 Jersey's new system is similar to Pay As You Earn in the UK |
Jersey's new tax system will help ensure all workers pay what they owe, the Comptroller of Income Tax has said. The island's new Income Tax Instalment System - or Itis - starts in January, and 45,000 information forms are being sent out over the next few weeks.
The new system is a pay-as-you-earn tax, with money owed being paid monthly rather than in a yearly lump sum.
Comptroller Malcolm Campbell said the system would catch workers who had avoided paying tax in the past.
'Employee benefits'
He said: "We will catch people such as seasonal workers who come to Jersey for maybe six or seven months a year and then don't pay any tax at all.
"Those will people will be caught under Itis, so they will pay tax as well."
But he added that the new system had advantages for taxpayers as well as the States.
He said: "There is a benefit to employees, because many of them have difficulty finding a lump sum at the end of the year."
Jersey's tax payers are receiving individual details of how much they will pay.
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