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TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1977.

TAXPAYERS URGED TO HEED DUE DATE

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DUE DATES FOR THE PAYMENT OF MOST SALARIES TAX ASSESSMENTS FALL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT THE SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT WAY OF SETTLING THEIR TAX BILLS IS BY SENDING A CHEQUE THROUGH THE POST.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT COLLECTION OFF ICES WOULD BE EXTREMELY BUSY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

+ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE SO THAT THE PUBLIC COUNTER ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CLUB LUSITANO BUILDING WILL BE SET ASIDE EXCLUSIVELY FOR PAYING SALARIES TAX DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WHILE THIS SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT IS IN OPERATION, PAYMENT OF ALL OTHER TAXES SHOULD BE MADE AT THE COUNTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR,+ HE SAID.

SALARIES TAX CAN ALSO BE PAID AT THE COLLECTION OFFICES AT THE +OLD+ HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING, 664, NATHAN ROAD, FIRST FLOOR, KOWLOON AND IN TSUEN WAN AT THE ON YUE BUILDING, 132, TSUEN WAN MARKET STREET, GROUND FLOOR.

HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT TO SAVE A TRIP TO ONE OF THE COLLECTION OFFICES AND TO AVOID THE INCONVENIENCE OF QUEUING UP, THE BEST WAY TO SETTLE THE TAX BILL WAS TO SEND A CHEQUE TOGETHER WITH THE DEMAND NOTE THROUGH THE POST.

+LAST YEAR SOME 100,000 PEOPLE MADE USE OF THE POST TO PAY THEIR TAXES,+ HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE ADDITION OF A FIVE PER CENT SURCHARGE WHERE TAX WAS NOT PAID BY THE DUE DATE.

+ THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT ISSUE REMINDER NOTICES AND TAXPAYERS WHO FAIL TO PAY IN TIME ARE LIABLE TO BE SURCHARGED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE.

+FOR THOSE PAYING THROUGH THE POST THERE WILL BE NO SURCHARGE IF THE ENVELOPE IS POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN THE DUE DATE SHOWN ON THE DEMAND NOTE.

+CROSSED CHEQUES PAYABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE SENT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, CENTRAL MAIL OFFICE, G.P.0. BOX 132, HONG KONG, HE SAID.