TAXATION DAY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21179, 1 June 1934, Page 12

TAXATION DAY

CROWDS AT POST OFFICE AND CITY COUNCIL i MOTOR-CARS AND UNEMPLOY- ! MENT LEVY ! | Carrying out. the tnne-honotucd I custom of leaving such duties until I the eleventh hour, large crowds ot |motor drivers and motor owners and taxpayers thronged the central and parcels post offices and Uic City Council Chambers yesterday to renew their motor registrations and ' their driving licenses and to pu> (the various taxes which are due at J the end of May. No car may be ; driven on the streets to-ctay unlew» 'it carries the 1934-uo numbei plates, and every driver renders himscu liable to prosecution who drives -,-iinoul a new license i.. nis pocF.ei. ■ Yesterday was also tnc last oiii'ial idav tor the payment, of the quarjti'i'lv unemployment levy as v'cll as the last, tor the payment, ot the ' lux on income other than sa.ary 01 i v. However, it is generally acIcepicd that the i: v.y and the tax 'may be paid on June 1 without mleurring a penalty, i Yesterday ai'iernoon men ana i women were standing three deep at l the 1 coun>ers m the central postal i oceanment. and in a section of the parcels post office in lloicioiu street, waiting to renew the regis- • irations on their motor-vefueics ai.d i 1.0 pay their unemployment taxa- ! l,on. At the traffic departiTic-ni i counter m the City Council CnnniI hers, too, there were long queuss ! waiting to renew their di i\ nig : licenses. . . j At closing time on Wecinerl. y a total of G893 registrations had been 'completed, an increase on the total !of G 17li on the same day Inst year. 'The oliice was exceedingly busy all 1 c:ay yesterday, and it is cxp.. itiiat the total to May Ml will cou- ; fideraoly exceed thai of lasi. \eau

Driving Licenses Driving license renewals, on the oilier hand, are still considerably below the total ot last year. At closing time yesterday only hl«9 licenses b'. en renewed, aithoir.li the total us..ally isued by _die traffic clcparlinenst of the City Council ii between PQUO and 10.MU". However, it is expected that many applications for wilt be ieceived to-morrow, and the lOihce will remain open between G pm. and U p.m. for the convenience ot the public. Mr If. Macintosh, chief city traffic inspector, remarked that an unusual teature of mis " car's renewals was the fact that a targe number of the licenses attached to the application terms were "foreign" licenses--that l.; to say, licenses issued bv some ouht authority than the City Council. Licenses were coming m from all parts of the North- and South islands, while large numbers were also coming in that, had been issued by the suirouncling boroughs and counties.

Mr Macintosh commented that ti- # c public appeared to be troveilm;: much more than last, year, and also that many motorists seemed io have changed their addresses sinc« last year. He added that, except m special cases, the old licenses, no matter from where they came, were taken as evidence ot t.ne applicant';, ability to drive, and he v-as not compelled to undergo tesis When the post office closed on Wednesday 11,464 quarterly unemployment levies had been paid, a decrease on 1 lie 12,416 which h->» been paid at the same elate la;:', year. About 4500 levies then remained to be paid. On Wednesday night a total ot 7010 declarations of income other than salary or wages had been handled, although this is probably not the full total from Christclmrch for the period, since many uf them arc: serif cI j re: > m Wellington. In addition to all these taxes and expenses, yesterday was also flu* last official day for Win dispatch of income-tax forms to the Commissioner oi Taxes in Wellington.