“A FLAGRANT CASE”
INCOME-TAX. DEFAULTER.
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, October 12. What he described as a flagrant case, and one of the worst in_ his experience, was how the Crown Solicitor referred to the charge brought against Anthony Harper, of having failed to furnish returns of income for the lam: three years. He claimed that the facts disclosed a deliberate determination by defendant to evade his responsibilities. The story told by Mr. Tudhope was to the effect that defendant, originally a bookseller, made a return in 1921 showing a small, non-taxable income No return was then made till 1925, when a default assessment of £9OO was made by the Department. Defendant’s retilrn Oil this occasion was incorrect to the extent- of abou £l6OO but he was given the benefit of the’doubt. On one occasion, in 1926, defendant received £15,500 cash for two-thirds of a property at Cambridge Terrace, and £338 a year in rent for the remaining third, the transaction disclosing a profit of more than £BOOO, which was taxable. The Magistrate, Mr. Page, deferred the question of a penalty until defendant’s returns are available.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 October 1928, Page 5
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