40,000 TAXATION ELECTION FORMS SENT TO MARRIED COUPLES
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THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO COUPLES WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM AN ARE
A
FULLY OPERATIONAL, NOW DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
HAVE
AND IDENTIFY
NOTIFY
THOSE
ELECTION SPOKESMAN
TO BE ASSESSED FOR THE
MARRIED JOINTLY
INLAND
REVENUE
COMPUTER PROGRAMS TAXED AS INDIVIDUALS
"ONCE THE INDIVIDUAL INCOMES FOR BOTH THE HUSBAND AND THE
BY THE DEPARTMENT, BEEN DETERMINED COMPARE THE TOTAL TAX PAYABLE BY THEM IF THAT PAYABLE IF TAXED JOINTLY.
WIFE
WILL WITH
ASSESSMENT WOULD RESULT IN A BE PRODUCED
"WHERE IT IS FOUND THAT JOINT LESSER AMOUNT OF TAX PAYABLE A SIMPLE ELECTION FORM WILL AND SENT TO THE COUPLE FOR COMPLETION,
HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ABOUT 40,000 SUCH ELECTION
FORMS HAD BEEN
ISSUED.
"THE COMPLETED EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW PAYMENT OF ANY TAX," HE ADDED.
ELECTION FORMS
PROCESSING
SHOULD BE RETURNED BEFORE THE DUE
AT
THE
DATE
FOR
NEW ELIGIBILITY RULE FOR STUDENT TRAVEL SUBSIDY SCHEME
HAS APPROVED THE
FROM INTRODUCTION
SUBSIDY SCHEME
COUNCIL EXECUTIVE THE SEPTEMBER 1991 OF MEANS TESTS FOR THE STUDENT TRAVEL (STSS).
"THE
TRAVEL STUDENT
SUBSIDY SCHEME ITSELF WAS NOT BEING
THE STARTING FROM HOWEVER,
1991-92 CHANGED.
ACADEMIC YEAR, ELIGIBILITY FOR THE STSS WOULD BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF NEED, GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
UNDER CHILDREN
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A
AGE
OF
12 STUDENTS
ENJOY AGED BY THE
THE PRESENT, ALL AT CONCESSIONARY FARE ON MOST FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT, 12 AND ABOVE, AND RECEIVING FULL-TIME EDUCATION, ARE COVERED STSS ON A NON-MEANS-TESTED BASIS.
IN 1989-90 EACH STUDENT RECEIVED AN AVERAGE SUBSIDY OF $570, OR $57 PER MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
FULL-
"UNDER THE NEW RULES OF ELIGIBILITY, CHILDREN RECEIVING TIME PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION WILL HAVE TO ESTABLISH THEIR NEED FOR THE SUBSIDY BY UNDERGOING A MEANS TEST BASED ON SIMILAR OF ELIGIBILITY AS APPLIED TO THE EXISTING TEXTBOOKS GRANTS REMISSION SCHEMES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
CRITERIA AND FEE
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