WAGE TAXES
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—ln your issue o£ Tuesday,it is reported that the Wellington Branch of the National Council of Women had carried a resolution protesting against domesticß being exempt under the Act f.om paying any unemployment relief tax. It seems to me that while the exemption of domestics is an auomaly that is unfair, there is a -far greater injustice enacted by Clause 14 of the Unemployment Act, which exempts all those women who have private incomes up to £249 a year. Where is the justice in taxing 3d in the £ of the wages of a poor domestic servant and exempting her mistress, who has a private unearned income of £249 a year? Perhaps tho National Council of Women will carry a resolution protesting against the glaring injustice of Clause 14 of 'the Unemployment Relief Act, 1931?— I am, etc., JUST TAXES.
"One of the Surplus" [ suggests that greater relief would be given to the unemployed if old age pensions were made available at 60 instead of 65, thus easing the labour market and helping to solve the problem of unemployed yduth.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 81, 2 October 1931, Page 6
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184WAGE TAXES Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 81, 2 October 1931, Page 6
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