I have been trying to get clarification on procedures for filing appeals of property tax bills and filing for tax credits. From what I understand, if you are not in agreement with your new valuation you must first file an “informal” appeal . The information used to evaluate your property will be checked for accuracy. If you are still not satisfied you may make a “formal” appeal. While making a formal appeal you should pay the average of the 2005 and 2006 bills (2005 +2006 /2).
 Tax Credits are also available for such things as Homestead, Senior, Veteran, and Circuit Breaker. The circuit breaker applies if your taxes have increased by more than 125% from the year before and household income is less than $135,000.ÂÂ
See more information on the situation in the Daily News at:
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article?id=17635766
See information on the  credits in a recent article in The Source:  http://www.onepaper.com/stthomasvi/?v=d&i=&s=News:Local+Government&p=1223618717
If you have questions or need forms please call the St. John Tax Assessors Office at 34 776-6737 or call me at Islandia
Merry 340 776-6666 merryvi@aol.com
