SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1978
REMINDER TO SALARIES TAXPAYERS
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THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TODAY URGED SALARIES TAXPAYERS TO SUBMIT THEIR TAX RETURN FORMS FOR THE 1978-79 YEAR OF ASSESSMENT AS SOON AS POSSIELE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE FORMS SENT TO TAXPAYERS ON MAY 1 SHOULD BE RETURNED WITHIN ONE MONTH.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT SENT OUT 274,725 SUCH FORMS, BUT ONLY 74,900, OR 27 PER CENT, HAVE BEEN RETURNED.
+SAME TIME LAST YEAR,+ HE ADDED, WE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED NEARLY 30 PER CENT OF THE RETURNS SENT OUT ON MAY 1, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS NOT A SATISFACTORY FIGURE EITHER.+
HE REMINDED TAXPAYERS THAT THE LAW PROVIDES PENALTY FOR LATE SUBMISSION OF THE RETURN FORMS.
+ IF THEY ARE LIABLE TO PAY SALARIES TAX OR IN DOUBT WHETHER THEY ARE SO LIABLE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SALARIES TAX RETURN THEY CAN PHONE 5-95731 FOR SALARIES TAX QUERIES, + HE SAID.
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