Can a BC resident apply for a PST refund if they purchase a vehicle in BC and then move out of the province?
Yes, where a motor vehicle is sold within the Province to a resident of the Province and the vehicle is subsequently taken out of the Province to another jurisdiction by the purchaser within 30 days of the date of such sale, to be used solely outside the Province, then the tax collected at the time of sale shall be refunded by the minister on receipt of evidence that the purchaser: (a) established residence in that other jurisdiction within 30 days of the date of the sale, (b) was required to pay a retail sales tax on registration of the vehicle under the laws of that other jurisdiction, and (c) purchased the vehicle on or after March 1, 1981. Refunds of provincial sales tax paid in error by mistake of fact must be claimed within six years from the date the taxes were paid. The refund does not differ depending on where a claimant may move to.
