SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTION

Evening Star, Issue 23563, 30 April 1940, Page 9

SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTION

la thiaiasu* appear* aa 'intimation from the Commissioner of Taxes that an instalment of the registration fee becomes payable on May 1, and that on the same date there also falls due the first instalment of the social security charge on income other than salary or wages derived during the year ended March SI, 1940. Payment may be tendared at any money order office. All mala and female persons, including nattvea, 18 years of age or over, must either pay the registration fee or estabHah a right to exemption in respect of eosh instalment: All persons entitled to exemption, including persons in re2affiP* oi “ benefit from the Social Security Fund and who are not in recoin of any other Income, are reminded that they may be -held liable for payment of the instalment unless a claim for ePamption is completed and presented together withthe coupon book at a money order office within seven days aftw the last day for payment of that taslalmeet. Failure to pay raiders detedlers liable, on summary conviction, to w fine of 80. . In addition, a peaaHy of 6d per month/with a maximum penalty of 2s 6d for each instalment, automatically accrues if payment is not mads within one month of the due date.

' 'AM stale and female persons:(including Natives). 16 years.of age or over, at* dur.irg the month of, May to famish m respect of the year erided

March 31, 1940, declarations of income other than salary or wages (“ nil ” or otherwise), and to pay the social security charge at the rate of Is in the £ on such income. A penalty of 10 per cent, is payable on any amount of the charge riot paid within, one month of the due date. Full particulars are advertised.