Technical Difficulties
The International Tax Authority (“ITA”) is informing all users of the BVI Financial Account Reporting System, (“BVIFARS”), that it is aware
Fee Implementation Update
Almost there! Fee Implementation UpdateIt’s been a while since we announced the new annual fee for Financial Institutions (FI’s) enrolled in the
Tax Identification Number (TIN) Update
On December 30th, 2022, the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-11 (the “2023 Notice”) for foreign financial institutions (“FFI”)
BVIFars & Filing Update
The International Tax Authority (the “ITA”) wishes to extend its apology to Portal users, as over the last few weeks we have received queries concerning the BVIFars Portal. We are cognizant that this issue had affected some Portal users with respect to nil filings and XML uploads. Our Team had been working
BVIFARS Online
The International Tax Authority (the “ITA”) wishes to inform all Virgin Islands Financial Institutions (“VIFI”’s) and Constituent Entities that the British Virgin Islands Financial Account Reporting system (“BVIFARs”) has returned online as. We express our apologies for the inconvenience caused over the last week, however; we thank you for your patience and
BVIFARS Offline: System Maintenance
The International Tax Authority (the “ITA”) wishes to inform all Virgin Islands Financial Institutions (“VIFI”’s) and Constituent Entities that the British Virgin Islands Financial Account Reporting system (“BVIFARs”) will be temporarily offline for maintenance purposes.Please visit our website at https://bviita.vg/ under the “News” tab or contact our Office for an update on when
BVIFARS Online: For version 2.0 XML Schema filings
The International Tax Authority (the “ITA”) wishes to inform all Virgin Islands Financial Institutions (“VIFI’s”) and Constituent Entities that the British Virgin Islands Financial Account Reporting system (“BVIFARs”) is now accessible. All VIFI’s and constituent entities are reminded of the filing deadlines. They are as follows: For Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”)