DOUBLE INCOME TAX.
NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMV~ PANY'S APPEAL. (From Oto Own Correspondent.) . LONDON^ December 6. The Court of Appeal, consisting of tha" Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Fletcher-Moulton and Farwell, was occu- , pied the whole of this forenoon in hearing, atgument in. the.'appeal-o.f the New Zea* land, Shipping Company yers'us 'the. Sur-i ;, 'Veyor 'of Taxes. '- ',' - - _ -, - The New Zealand ' Shipping, Company 'had been called upon .to pay income ta» ' ■ upon" an* ; assessment" of £68,000, arid as "it" 'was aj&o called 'upon : -to 'pay income tao? ' in the Dominion it 'appealed "oa the ground that it was a Ne"w Zealand company, and that ' the" > head offices were' in New Zealand. -' s ' ' / - * i The case was argued for the Crown | by the Solicitor-general (Sir- W. Robson), • who submitted that' the case was ruled by a South' African 'case -where the De Beers Company was called, upon to .pay 'tax in both countries, and. the court dismissed . the appeal. - . • - ~ . The New Zealand Shipping Company is now considering whether it shall appeal to the House of Lordsl,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 61
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175DOUBLE INCOME TAX. Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 61
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