WAR TAXATION.
• Sir,—As war funds must inevitably be obtained by some means, I would suggest that a very equitable method would be by an inhabited house duty, the duty to be paid by the tenant or owner if inhabiting the said house. Say houses, rent under ten shillings a week, free; rent ten shillings, one shilling a week;' rent fifteen shillings, one and sixpence; one pound, two Shillings; and so on proportionately. Thus, every family in the Dominion,would be contributing without feeling any burden. Where the house-is inhabited by the owner, the rent could be assessed at ten per cent, on the capital value. Inhabited house duty obtains in England, or did so when I resided there some years ago—l am,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2441, 21 April 1915, Page 4
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121WAR TAXATION. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2441, 21 April 1915, Page 4
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