COLLECTING BETTING TAX
V - LONDON, Jan. 7. A flat rale pe.reentage tax on the total of bets laid through the totalisator and with football pool organisations is reported to be under careful cousideration in conneetion with Britain 's _ next Budget, due 011 April 1. If ado'pted 'it" iS Asu Jb^t^d "fh'at I'ho tax would be paid direct by both ugencies 011 the ascertained totals of wages laid through them. Wagers on the totalisator last year totalled nearly £15,000,000. It is estimated that the sum handled by pools was about £29,000,000 annually. How to tax betwcen 15,000 and 18,000 bookmakers is another problem.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 January 1947, Page 7
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