BIR Reinstates the Volunteer Taxpayer Assistant Program in 2024

BIR Reinstates the Volunteer Taxpayer Assistant Program in 2024 Joel Lee, CPA, director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is reinstating the taxpayer assistance program. The bureau’s audit staff will help taxpayers with the filing of their 2023 income tax returns. This is a free service offered to taxpayers who are filing simple tax returns with the bureau.

The Volunteer Taxpayer Assistance Program will start on all three islands on Saturday, Feb. 24, and will run until April 13. Assistance will be provided on a first-come-first-serve basis. The due date to file tax returns is April 15.

On St. Thomas, the program will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the bureau’s office, 6115 Estate Smith Bay, Red Hook, across the street from the Red Hook dock. There will be no taxpayer assistance on St. Thomas on March 23 or March 30.