SALES TAX LAW
MAGISTRATE CRITICAL ADDITION OF PENALTY AUTH OR ITY QUEST lONED (Per Press Association). Christchurch, September 27 Severe criticism oT the Customs Department and its administration of the sales tax regulations was expressed by Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court when the first presecution of its kind in New Zealand was brought by the department under the Sales Tax Act, 1932-33. The magistrate characterised certain actions of the department in the case under liis notice as illegal and suggested that in view of the facts two of three charges should be withdrawn. To the Collector of Customs and Sales Tax for Christchurch (Mr C. O. Trownson) the magistrate suggested that the department was making a scapegoat of the firm concerned. Tlie two charges were withdrawn.
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Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 4043, 28 September 1933, Page 5
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