HIGHER WAR EXPENSE COLLECTIONS

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23962, 1 June 1943, Page 6

HIGHER WAR EXPENSE COLLECTIONS

REDUCED SALES TAX RETURNS CHRISTCHURCH CUSTOMS FIGURES Except in the war expenses section of the customs collections in Christchurch for the month of May, the amounts are smaller than for the same month last year. War expenses increased from £81,432 to £118,192 in the month just ended: for the two months of the financial year so far the Increase in the war expenses collections were from £133,711 to £243.500. For the two months of this year, customs collections declined by £25,160 and sales tax by £18,034. Beer collections improved in the period from £37,944 to £41,524, The detailed figures are:— May 1942. 1943. £ £ Customs .. .. 62,206 58,370 Beer .. .. 21,325 20,128 Sales tax .. .. 49,072 38,436 War expenses .. 81,432 118,192 Aprll-May Customs .. .. 131,558 106,398 Beer .. .. 37.944 41,524 Sales tax .. .. 95,329 77,295 War expenses .. 133,711 243,500 AUCKLAND Because of the heavy increase in receipts in the war expenses account, the revenue collected from all sources by the Customs Department in Auckland in May was £58,016 higher than for May, 1942, the totals being £585,069 and £527,053 respectively. Customs revenue, however, showed a decrease of £28,345, while the amounts collected in excise on beer and sales tax were also lower than for the corresponding period of 1942. The figures for the month, with those for May. 1942, in parenthesis,- are: Customs, £187.727 (£216,072); excise on beer, £22,961 (£29,239); sales tax, £98.369 (£110,826): war expenses account, £276,012 (£170,916). WELLINGTON Customs revenue collected at Wellington this month, followed by the figures for May, 1942, is; Net customs, £275,891 (£269,245); sales tax, £92,287 (£101,395); beer excise, £15,462 (£14,378); war tax, £394,202 (£257,032). DUNEDIN Customs returns for May, followed by the figure for May, 1942, are as follows; Customs, £40,424 (£36.792); beer duty, £32.377 (£30,142); sales tax, £27,165 (£35,412); war expenses, £108,999 (£69,769).