Which notice did you receive?
Pick the sender and subject of your letter. Each track has its own appeal route — starting on the wrong one wastes your 90 days.
These tracks cover BC property transfer tax and speculation & vacancy tax — notices from the BC government. If your letter came from the Canada Revenue Agency, you want the CRA objection builder ($39) instead.
PTT assessment objection
You were assessed property transfer tax (s.18) and disagree with the assessment — the amount, or the facts or law behind it.
90 days from the date shown on the notice (PTTA s.19(1))
Start this trackDenied exemption or refund
You have an assessment denying an exemption, or a refusal of a refund or application covered by PTTA s.19(2). Identify the decision on your notice before selecting a route.
90 days for decisions covered by PTTA s.19 — confirm the notice type
An exemption issue may concern an assessment under s.19(1). The refund and application refusals in s.19(2) are listed separately in the current Act.
Start this trackPTT penalty
A penalty was imposed under s.12 (for example, after a false-declaration determination on a first-time-home-buyer claim) and you dispute it.
90 days from the date shown on the notice (PTTA s.19(2))
Start this trackSVT assessment appeal
You were assessed speculation & vacancy tax (after declaring, or after the administrator examined your declaration) and disagree with the result.
90 days from the date of the notice of assessment (SVTA s.98(6))
Start this trackI never filed my SVT declaration and got a default assessment
If you did not file a speculation tax declaration and received an assessment under SVTA s.67(1)(a)(i), you cannot appeal it — SVTA s.98(9) bars the appeal (except on whether you are an "owner"). Check the late-declaration process for your year. The free declaration guide links to the official instructions.
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