Payment of any outstanding amounts for 2011/12 personal tax assessments and 2012/13 payment on account notices is due on 6 January 2013 - less than a month away.

There are several ways to pay tax bills, including an online service which people can use in the comfort of their own home, at a time which is convenient to them and which can avoid potentially large queues at the Income Tax Division office as the payment date approaches.

Anyone who is interested should register for Government Online Services at www.gov.im/onlineservices and then follow the links to enrol for Tax Services.

Users of online tax services can also receive and submit their tax returns, receive their assessments, get their tax codes and review their tax balances.