“ONE OF THE WORST”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 484, 13 October 1928, Page 11

“ONE OF THE WORST”

EVASION OF INCOMETAX WELLINGTON TROSECUTION Press Association WELLINGTON, Friday. What he described as a flagrant case, one of the worst in his experience, was how the Crown Solicitor referred to charges brought against Anthony Harper, of having failed to furnish returns of income for the last three years. He claimed that the facts disclosed deliberate determination of defendant to evade responsibilities. The story told by Mr. Tudhope was to the effect that defendant, who was originally a bootmaker, made a return in 1921 showing a small, non-taxable income. No return was made again until 1925, when a default assessment of £9OO was made by the department. Defendant had made no further returns. Defendant’s return on this occasion was incorrect to the extent of about £1,600, but he was given the benefit of the doubt. On one occasion in 1926 defendant received £15,500 cash for two-thirds of a property in Cariibridge Terrace, and £338 a year rent for the remaining third, the transaction disclosing a profit of more than £ S.OOO, which was taxable. The magistrate, Mr. E. Page, deferred the question of penalty until defendant's returns are available.