NO INCOME TAX RETURNS
♦ MEN FINED TOTAL OF £6O EACH (P.A.) AUCKLAND, June 6. Harold Grey Keane, a company managar, and Roy McDonald, a commercial traveller, each pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court to four charges of failing to make returns of income. Prosecuting for the Commissioner of Taxes, Mr V. R. Meredith said Keane had not furnished a return since 1930 and McDonald had never put in a return. . . , "These men, who are the principal shareholders in a company, had been paying income tax on default assessments," said Mr Meredith. "Requests made by the department have neither been acknowledged nor complied with.” ; Counsel pressed for a substantial penalty, stating that the maximum was £IOO on each of the four charges. Defending counsel (Mr Wilson) said the defendants had been foolish, but had paid on substantial default assessments. On each of the four charges eacn defendant was fined £ls, and ordered to pay £2 2s solicitor’s fee on each information.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23349, 7 June 1941, Page 5
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