INCREASED TAXES
Sir,-I notice that the increased dntr on cigarette" is ls " P er 00 -, * aim, that the tobacconists have ™«d their price Id. per packet of ten cisrar. elies A simple calculation shows tha-., whereas the tobacconist has to pay 15... per 1000 extra duty, he charts the public S» 4d per 1000 extra (i.e., Id. petr packet of 10). Why don't the Govern-, ment get the whole "of the profit which, i* being taken from the consumer, lh* extra 7s. 4d. per 1000 would mean considerable -venue^an^tc.,,^ P S.-Probably the same argument will, apply to some of the other tases.-C.b.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3159, 10 August 1917, Page 6
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102INCREASED TAXES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3159, 10 August 1917, Page 6
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