BLITZ ON TAX DODGERS
Received Tuesdav, 8.25 p.m. SYDNEY, Feb. 25. j Huge black niarket earnhigs during ' the war have been revealed by the; Taxation Departnient 's blitz on ta.v dodgers. Jn two years the assets of ' one black marketeer rose from £400 to £45,000 and the assets of oth.ci'S increased from a few pouuds to £25,000 These activities were discolosed "to the! departnient in yoluntary statenients. ! The drive against tax evasioii will reacli its peak in the next four nionths , Four hundred alleged tax dodgers are i listed fo appear Oefore the court be | tvveen now and June. Fiues from and - departmental penalties may cost them £220,000. Officials expect that' 50 pf! them will have to pay the maximum j line of £500. In the year ending J urie, ' the evaders will have paid more than £50,000 in court fines and £400,000 in departmental penalties since the blitz i 011 tax dodgers began last year. The Court lines an olfender for one vear only after which the departnient cau tax and line liitu for all the other years in which he evaded the tax.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 February 1947, Page 2
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