The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-11-04
TAX REPORTS
Being SOUGHT.
Clean Up on Sales
and Professional
Taxes Begins

c. II. Felmet. deputy commits
Sioner of revenue said today that
there are quite a few merchants
who have not reported on their
sales tax since July l and declared
that it is essential that they either
Sc him at his office. second floor
of the city hall, or write to Ra-
leigh.
The revenue department is de-
manding that they either report
70 its field representative, or an
swer its letter from Raleigh,
which asks them why they have
not reported" said Mr.. Felmet.
Mr.. Felmet also stated that the
names of all professional men sub
ject to state tax. including law
yerS. public accountants. real eS-
tate statesmen, morticianS, doctors,
chirOpractors and dentists, who
have not paid their taxes for
1933-34 will be certified to Ra-
leigh Monday, and that judgments
against them for these taxes will
be issued there.
With reference to the sales tax,
Mr.. Felmet said that the majority
of these. especially the larger
merchants, have been paid up in
good shape. with the bigger mel
chants RENTING their tax money
promptly. He said the smaller
merchants include those not heard
from by Raleigh.
TimeS-News dispatches from
Raleigh today also pointed to in
creased activity on the part of the
revenue department, looking to-
ward collection of sales taxes,
stating on authority of Commits
sioner of Revenue Maxwell that
lists of delinquent merchants who
have not yet sent in their sales
tax collections on gross sales are
now being prepared by counties,
with a view to placing these lists
in the hands of field deputies
within the next few days. The 30
field deputies in the state will be
expected to call on each one OF
these delinquent merchants be-
tween now and November 30 to
find out why they have not made
their tax payments and to see that
they do make them at once, Com
missioner Maxwell said. For while
1900 merchants made sales tax
returns in October, there were
nearly 5000 merchants who are
registered who did not make any
returns.
Collections from the 3 per cent
general sales tax on retail sales
during October amounted to
S549, 6O3. 1t is believed that when
the field collectors have checked
up on the 5000 merchants that
did not make any returns last
month that the total will run well
over 100000.
"There are still a good many
merchants who do not fully I'M
derstand the sales tax law, and
who as a result have not sent in
their returns as they should" Di-
rector Harry Mcmillan of the
sales tax division said. There
are also a good many merchants,
we are finding, who have been
waiting for the deputy collectors
to come around before making
any returns at all. We have sent
out letters several times telling
them the law required them t o
send their sales tax collections in
every month, if they amount to
$40 or more a month, regardless
of whether a collector come by or
not. But there are some who
either do not read the letters or
pay no attention to them"
1t is believed that the Sc depu-
ty collectors in the field will be
able to call on all of the 5000
delinquent merchants this month
and that as a result the collec-
! tiens for November will show a
decided increase over October.