AMUSEMENT TAX.
BIG SOURCE OF REVENUE.
“I propose to levy a duty on admissions to places of amusement similar to that imposed in Great Britain by the Finance (New'Duties) Act, 1916,” says the Finance Minister in the Budget. “This duty will commence at Id where the price of admission, exclusive of the duty, does not exceed 6d, proceeding in graduations until it reaches a duty of Is on admissions of 12s Cd, with an additional Is for every 10s or fraction of 10s over 12s 6d in the price of admission. “The amount of revenue that I estimate will be obtained from this source is £BO,OOO, and will he devoted to paying the war bonus to oldage and military pensioners, and widows, and to miners suffering from pneumoconiosis.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1744, 4 August 1917, Page 4
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128AMUSEMENT TAX. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1744, 4 August 1917, Page 4
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