TAX Administration Jamaica (TAJ), in collaboration with St James Municipal Corporation, is continuing its enforcement activities against chronically delinquent taxpayers, thereby seeking to improve property tax collection and compliance in the parish.

The teams, TAJ said in a release, will focus on the communities of Torada Heights, Coral Gardens, Ironshore, Spring Estate, and Caribbean Heights from Friday, October 25 to Saturday, October 26, 2024, with a shift in focus to the Providence Heights community on Sunday, October 27, 2024.

TAJ said it is quite encouraged with the results of the targeted operations in the parish as it relates to results from the previous enforcement activity conducted in the Cornwall Courts community in June of this year. Data indicate that as of September 30, 2024 the compliance rate jumped to 60 per cent, up from historically low levels of less than 25 per cent.

More than 200 garnishment notices have been served on delinquent taxpayers, with an additional 300 prepared for dispatch. Additionally, the enforcement team will take more than 100 residents to court to recover the unpaid property taxes, as well as explore the option of seizing motor vehicles and placing liens on properties for those delinquent residents who have the ability to pay the outstanding property taxes.