Banking services for paying insurance premium tax

There are three ways you can pay your insurance premium taxes through your bank or financial institution:

• Bill payment service
• Electronic funds transfer
• Wire transfer

Tax returns cannot be filed through your bank or financial institution. If you also need to file a tax return, you must submit it separately using another method.

Bill payment service

Bill payment services can generally be accessed through:

• Your online banking account
• An automated teller machine (ATM)
• Telephone banking

Be aware that payments made using bill payments services can take up to 3 business days to process. To avoid late payment penalties and interest, make your payment more than 3 business days before the due date.

To pay your taxes using a bill payment service you need to add a payee for Insurance Premium Tax to your bank account. To add a new payee to your bank account you need to know our payee name and your account number.

Payee name

You should be able to find us listed with your bank under one of the following payee names:

• BC - InsPrmTax (instalment or tax return payments)
• BC - STMT OF ACCT (overdue and unpaid balance payments)

Note: some banks and financial institutions will use a variation of the payee names above. If you can't find us, call your bank for assistance.

Account number

You should find your insurance premium tax account number (e.g. IPX-XXXX-XXXX) listed on the last reminder to file notice, or instalment advice letter you received.

If you haven’t filed a tax return before you won’t have an account number and will need to make your payment using another payment option.

Electronic funds transfer

To successfully submit a payment through electronic funds transfer (EFT), you must:

1. Provide your bank our account information
2. Validate your payment by sending us your payment details

Your financial institution may have standard charges that apply to EFT payments. Ensure your financial institution does not deduct charges from the payment amount due as this will result in an underpayment.

Account information (EFT)

Provide your bank the following account information:

Account name:	Province of British Columbia
Bank name and address:	Royal Bank of Canada 1789 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver BC V7M 2J6
Bank number:	0003
Bank transit:	04000
Bank account number:	125-916-7

Validate your payment (EFT)

As soon as you make a payment, you must validate your payment by sending us the following payment details:

• Your business name
• Your business number
• Your IPT or IPN account number
• The taxation year the payment is for
• The date the payment was submitted
• The amount you paid

You can send the payment details through :

1. Email at RSBCClientCare@gov.bc.ca with the subject line “Electronic Funds Transfer – Your Business Name – Your IPT or IPN Account Number”

Or

2. Fax to 250-405-4415, attention Electronic Payments Clerk, Revenue Services of British Columbia

If you do not validate your payment, we cannot match your payment to your account. This may result in late payment penalties and interest may be charged.

Wire transfer

To successfully submit a payment through wire transfer, you must

1. Make the payment in Canadian dollars
2. Provide your bank our account information
3. Validate your payment by sending us your payment details

Your financial institution may have standard charges that apply to wire transfer payments. Ensure your financial institution does not deduct charges from the payment amount due as this will result in an underpayment.

Account information (wire transfer)

Provide your bank the following account information:

Beneficiary name:	Province of British Columbia
Address:	1802 Douglas Street Victoria, BC  V8T 4K6
Bank name:	Royal Bank of Canada
Address:	1789 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver BC V7M 2J6
Beneficiary account No.:	125-916-7
Bank number:	0003
Transit number:	04000
Bank code:	//CC 000304000
Swift:	ROYCCAT2
Description or referencefield	IPT or IPN Account Number

Validate your payment (wire transfer)

As soon as you make a payment, you must validate your payment by sending us the following payment details:

• Your business name
• Your business number
• Your IPT or IPN account number
• The taxation year the payment is for
• The date the payment was submitted
• The amount you paid

You can send the payment details through:

1. Email at RSBCClientCare@gov.bc.ca with the subject line “Electronic Funds Transfer – Your Business Name – Your IPT or IPN Account Number”

Or

2. Fax to 250-405-4415, attention Electronic Payments Clerk, Revenue Services of British Columbia

If you do not validate your payment, we cannot match your payment to your account. This may result in late payment penalties and interest may be charged.