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Sunday, February 10, 1974

SEATLE YOUR TAX BILL BY POST: PUBLIC URGED

Members of the public were today urged to pay their taxes by

crossed cheques and mail them to the Inland Revenue Department.

A spokesman for the department pointed out that the collectionTM

offices were usually very busy at this time of the year when most people had to pay their salaries and profits tax.

Queues in these offices have been needlessly long in recent days, the spokesman said, because so many of the people who pay by cheque have chosen to do so in person or by messenger, and to wait for a receipt.

The waiting time for everyone would be greatly reduced if those

paying by crossed cheque would send them by post, he said.

However, taxpayers who must have their cheques delivered by

hand can make use of another service. For their convenience as well as

for others, they can leave the payment documents at the counter in a sealed envelope addressed to the Collector. A receipt will be given through the post.

"Nothing is gained by waiting for a receipt for a payment by choque,

provided always that it is crossed," the spokesman said.

The Inland Revenue Department's collection offices are in the Club Lusitano Building in Ice House Street and at the old Hong Kong and

Shanghai Bank Building in Nathan Road,

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