Select tax offices open for Saturday business

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising the public that it will operate select tax offices in several parishes on Saturdays, beginning today.

The decision follows an announcement by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams during the recent Budget Debate.

During this period, taxpayers will be able to conduct the full suite of weekday services, with the exception of Audit and Compliance activities. This move is an expansion of the Saturday operations that TAJ has previously offered at a few select tax offices on month-end Saturdays over the last few years.

As the authority continues to work through the administrative details, over the next three months, May to July, the select tax offices will operate on scheduled Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The expanded Saturday openings is aimed at providing taxpayers with greater convenient options of doing business on these scheduled weekends, as well as to alleviate the usually high walk-in traffic at tax offices during the particularly busy month-end weekday period.

Taxpayers will be able to access taxpayer service activities including processing motor vehicle registration and other motor vehicle transactions, applying for a taxpayer registration number (TRN), dropping off documents for the renewal of their driver’s licence, and making tax and fee payments, as the tax authority continues to provide additional access to its services.

Persons wishing to make payments for property tax may also opt to utilise TAJ’s expanded Saturday operating hours. Additionally, motorists who have not as yet collected their printed driver’s licence cards, are able to do so at any of the listed locations, if their applications were dropped off there.

Persons are reminded, that they may opt to avoid a tax office visit entirely by conducting several transactions online, to include payment for driver’s licence renewal, fitness certificate, traffic ticket, business-related taxes and deductions and property tax, as well as electronically querying property tax liabilities. Motorists may now also renew their motor vehicle registration certificate online and utilise a quick window for pickup at the participating tax office selected.

For further information call the Tax Administration Customer Care Centre at 888-TaxHelp (888-829-4357) or visit the website at www.jamaicatax.gov.jm.