Sales Tax for V7B — Vancouver International Airport (Richmond)

What Postal Code V7B Covers

V7B covers Sea Island, occupied almost entirely by Vancouver International Airport. Its retail includes both duty-free stores serving departing international passengers and the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet adjacent to the terminals, which is ordinary taxable retail — a distinction that matters at the till. Burkeville, a small neighbourhood built in 1943 for wartime aircraft workers, is the island's only residential community.

Communities & neighbourhoods in V7B

Local landmarks

• Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
• Burkeville
• McArthurGlen Designer Outlet
• Iona Beach Regional Park

Where V7B Sits — and What That Changes at the Till

V7B sits about 10 km southwest of Vancouver, the nearest centre of any size, and is the only postal area our data records for Vancouver International Airport (Richmond). Its closest postal neighbours are V7C (Richmond) about 3 km off and V6Y (Richmond) about 4 km off.

The Peace Arch crossing at Douglas lies about 35 km from V7B, which puts US retail inside an ordinary afternoon. What comes back is a customs question rather than a provincial one, and the thresholds are unforgiving: no personal exemption at all on a same-day trip, CAD 200 once you have been away 24 hours — lose it by a dollar and duty and tax apply to everything you are carrying, not just the excess — and CAD 800 after 48 hours, where only the amount over the line is assessed. The CBSA collects the 5% GST at the booth; British Columbia's 7% PST on goods brought in for personal use is settled under the province's own rules.

V7B is suburban ground serving about 1,000 residents; ~25 million passengers annually across 3 communities — the settlement pattern where delivered goods matter most. A parcel addressed into V7B carries British Columbia's 12% even when the seller is registered in Alberta and charges 5% to every customer at home. General merchandise here concentrates around McArthurGlen Designer Outlet, and all of it carries the full 12% — while the basic groceries sold in the same catchment are zero-rated federally and carry nothing at all. Two outcomes on one shopping trip, and the usual source of "why was part of my receipt taxed differently". With Vancouver International Airport inside the code, the tax line runs straight through the terminal: duty-free sales past security sit outside the GST/HST net, while every landside shop and restaurant in the same building sits inside it at 12%.

The 12% above is set for the whole of British Columbia and does not move between postal codes — V7B pays exactly what every other British Columbia code pays. The bill that does move is an overnight one. A room in British Columbia carries 8% PST rather than the 7% charged on goods, and participating areas add up to 3% municipal and regional district tax on top — as much as 11% on the room before the 5% GST is counted at all. The MRDT is charged only in participating areas, on behalf of municipalities, regional districts and eligible tourism entities, so two BC towns an hour apart can bill a room differently.

Everything above is particular to V7B; the rules that are not — registration thresholds, filing frequency, input tax credit recovery, point-of-sale rebates — are set for the whole of British Columbia, and they live on the British Columbia sales tax guide rather than being restated on V7B's page, where the calculator above is already locked to 12%.

Working the 12% on a Purchase in V7B

FSA V7B Tax Breakdown and Calculation Example

For FSA V7B in the Vancouver International Airport (Richmond) area, the sales tax rate is 12%. Here is how tax is calculated on typical purchase amounts:

Selling into V7B: What You Need to Register For

British Columbia runs a GST + PST system administered by CRA (GST) + BC Ministry of Finance (PST), with a registration threshold of $30,000 (GST) / $10,000 (PST) ($10,000 (PST via BC eTax) for remote sellers). Filing frequency, input tax credit recovery, point-of-sale rebates and the full registration walkthrough are set out on the British Columbia sales tax guide — they are province-wide rules, identical for every postal code here, so this page links them rather than repeating them.

1. Charge the rate the address decides. A delivery into V7B is a British Columbia sale, so charge 12% (5% GST + 7% provincial tax) — your own address does not enter into it.
2. Show it the way CRA (GST) + BC Ministry of Finance (PST) expects. GST and PST as separate line items; the provincial authority audits for correct disclosure.

Everything else about selling here — thresholds, filing frequency, ITC recovery, point-of-sale rebates, and the full province-by-province sourcing rules — is identical for every postal code in British Columbia and is set out once on the British Columbia sales tax guide and in the British Columbia GST/HST calculator.

Postal Codes Near V7B

All 12%, like V7B — what differs is the ground each one covers, and with it the municipal levies on lodging and prepared food worth checking before you invoice.

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