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The Rating and Valuation Department will issue about 130,000 letters today (October 22), reminding rates and Government rent payers who have received the requisition forms (R1A) to complete and return them as soon as possible.
The rental information collected will be used to prepare a new round of general revaluation. The letters are sent to those rates and Government rent payers who have not yet responded to the R1A forms issued to them in August.
"Whether the premises are vacant, let or owner-occupied, rates and Government rent payers should complete and return the forms. People can also complete and return the forms by using the 'Electronic Submission of Forms' service provided on our website (http://www.rvd.gov.hk)," a spokesman for the department said.
Anyone who knowingly makes a false statement or refuses to furnish particulars requested in the form will be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a maximum fine of $25,000 or $10,000 respectively and, in addition, a fine equivalent to three times their rates and/or Government rent undercharged.
Rates and Government rent payers who need help in completing the forms can call the numbers on the forms or visit the department at 15/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon. The department's website also provides answers to commonly asked questions on the form.
Ends/Monday, October 22, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:00
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