UNEMPLOYMENT TAX

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 517, 28 April 1933, Page 6

UNEMPLOYMENT TAX

MAY INSTALMENT DUE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK On May 1 there will fall due an instalment (5/-) of the general unemployment levy of 20/- per annum, and also the fir-st instalment of the emergency unemployment charge of one penny in each amoun't of 1/8 (1/- in the £) of income other than sala-ry or wage3 derived during the year ended March' 31, 1933. Prompt payment of these taxes is essential in the interests of the unemployed, bec'ause the provision of work for them depends upnn the funds thus derived. Both men and women have a liability with regard to payment of one or both of these taxes and they are urged to honour this responsibility before the end of May. All male persons over the age of 20 years (except those wholly exempt from payment of the igeneral unemployment levy) are required to furnish declarations of income other th'an salary or wages, and if no such income is derived a "nil" declaration is required. A woman whose ' income other than salary or wages is £20 or more i3 also required to furnish declarations in respect of her income. Declaration forms are obtainable at all money order offices, and payment of the -emergency unemployment charge should be made at a local post office or to th'e Commissioner of Taxes, .Wellington, at the •the time the declaration is lodged. It is pointed out that persons who fail to furnish declarations 'as and when required are liable to a fine of £50. A p-enalty equal to 10 per cent. of the amount due will be added to any instalment not paid within one month of the due date. It ha.s recently been necessary in various parts of the Dominion to institute proceedings 'against individuals who have omitted to pay instalments of unemployment taxes, and the fines imposed have indicated that magistrates are determined to insist on due observance of the law in this respect. In view of the purpose to which th'e funds from unemployment taxation are applied there should not be any need for prosecution for nonpayment.