TOTALISATOR TAX.
The Government of New Zealhaid should ibe growing fiat just now oil the vices of the people. Between' its Kquor duty and tot'aliisator ta.x it must flbe iderivaing ia very handsome income. A remarkaiblie feature of this bufciitnesis is that .the heavier the tax, the more widespread do the dr linking and gambling iba.bite of the people become. So fair as (the totalisator is concerned,, there would appear to be room for an amendment of the taxation Jaw. It is/ aai absurdity that a Racing lOlub -which incurs a loss cm its meeting shoirlcl .be made to.pay in.. the ba-me propou'tiion. as a Gluib which makes: a handsome profit. The operation of tihe tax lias, a tendency tto centaralisie .sport, 'whi'cih is a imost undesirable tilling. A more equita>ble system would be a graduated totafeaitor tax, 'with an, exemption- iin. tQie case of Jloiss on tt meeting.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10520, 8 January 1912, Page 4
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149TOTALISATOR TAX. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10520, 8 January 1912, Page 4
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