SALES TAX CASE
INVOLVED INTERESTS
P.A. GREYMOUTH, October 2. Fines amounting to £250 were imposed on Thomas Neil Mouat on 10 charges of making erroneous returns of sales tax on timber sold during 10 months. The total involved, £680, included a 10 per cent, penalty. Charges of intent to defraud' were dismissed. '
The defendant said he thought the returns were being made by, his agent and the omission was due to carelessness, there being no intention to defraud. He operated two farms, a sawmill, an open-cast mine, and a cartage business,' and had no time for clerical duties.
The Magistrate, Mr. Chisholm, remarking on the incredible inefficiency of the bookkeeping, absolved the defendant of fraudulent intent, imposing the minimum fine of £25 on each charge.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19441003.2.20
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 81, 3 October 1944, Page 4
Word Count
125SALES TAX CASE Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 81, 3 October 1944, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.