SAINT VINCENT, WEDNESDAY, 23 JANUARY, 1952.-(N,. 5) 24 all bales not so removed will be charged year 1952 is the 81st March, a4d that warehouse rent at Government fixed failure to give notice of chargeability is rates. an offence against the Income Tax Or- 4. All cotton growers are reminded !dinance, rendering the perso ooiecerned that the Government Cotton Ginnery liable on conviction to a fine not exceed- has insured the whole island's crop as ing FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY was done in 1951. DOLLARS. J. L. EUSTACE, 2. EVERY PERSON whose income, S,' accruing in, derived from the Colony or Elsewhere and whether received in the 14th January, 1952. Colony or not for the preceding year, Exceeded the statutory limit of $480 is required to submit a return in the pre- INCOME TAX NOTICES. scribed form, notwithseanding that on account of approved deductions no tax TO GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. may eventually be chargeable, and par- ticular attention is directed to the fact All Government Officers are hereby that the term income" is deemed to reminded that the latest date for the include not only money but also allow- ,submission of income tax returns for ances in kind. assessment in the year 1952 is the 31st 3. Efforts are being made to send January, and that failure to give notice blank return forms to such persons. It of chargeability is an offence against the is to be clearly understood, however, Income Tax Ordinance, rendering the that a person is not exonerated from the person concerned liable on conviction to statutory liability to make a return even a fine not exceeding FOUR HUNDRED though that person may not have re- AND EIGHTY DOLLAIk ceived a blank form, which may be ob- 2. EVERY PERSON whose income, tainted, on application, at the' Revenue accruing in, derived from the Colony or Offices at Georgetown, Barrouallie, Be- elsewhere and whether received in the quia and Union Island, or, in the other Colony or not for the preceding year, districts from the Police Station situate exceeded the statutory limit of 14 is therein. These Forms may also e ob- required to submit a return in the pre- trained fom the Income Tax Office, scribed form notwithstanding that on Kingstown, where any person requiring account of approved deductions no tax information in connection therewith is account of apenived deductions no taxre. may eventually be chargeable, and par- invited to enquire. ticular attention is directed to the fact 4. The form, correctly completed, that the term "income" is deemed to should be accompanied by all necessary include not only money but also allow- supporting statements. Specimens of ances in kind. the form of account required -from small 3. Efforts are being made to send traders and from occupiers or cultivators blank return forms to such persons of land will be supplied on request. through their Heads of Department. It 28th December, 1951. is to be clearly understood, however, that a person is not exonerated from the statutory liability to make a return even though that person may not have received a blank form, which may be obtained, on application at the Revenue Offices at Georgetown, Barrouallie, Be- quia and Union Island, or, in other districts, from the Police Station situate therein. These forms may also be ob- tained from the Income Tax Office, Kingstown, where any person requiring information in connection therewith is invited to enquire. 28th December, 1951. TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Every person concerned, not being a Government Officer, is hereby reminded that the latest date for the submission of income tax returns for assessment in the TO TRADERS, BUSINESSMEN AND PROFESSIONAL MEN. Attention is directed to the provisions of Sections 73 and 68 of the Income Tax Ordinance No. 23 of 1948 which read as follows:- "73. Any person engaged in any trade, business or profession shall keep in the English language pro- per books of account suf- ficient to record ;ll trans- actions necessary in order to ascertain the gains and profits made or the loss incurred in each such trade, business or profes- sion, and any such person Traders, etc., to keep accounts in Eng- lish. Jr/WOY ^^s^/~ul