FILM HIRE TAX
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Sept. 26. In a statement replying to Sir Victor Wilson’s protests-against the imposition of the, film hire tax, the Act-ing-Prime Minister savp that the Government will not consider further taxation on a footage basis, but is willing to hear any representations in regard to taxation on an advalorem basis with a view to possible legislative amendments next session. Mr Ransom explains that the whole basis of film rent in the Donyniou works backward from the box office. The hire tax is the most equitable way of making a levy. To do otherwise would be equivalent to charging duty by yard on cloth irrespective of whether it is silk or cotton. He sard :—“Afi the industry, is carrying with comparative equanimity in other countries taxation at least as heavy as, if not heavier than, has been imposed in New Zealand, it is quite evident that the amount to be paid until such time as a. review can be made will not fcripple the industry,”
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1930, Page 5
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171FILM HIRE TAX Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1930, Page 5
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