Incorrect personal tax assessments since 2020 (FOI)

​​Request 688752513

​Please could you provide statistics on the number of incorrect personal tax assessments, as well as ITIS rates, issued by Revenue Jersey over the last 5 years. I'm looking for the number of each where a further, correct document has been issued and the fault is that of Revenue Jersey as opposed to erroneous information being provided to the department.

Response

Information collated in late February 2025 (excluding taxpayer error as requested) currently indicates that the following number of tax assessments have been amended due to ‘officer input error’.    

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ITIS rates are automatically calculated from a taxpayer’s assessment and are reflective of the information stated on the tax return by the taxpayer. ITIS rates are automatically issued in bulk each November to cover the upcoming year of assessment. In addition, taxpayers are able at any time to provide more up-to-date information and request that their ITIS rate be updated to reflect this.

Information as to why a taxpayer has requested their ITIS rate be updated is not held. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information Law therefore applies.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.​