TAXING WAR FORTUNES
LARGE YIELD EXPECTED. (Rov. February 22, 11.5 p.m.) 1 London, February 20. The "Daily Express" states that tRo Board of Inland Revenue has drawn up a scheme for taxing war fortunes, wMcfl are estimated to total X 5,250,000,000. Tho sliding scale of taxation proposed would yield .£1,000,000,000. The schemo incftiilesi drastic penalties for the evasion, includ' ing imprisonment—Aus.-N.Z. Cable AssnLEVY ON GOLD AND PERSONAL EFFECTS. (Rev. February 22, 11.5 p.ra.t London, February 1!' In the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) said tho disadvantages of a compulsory levy on gold and personal effects would outweigh 'the advantages, while a voluntary, levy would produco very little.--Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 127, 23 February 1920, Page 7
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113TAXING WAR FORTUNES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 127, 23 February 1920, Page 7
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