BIR ANNOUNCES THE 2025 VOLUNTEER TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Joel Lee, CPA, Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue announces the reinstatement of the taxpayer assistance program. The Bureau's audit staff will help taxpayers with the filing of their 2024 income tax returns. This year, the program will be done in conjunction with the University of the Virgin Islands accounting department. 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, February 22, 2025 and will run until April 12, 2025. Assistance will be provided on a first come first serve basis. The due date to file tax returns is April 15, 2025.

On St. Thomas, the program will be at the Bureau's office at 6115 Estate Smith Bay, in Red Hook, across the street from the Red Hook dock from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There will be no taxpayer assistance on St. Thomas on March 15th and March 29, 2025.

On St. Croix, the program will be held at the Bureau's office at 4008 Estate Diamond from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There will be no taxpayer assistance on St. Croix on March 1st and March 15, 2025.

On St. John, the program will be held at the Bureau's office at Enighed Pond on Wednesdays, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Taxpayers should have available a valid ID, as well as all W-2VIs, 1099Rs (Retirement Income), other Form 1099s (Interest and Other Income), and Form SSA (Social Security Income) readily available when they arrive at the office. Please also walk with birth certificates and social security cards for dependents being claimed on the tax return. There will be no preparation for Form 1040NR or any returns with Schedule C.

Please refer questions about the Volunteer Taxpayer Assistance Program to Perpetua Cranston on St. Croix at 773-1040 and to Clifford Charleswell on St. Thomas and St. John at 715-1040.

Director Lee reminds the taxpaying public that it is against the law for any Bureau of Internal Revenue employee to charge fees for preparation of a tax return. Any taxpayer who can provide proof of payment to a Bureau of Internal Revenue employee for the preparation of tax returns is asked to call Director Lee at (340) 773-1040 to report this violation.