XN000022-1975-01-06 — Page 5

MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1975.

SALARIES TAX REMINDER

TAXPAYERS URGED TO SETTLE BILLS BY CHEQUE

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THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT METHOD OF PAYING SALARIES TAX WAS BY SENDING A CHEQUE THROUGH THE POST.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT DUE DATES FOR THE PAYMENT OF MOST SALARIES TAX ASSESSMENTS FALL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND CONSEQUENTLY THIS IS ALWAYS A VERY BUSY TIME AT THE COLLECTION OFFICES.

+IN THE PAST, MANY PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN TO PAY THEIR TAX IN PERSON, EITHER BY CASH OR CHEQUE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN DAY-LONG QUEUES IN THE COLLECTION OFFICES CAUSING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF DELAY, HE SAID,

TO OVERCOME THIS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, THE SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT METHOD OF PAYMENT WAS TO SEND A CHEQUE THROUGH THE POST WITH THE DEMAND NOTE.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THAT THE PUBLIC COUNTER ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CLUB LUSITANO BUILDING WILL BE SET ASIDE EXCLUSIVELY FOR PAYING SALARIES TAX. WHILE THIS SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT IS IN OPERATION, PAYMENT OF ALL OTHER TAXES SHOULD BE MADE AT THE COUNTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE ADDITION OF A FIVE PER CENT SURCHARGE WHERE TAX IS NOT PAID BY THE DUE DATE, AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT ISSUE REMINDER NOTICES. +TAXPAYERS WHO FAIL TO PAY IN TIME ARE LIABLE TO BE SURCHARGED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, HE SAID,

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT TAXPAYERS WHO FEEL THEY MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY IN SETTLING THEIR DEMAND NOTES BY THE DUE DATE SHOULD CONTACT THE COLLECTOR AT THE CLUB LUSITANO BUILDING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY SHOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DUE DATE.

INTERVIEWS CAN BE ARRANGED AT ANY TIME WITHIN NORMAL OFFICE HOURS BY TELEPHONING 5-248001 EXT. 3 OR 5-222151 EXT. 42.

APART FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CLUB LUSITANO BUILDING IN ICE HOUSE STREET ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT HAS COLLECTION OFFICES AT THE +OLD+ HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING, FIRST FLOOR,664, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, AND IN TSUEN WAN AT THE ON YUE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, 132, TSUEN WAN MARKET STREET.

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