BURDEN OF TAXATION.
MUCH HEAVIER THAN IN J AUSTRALIA. Tn the course of his address at the Rani; New Zealand meeting last week Mr. Beauchamp showed how heavy taxation 'n New Zealand s. 'i he Commonwealth Treasurer, >ir Joseph Cook, in his Budget speech on .September 29, gave the following figure* m -aspect to taxation per head: —Australian State: Direct £3 0s Id. inHirect nil: total £3 (is Id. (ommon-■vr-clth- Direct £3 15s lOd. indirect £5 !7<:" total £9 12s H'd. Total for Aus■.••ilhtn: Direct £7 Is lid, indirect £5 17.--. total £l2 LSs lid. Now Zealand: Direct £ll 4* ">d. indirect £7 Gs Bd ■ t() tal £lB Ils Id. Unite:! Kingdom: CIO <•' ->d, indirect L' ltis Li: t ~■.(] e-24 2- fid. Taxation in Now Zea- I ■ r. 1 is about 43 per cent, more per’ than in Australia, and about • t :,r ■ fourths of that in the United Kii-ydc
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1921, Page 12
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150BURDEN OF TAXATION. Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1921, Page 12
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