West Kelowna.
Property owners in the two unincorporated rural electoral areas are also reminded to claim the home owner grant and make their tax payment, payable to the Minister of Finance, at most financial institutions, through their mortgage agreement, by internet or telephone banking or by courier, Main the payment to: Surveyor of Taxes, P.O. Box 9446 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, B.C.,V8W 9V6.
Property owners in Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West who have questions about their rural property tax notice should contact the Surveyor of Taxes at 1-800-663-7867 and request a transfer to 250-387-0555, By email, they should contact ruraltax@gov.bc.ca or they can go online to the Ministry of Finance website.
