TAX EVADERS
MONEY PAID TO INFORMERS
LONDON. March 31
A total of more than £-535 has been paid this year to common informers, who have given information to the revenue authorities about tax evaders. This statement was made in the House of Commons last night by Mr L. Hore-Belisha, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in reply to Mr G. C. Miteheson, who asked that the practice should be stopped, as it tended to lead to blackmail. Mr Miteheson said there was deep resentment throughout the county at this un-English method. Mr Hore-Belisha: I do not think any embarrassment is caused to any Tightens person. (Laughter). In 1931-32 the total paid to informers was £IO6O. These “rewards” are paid under an act of Parliament —the Inland Revenue Regulations Act, IS9o—and the informers are generally discharged employees.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1933, Page 6
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