Income Tax pledges faster assessments
INCOME Tax has pledged to issue assessments more quickly in response to public feedback.
From 1 January, 2014 income tax returns will be available to complete online at https://eforms.gov.gg, with paper forms available to be downloaded and printed from 2 January at www.gov.gg/personaltaxreturns.
Director of income tax Rob Gray said that to address customer feedback, a number of enhancements to last year's personal income tax return have been introduced.
'An important change is the introduction of a summary page to the paper return,' he said. 'It is mandatory that this is completed, as it will enable the paper return to be processed through our automatic assessing facility. This will provide the greater speed and efficiency that our customers have asked for.
'Customer feedback also reflected that islanders want assessments to be issued as soon as possible, so that they have an idea of where they stand financially,' he said.
'We have listened to this and will be issuing assessments, in most cases, using the information that taxpayers provide on their personal tax returns.
'Any queries will now generally be raised after the assessment has been issued, and any amendments made once the customer has responded. This is similar to how self-assessment regimes operate in some other jurisdictions.'
