. Canadian forest industries January-June 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. W. M. Tupling, Orillia, Ont. Director W. C. Irvin, Toronto, Ont. Director Thomas Patterson, Hamilton, Ont. Director A. R. Sanders, St. Thomas, Ont. Director the twelve months previous to May 10th, 1921. We had been ad- vised by the Commissioner of Taxation that any material sold by a retail lumber dealer in exactly the same condition as when pur- chased by him was not subject to a tax, even though sold to a con-
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. W. M. Tupling, Orillia, Ont. Director W. C. Irvin, Toronto, Ont. Director Thomas Patterson, Hamilton, Ont. Director A. R. Sanders, St. Thomas, Ont. Director the twelve months previous to May 10th, 1921. We had been ad- vised by the Commissioner of Taxation that any material sold by a retail lumber dealer in exactly the same condition as when pur- chased by him was not subject to a tax, even though sold to a con- tractor. The official who called upon some of our members last summer assessed heavy amounts against them, amounting to $500. 00 and in one case about $ The situation looked very serious. If it was allowed to pass without complaint on our part it meant that every one of our mem- bers would probably be called upon to pay large additional sums which they could not obtain from the customers to whom the goods had been sold without tax. We took the matter up with the De- partment. We wrote them as vigorous a letter as we could. We quoted the regulations and instructions we had obtained from the Commissioner of Taxation. At first our correspondence brought very little result. The Department seemed disposed to misunder- stand our letter, but after several letters we finally received a letter which we think cleared up the situation. The letter was under date of Sept. 22nd. and said "a bona fide retail lumber dealer operating a planing mill, if his retail trade is segregated from the mill, may apply to the Department for refund in respect of sales tax which he paid upon goods resold by him in the same condition as when purchased, provided that satisfactory evidence is forthcoming that the lumber in question had previously borne the maximum rate of sales tax at the time of its being pur- chased by the ; Those of our members who had already been assessed were ad
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