Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba 15 25o9ooo still waiting far tax refunds Ottawa up a Revenue department spokesman said wednesday on the eve of the postal strike that the taxation division has mailed tax refunds for 1967 and has per haps Only another to go. No special arrangements Are being made to handle tax re funds during the strike processing income tax re turns and handling refund cheques this year was slower than usual because of difficulties with the Revenue depart ment s big electronic computers but All but a Small part of the backlog of work now has been handled. The spokesman said the department has income tax returns still in its so called in awaiting final processing. A most of these involve errors by taxpayers in completing their 1967 tax returns or. Other complications that can Only be resolved by referring them to District tax offices for consultations with the taxpayers and Cross checking with other re cords. The Revenue department has processed personal in come tax returns known ast a shorts or to generals. The Short forms Are used by taxpayers on straight salaries uncomplicated by other income. To general forms Are used by tax payers with various sources income and special deductions not common to most taxpayers. The government expected to returns would be filed for the 1967 Taxa Tion year. Returns were due april 30, after which a late Fil ing charge was levied against taxpayers. So far it has processed or has on hand for processing a total of a few returns Are expected to trickle in. The Revenue department said it cannot think How it could pre pare for the postal strike. It was possible to make Advance mailings of other government As for pensions and family allowances. But tax refund cheques cannot be pre pared from any Standard list of recipients in Standard amounts. Each Hes to be handled separately when individual in come tax forms Are processed. Between t w o to h i r d s and three quarters of All personal in come taxpayers Are entitled to refunds for overpayment of taxes each year. This is despite the fact that rates of weekly Semi monthly or other payroll deductions Are carefully computed to see that tax payments during the year come close to the taxpayer s liability. An official said the payroll deduction tables fall Down How Ever for any taxpayer who a major change in is tax circumstances during the year. A change in marital status family dependents employ ment or even a salary raise can result in a disparity be tween what the taxpayer has paid during the year and what he what is owed him the end of the year. Hands glean Agency Ottawa up Walter her Bert 67-year-old director of the Canada foundation said in an interview wednesday there is a genuine Legal dispute pcs tween his Agency and the Ontario Public trustee s office which ordered its records seized. The hassle involving the non profit Agency which pro motes Public interest in the arts was becoming an ugly thing with unfounded implications of wrong doing. Or. Herbert said there has been no wrong doing. The foun Dation had not supplied information on its accounts because of stubborn determination on what it considers a matter of jurisdiction. We Are a federally chartered he said. It s quite doubtful if Queens Park has jurisdiction Over if it did he said the other nine provinces would also have jurisdiction and the foundation would spend hours doing need less and useless accounting to Ontario s demands for an accounting of the Agency s affairs since its inception in 1943 Are so he said. The foundation had not yet found out just what information is wanted. The privately financed Agency did not have to account for its funds to any Federal body be cause at the moment it was not handling any earmarked funds. Or. Herbert said he and his lawyer will meet representatives of the Public trustee this morning. He hoped that the Dis Pute would be resolved at that time. Earlier in an interview he said he has no idea Why a Mem Ber of the Carleton county Sher Iff s office removed Tye records about three weeks ago. Trouble with the. Ontario government had begun about a year ago when the foundation received a surprising and arro Gant demand from the Public trustee in Toronto for an accounting of its affairs. Sydney Winkler acting Public trustee of Ontario said his of fice moved to seize the foundation s records when it did not comply with requests to Supply information about its financial standing. The Public trustee had received a complaint from a Toronto Legal firm in May 1967, and had approached the foundation without Avail. The foundation had not com plied when a month later no Tice was served on it giving it 30 Days to have its accounts passed before a surrogate court judge. In november 1967, the supreme court of Ontario issued an order directing that All As sets of the foundation be transferred to the Public trustee. The foundation was required to bring its accounts into court for audit or. Winkler said that Al though the foundation received a copy of the order it did Noth ing and the Public trustee acted through its Ottawa Legal agent for a writ of sequestration. The accounts Are being exam ined by the Ottawa agent and we Are awaiting his report and recommendation As to the next step if any that should be taken to enforce the court s Ord he said. Knee injury puts Princess in Hospital London a Princess Marina aunt of the Queen and Mother of Princess Alexandra and the Duke of Kent went into London s National Hospital for nervous for examination of her left leg. The Princess suffered a knee injury about a week ago. 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