MONDAY, OCTO .R 31, 1983
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OWNERS REMINDED ABOUT PROPERTY TAX
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OWNERS OF PROPERTY WERE REMINDED TODAY BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR INLAND REVENUE, MR VICTOR LADD, THAT THEY ARE LIABLE TO PAY PROVISIONAL PROPERTY TAX ON PROPERTY IN THE HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON, NEW KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES (INCLUDING OUTLYING ISLANDS) FROM APRIL 1.
DEMAND NOTES FOR PROVISIONAL PROPERTY TAX 1983/84 WERE ISSUED IN JULY AND AUGUST TO OWNERS (EXCLUDING CORPORATION OWNERS) WHO WERE ASSESSED TO PROPERTY TAX FOR THE YEAR OF ASSESSMENT 1982/83 AND WHO HAD NOT BEEN GRANTED EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAX, HE SAID.
+ANY OWNER (EXCLUDING A CORPORATION OWNER) WHO IS LIABLE TO PAY PROVISIONAL PROPERTY TAX BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED A DEMAND NOTE FOR PROVISIONAL PROPERTY TAX 1983/84 SHOULD APPLY FORTHWITH TO THE PROPERTY TAX SECTION, INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT, 15TH FLOOR, 311, GLOUCESTER ROAD, HONG KONG FOR A COPY, HE SAID.
OWNERS WERE ALSO REMINDED THAT THE AMOUNT OF PROVISIONAL PROPERTY TAX 1983/84 SHOULD BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE SHOWN ON THE DEMAND NOTE.
TO AVOID THE POSSIBLE INCONVENIENCE OF QUEUEING, OWNERS WERE URGED TO PAY BY CHEQUE OR CASHIER ORDER SENT BY POST TO:-
COMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE,
WINDSOR HOUSE
311, GLOUCESTER ROAD,
CAUSEWAY BAY,
HONG KONG
OR BY EARLY PERSONAL ATTENDANCE AT ANY OF THE TREASURY'S COLLECTION OFFICES OR INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT'S COLLECTION OFFICES LISTED ON THE BACK OF THE DEMAND NOTE. CHEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND CROSSED.
ANY APPLICATION FOR HOLDING OVER OF THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE PROVISIONAL PROPERTY TAX ON VALID GROUNDS (DETAILS ARE SHOWN ON THE BACK OF THE DEMAND NOTE) MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT NOT LATER THAN 28 DAYS BEFORE THE DUE DATE FOR PAYMENT OF TAX.
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