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P.O. Box 186

Soledacl, California 93960 (408) 678-2626

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EALERS should begin using the new tax deposit couPons they should have received from IRS in December with all tax deposits. This new coupon form replaces the various FTD forms (such as Form 501 for withheld in' come and social security taxes and Form 503, corporate income taxes, and Form 508, Federal Unemployment taxes) that were used up to now.

The new coupon form has fill-in spaces for indicating the type of tax you are depositing and for indicating the tax quarter for which the deposit is being made. Use a separate coupon for each type of of tax being deposited' Each coupon book has 15 coupons and an order form for additional coupons is in' cluded in the book of coupons. Larger businesses can order more than a book at a time,

Several dealers have advised the L.A.T. office that they accepted sales 1ax exemption numbers from customers and were found in violation of the sales tax law and fined.

The State of Texas does not issue Texas exempt numbers, onlY sales tax exemption certificates'

A Texas Sales Tax Exemption Certiiicate should be required on any sale that the purchaser says is "tax exempt." We repeat: sales and use tax "Exemption Numbers" or "Tax Exempt" numbers do not exist. Do not accept them under any conditions.

There has been a law in Texas for a great many. years which requires that "Before employing a person as a driver of a motor vehicle used to transport persons or property, an employer shall request from the Texas Department of

Public Safety a list of convictions for traffic violations containcd in their files on the potential employee and a vcrification that the potcntial employee has a valid license. No person shall employ a driver of a motor vehicle used to transport persons or property until the potential employee has been licensed to drive such a vehicle as provided in this act."

L.A.T. and the Southwest Hardware and lmplement Association have joined to protect their respective memberships by developing a warning sign to be used by both memberships to advise teenagers under 17 that it is unlawful for them to purchase abusable glue, aerosol paints and many other materials that contain prohibited additives.