LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1932, Page 22

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(By BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) „§ IB [Letters of inquiry will be answered *r every week in this column. As far as la possible they will be dealt with in the order }g in which they aro received, and replies Bs will be inserted with tho least possible delay.] kX || WORRIED MOTHER.—A petition for nli- " monj" should bo tiled as soon as divorce k proceedings are brought against you. hi I.A.G.—Pensioners are exempt. §j| JUSTICE.—(I) You may deduct payments " for rates and repairs and insurance k . made on the property from which you 3kE derive rent. (2) Six months' absence jgg does not make you ineligible. WIDOW.—You may earn one pound per week. kk^j TAX.—See answer to "Justice." Mortgage i| interest on the property may be Kgg deducted. |™fr SOMEWHAT WORRIED.—The amount you . have paid should be more than siifli- Ikjj dent to pay your costs if you nre Mh respondent. You may, however, be SB required to pay your wife's costs. p NEWMARKET. —The rates will be C per k. cent and i>i per i-ent. |f ONEIIUXGA STAR.—You may put up wire Bβ netting as you suggest. ANXIOUS.—You nre not entitled to deduct rates and insurance on your own home. \j You are not likely to obtain exemption. g| Jt'RAMMIE. —You are entitled to a reduc- Ql tlon of 20 per cent from the rent which would have been charged hud your . lease been made in January, 1030. I 9M should'say that, apart, from special cir- HB uumstnnces, :i reduction of about 3/' Ijj per week would be Justified in your '» JAIIAZ.— (1) Your wife would not be %i entitled to maintenance. (-) You can- Sip not revoke your gifts. (8) You have ffl no control over the furniture i£ you " have given it away. » G.B.—You are not personally liable, but %( are liable to the extent of the assets t|| which you received on your husband's TJI death. If you cannot pay you need not worry, as you nre not likely to jl be sued while you are unemployed. ml HARP OF ERIN.—Tho reduction in your *|i pension is correct. You might, how- j^l ever, apply in respect of your daughter. I S.O.S.—You must pay tax on tho net |>j rent. See answer to "Justice. Kgj SUBSCRIBER.—If you are in business you M\ must send in a return. L MORTGAGOR. —You are entitled to a reduc- Ek tlon of 'M per cent in each case as m from April 1, 1032. Si TENANT.—You are entitled to a reduction IN of 20 per cent if your lease was made between January, 1025, and January, 1930. If your lease was made at an gS earlier or later date you are entitled to jg a reduction of 20 per cent from the rent that would nave been charged if your lease had been made in January, aiMU. ;%, J.B.—See answer to •■Tenant." If the E| tenancy was created bet ore 19.40 the reduction will be 20 per cent from 22/(,. VVA.F —Your mortgagee's contention is k correct. The interest that lias accrued gg> since April 1 is reduced. There is a m . difference between accruing and tailing ra due. I GRATEFUL.—The whole payment was R. interest and is liable for tax at 1/ 111 BQ the £. [1 TOM TAX.—You arc liable to a tax of k 1/ in the £. 1| CII \S. I).—The solicitor is entitled to Kg charge for work done, and whether you [« instructed him or not you are liable I , lor the costs of the agreement and ik lease. The fee charged in this case A is tho scale fee for u lease. You have Eg not been charged for tho agreement, nfl but, on the ouier baud, you have not I , been allowed the usual 10 per cent K discount. The charge made is quite la justifiable, for, it the agreement had m been charged for and the discount ra made, the total would have been more. I QUERY. —You should show one-third and k the suns one-third each in their ffj returns. R9 A WOMAN. —See answer to "Justice." You M cannot deduct payments on your own I home, but if the property is let you |\ may deduct rates and interest, etc. Bβ You will pay lax , on the excess over Hj £20 of your net income. M J.S.H.—Compensation money is not income I and is not liable to taxation. Ba J. and J.— Tax is payable on the net Eg income after deducting rent »nd M interest on the loan, but noc repay- I inentH of the loan. k OCTO.—Either you or your daughter must » return the rent received as part of re the income. I ANXIOUS.—The promise is not binding »j for ever. You may apply for relief. ffl INCOME. —Sen answer to "Justice" and r™ "A Woman." B CUDWORTII.—The income has not yet been received, so is not taxable.

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