THE SALES TAX

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 273, 31 August 1935, Page 6

THE SALES TAX

POSITION OF TAILORS.

AN INTERPRETATION SOUGHT

(Pei' Press Association.)

DUNEDIN, August 30. Some time ago it was reported that an action in Court was pending against a Dunedin tailor for the recovery of sales tax in respect of the manufacture by him of tailor-made garments, and that the Dunedin Master Tailors’ Association intended to dispute the interpretation placed by the Customs Department fpon certain sections of the Sales Tax Act. On further consideration the Dunedin Master Tailors’ Association and other interested parties throughoutthe Dominion now' agree that the Customs Department, in regarding tailors as retailers for the purposes of the Act, apd in applying the provisions of section 13 of the Act to goods manufactured by these tailors, lias acted within the law. The parties have acvwrdingly decided to meet the demand for tax.

Authority has been given for the withdrawal of the proposed proceedings. It is understood that the Minister for Customs, who is fully aware of the difficult situation in which the tailoring trade is placed, is going into the question whether it might be practicable to afford some relief to the industry.