INCOME TAX RETURNS

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6409, 1 November 1923, Page 4

INCOME TAX RETURNS

“This prosecution is brought for the purpose of impressing on the general public "that where incomes reach £250 income tax returns must be fur- j nished, and that a person in business, no matter what his income may be, must also supply returns in the same manner.” This statement was by Mr J. A. Tud'ehope, of the Crown Law Office, in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court, when a draper was charged with neglecting to forward his tax returns to the Department. Nodefence was offered. Mr Tudehope explained that the defendant was only in a small way, and in receipt of an income of a little over £4OO/-but it had to be remembered that neglect on the part of a “small” man caused the Department as much trouble as <■' that of a man whose income amount- H ed to £SOOO. The magistrate imposed ( a fine of £2 and costs.