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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the parcel-entry. Care should be taken to see that franked parcels are described as such on the certificates of notice of transfer which accompany them to office of destination.
789. When parcels indorsed or labelled “Free of charge” are received in the colony without a franking-notice, a duplicate should be made out on the New Zealand form, which will be supplied to offices receiving English parcel-mails, and the irregularity reported to the Inspector by Verification Certificate.
790. Parcel-franking notice-forms, when completed, should be sent to the Inspector pinned to the parcel-bill in which the respective parcels are advised. The parcels themselves are to be sent to destination for delivery free of charge.
791. The Inspector’s office will forward franking notices by each parcel-mail from Wellington, entered in detail on a special parcel-bill to London, which the despatching office will incorporate in the last sheet of the ordinary parcel-mail by inserting the amount claimed in the column provided.
792. Income-tax.—Postmasters in charge of accounting offices must observe the following general instructions in the collection of income-tax :—
(a.) Tax-notices will be issued to taxpayers, each tax-notice being distinguished by a register number, and having a small docket attached to it, to be retained by the officer who receives the tax. Taxpayers will be requested to present these tax-notices when tendering payment.
(b.) In every case, however, where the tax-notice is not presented, or is presented without the docket, the Postmaster should not accept payment, but should request the taxpayer to procure a post-office order in favour of the Commissioner of Taxes for the amount due and to forward it to his office in Wellington, whence a receipt will be transmitted in due course. In the event of any demur being made to this mode of remitting, if the amount due is under 10s., stamps will be accepted in payment at the Income-tax Office, and cheques will be received for all amounts over 10s., but in the case of any cheque drawn for payment at a bank outside a radius of ten miles of the office at which it is tendered in payment of tax, or of the bank at which it would in ordinary course be presented for credit or payment, exchange is chargeable. To any such cheque for £20 or under £20, 6d. exchange should be added; for every additional £10 or fraction of £10, 3d. extra should be added. Should any tax-notice be presented and payment of the tax tendered prior to the due date the
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 47
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Customs Duty Assessment on Imported Parcels
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🏭 Trade, Customs & IndustryCustoms duty, Parcel mail, Postal services, Remittances, Invoices, Insurance, Franking notices
🚂 Regulations for Parcel Mail and Income-Tax Collection
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsParcel mail, Franking notices, Postal regulations, Income-tax collection, Postmasters, Taxpayers, Commissioner of Taxes
- Commissioner of Taxes , Recipient of tax payments