TAX DUE

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3294, 30 July 1943, Page 8

TAX DUE

SOCIAL SECURITY CHARGE AUGUST INSTALMENT REGISTRATION FEE OF 5/- __ In this issue appears an intimation from the Commissioner of Taxes that an instalment of the combined Social Security and National Security Charge on income other than salaries or wages derived during the year ended March 31, 1943, falls due on August 1. The instalment is payable on all such income derived .by ipale and female ■ persons (ihcluding natives) sixteen years of age or over, and by trustees (whether or not the beneficiaries are entitled to receive the income during the income year). A penalty of 10% is payable on any amount not paid within one month following the due date. Income other than salary or wages derived by a person in receipt of a war pension in respect of his total disablement through service in the 1914-1919 war is exempt from the charge. Monetary benefits from the Social .Security Fund are also exempt; . Registration Fee On Au'gust 1 an instalment of the Registration Fee (ss) also becomes payable by all male persons, including natives, twenty years of age or over

and all such persons must pay the fee or establish the right to exemption. Persons entitled to exemption including those in receipt of an age benefit from the Social Security Fund and who are not in receipt of any other income are reminded that they . may be held liable for payment of the instalment unless a claim for exemption is completed and presented with the coupon-book at a money-order office within seven days after the last day for payment of that instalment. Failure to pay renders defaulters liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of £5. In addition, a penalty of sixpence per month with a maximum penalty of 2s 6d for each instalment automatically accrues if payment is not made within one month following to due date. Persons Attaining 16 Years Persons who attain the age of 16 years are reminded of their obligations to register unde,r the Social Security Act within one month of their sixteenth birthday and to obtain possession of a coupon-book. Neglect to do so within the time allowed is an offence, and is punishable on conviction by a fine of*?£so.