FALSE RETURNS.
OTAGO FARMER FINED.
BLUNDERING AND NEGLIGENCE
By Telegraph—Press Association, DUNEDIN, Friday
Patrick Toomey, a farmer, was fined £SO on each of two charges of making false income tax returns. The prosecution sTated that the return submitted in 1919 showed a loss of £2 40, whereas accused’s income was actually £2279. For tho next year the taxable income return put in was £289, instead of £IG92. Defendant’s counsel contested those figures and the method of assessment, but tho Alagislrato stated them had been considerable blundering and negligence on the part of defendant.
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Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15359, 6 October 1923, Page 5
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93FALSE RETURNS. Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15359, 6 October 1923, Page 5
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