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Guernsey's Revenue Service has updated its 'backlog statistics's for dealing with Income Tax returns showing that 15% of personal returns for 2020 haven't yet been assessed.
The backlog data is published online to show transparency in how the situation is being managed.
The latest information published at gov.gg also shows that 83% of pensioners have had their 2020 tax returns assessed, along with 96% of self employed and non resident people or those with complex cases, and 94% of companies.
Pictured: The latest tax backlog statistics have been published at gov.gg HERE.
For people waiting on more recent tax return submissions, the backlog data for 2021 and 2022 is also published.
So far, 66% of personal returns for 2021 have been assessed, and 44% of 2022 forms have been.
The Revenue Service states that the published data shows "information on the backlog of tax returns, what we are doing to reduce it, what you can do to help, and the regularly updated backlog statistics".
It also explains that: "The backlog has been around for many years and was exacerbated by the changes to normal working life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst not everyone is going to fall into this backlog, we understand why some people feel frustrated about the time it has taken for them to receive their tax assessment.
"We've made a number of changes to help reduce the backlog, including encouraging more people to file online, holding drop-in sessions, and amending the paper tax form so that it can be processed more efficiently."
Pictured: How the tax backlog has grown, and grown...
An Express investigation earlier this year proved the tax backlog predated the covid pandemic by a decade.
The backlog of income tax returns waiting to be assessed was first reported by local media from around 2010.
The States of Guernsey's website only holds media releases dated back as far as 2012, and we used historic media articles to collate data which shows that in May 2011 there were 18,116 people waiting for their 2010 tax return to be assessed.
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