I haven't been in the BVI for years, but I remember the last time we were there, we discovered near the end of our trip that most restaurants were charging us "tax" on the bill even though there was no official BVI tax. I found out after we got home that the "tax" was like a gratuity, but not explained it to us that way. Not knowing this, we tipped on top of the tax.

What is the current situation? Is there really a sales tax in BVI, if so, what is the rate?