§ 5.12. Written statement as to number of employees.
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A written statement must be filed with the city clerk by someone authorized to make the same and having knowledge of the facts stated therein, showing the average number of persons employed in the city, as defined in this chapter, during the preceding calendar year, if the license tax is based on average number of persons employed by the licensee in the city. The written statement shall be made upon forms furnished by the city clerk and shall include a certificate in substance as follows:
"I declare, under penalty of making a false certificate, that this return is made by me, that I am authorized to make such return, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief it is a true, correct and complete return made in good faith for the year stated, pursuant to the provisions of the License Ordinance of the City of Vernon."
The written statement shall be filed by the last day of February of the ensuing calendar year.
No statement filed hereunder shall be conclusive as to the matters set forth therein nor shall the filing of the same preclude the city from collecting by appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable hereunder. The city reserves the right to institute any legal proceeding which it deems necessary to examine, audit and inspect such licensee's books and records for the purpose of ascertaining the correct amount of the license tax due.
The information or data obtained from examination or audit, whether by court action or otherwise, or from any statement required hereunder, shall be used for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, and for no other purpose.
The written statement hereinabove required, shall be filed at the time the license is applied for, and the clerk may withhold the issuance of any license until the required statement is furnished.
