THE SUPER-LAND TAX.
CASES OF HARDSHIP. STATEMENT BY MINISTER. WELLINGTON, Monday. “Every consideration has been given by the commission to the cases of hardship that have come before it and some substantial reductions in taxation have been made," said the Minister of Lands, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, to-day, when answering an inquiry regarding the work of 'the commission which is investigating oases of hardship arising out of the imposition of the super-land tax. The Minister said he was not prepared at present to disclose the amount of the- remissions granted to the petitioning tax-payers. When all the applications had been dealt with however, a statement would be made setting out the extent of the reductions. Mr Forbes added that the commission had- now disposed of 497 of 587 applications lodged for consideration, had completed its sittings in Wellington and had proceeded to Napier for the hearing of oral evidence. For the same purpose Wanganui, Palmerston North and Canterbury-would also be visited.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17978, 25 March 1930, Page 2
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162THE SUPER-LAND TAX. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17978, 25 March 1930, Page 2
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