Introduction
BC Auto Appraisals was founded in North Vancouver in 2022 — the same year British Columbia changed how used vehicles are taxed. Under the new rules, PST on a private vehicle purchase is calculated from the Canadian Black Book average value for the year, make and model. Your vehicle’s actual mileage, condition, accident history and needed repairs? Ignored.
We saw honest buyers overpaying hundreds — sometimes thousands — of dollars in tax on vehicles that were nowhere near “average.” So we built a licensed appraisal service to fix it: fast, fully compliant with the Ministry of Finance’s FIN-320 process, and available remotely anywhere in BC.
Since then, we’ve earned more than 300 five-star Google reviews — making us the highest-rated vehicle appraisal service in British Columbia. Our reports are relied on by ICBC, law firms, private insurers and rental companies — and they’re built to hold up under scrutiny, whether that’s an insurance broker’s desk, a settlement negotiation, or a courtroom.
