THEORY AND EXPEDIENCY
CHANGES IN TAXATION SIR JOSEPH SCORNS COMMISSIONS (THE SUN'S Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Friday. X cry little faith in the efficacy of Royal Commissions on financial niafters is held by Sir Joseph Ward, whd aired his views on this question in the House of Representatives on the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Bill. He entered a strong plea for the united action of the House if alterations in taxation were to be attempted. “For goodness sake let us do it together, and get it right,” he urged. “Bo not let us go back on the commission’s report.” Without disrespect to commissions, Sir Joseph ventured the belief that it was of no use establishing a commission to investigate taxation in New Zealand. This should be arranged by the Minister of Finance and the heads of his departments, who would get more fruitful results from general in- \ estimation and from the experience of other countries than from a body of outsiders. “No commission in the world could stand in the shoes of the Government of the day,” Sir Joseph declared emphatically. “You might be able to go some distance toward carrying out their recommendations, but generally speaking you will not get through a commission’s report.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 140, 3 September 1927, Page 8
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