Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding the public that it will open select tax offices this Saturday, September 24 and every last Saturday of the month for the remainder of the 2022/23 financial year.

The Saturday service enhancement continues to provide taxpayers with a convenient option of doing business on the weekends, as well as to alleviate the usually high walk-in traffic at tax offices during the busy month-end weekday period.

Taxpayers will be able to access taxpayer service activities including same-day driver’s licence processing (except Sav-La-Mar), motor vehicle registration and other motor vehicle transactions.

Additionally, persons may apply for a Taxpayer Registration Number (TRN), and make 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 opt to utilise the added convenience of TAJ’s weekend operating hours.

Motorists, who have not collected their printed driver’s licence cards can do so at any of the listed locations if their applications were dropped off there (drop-off service has been discontinued). In addition to that, audit and compliance activities will not be available during the Saturday operations.

Persons are also reminded that they may opt to avoid a tax office visit entirely by conducting several transactions online including 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.

Customers may also avail themselves to a range of other online payment options, including making tax payments via National Commercial Bank (NCB), as NCB customers are able to use their online banking platform by adding TAJ as a payee.

Also, customers are able to make several business payments via the new TAJ Direct Funds

Transfer (DFT) process. These are in addition to customers being able to make payments via the Tax Authority’s website www.jamaicatax.gov.jm using a credit card or other banking card with credit card features or using the Scotia Bank’s electronic funds transfer via TAJ’s website.

Additionally, TAJ also offers its expanded DFT payment channel which includes stamp duty and transfer tax as a payment type as well as its Scotia Bank account as a beneficiary account. This means that in addition to the ability to make payments for payroll deductions, income tax, consumption taxes, trade and business licences, as well as several other business-related taxes.

Customers now also have the ability to make stamp duty and transfer tax payments using the convenient DFT option.

The following Tax Offices will operate this Saturday between the hours of 10:00 am – 2:00 pm:

· St Andrew (Constant Spring)

· Montego Bay (FCJ Building at 11-12 Almond Way, Montego Bay Freeport)

· Mandeville

· Savanna-La-Mar

· St Ann’s Bay

The Portmore Tax Office will continue its usual weekly Saturday operations, with adjusted business hours (9:00 am – 2:00 pm).