INCOME-TAX (PERSONS PAYING) AND AMOUNTS PAID.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1918 Session I-II, B-22

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Session 11. 1918. NEW ZEALAND

INCOME-TAX (PERSONS PAYING) AND AMOUNTS PAID.

A continuation of Paper 8.-22, laid on the Table of the House of Representatives in 1911 and 1915

Income-tax Assessment for 1917-18. A. Showing Tax charged. Ordinary Speoial Number. Income-tax. War-tax. £ £ Salaried persons ... ... ... ... ... 8,070 46,199 69,866 Professional ... ... ... ... ... 2,537 56,975 77,607 Traders, manufacturers, &c. ... ... ... 7,917 214,614 310,960 Landowners ... ... ... ... ... 12,548 529,062 951,713 Deceased persons'estates and other trusts ... ... 2,211 79,111 130,564 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... 2,721 64,745 103,969 Companies ... ... ... ... ... 1,945 1,245,068 1,862,129 37,949 £2,235,774 £3,506,808 Note.—The above figures do not represent the revenue of the year, but the tax assessed for that year, some of which, of course, was unpaid at the 31st March, 1918. Assessable B. Showing Income assessed. Income. £ Salaried persons ... ... ... ■•• ... ... 3,538,790 Professional ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,883,810 Traders, manufacturers, Ac. ... - ... ... ... ... 5,917,422 Landowners ... ... ... ... ... ... 11,886,9.58 Deceased persons' estates and other trusts ... ... ... 1,935,946 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,833,277 Companies ... ... ... ... ■•• ... 9,649,170 £36,645,373 C. Classifying Taxpayers according to Assessable Income. Number of taxpayers who pay income-tax... ... ... ... ... ... 37,949 Number of taxpayers whose assessable income does not exceed £650 ... ... ... 26,321 'exceeds £650 but does not exceed £750 2,298 £750 „ £850 1,595 £850 „ £900 708 £900 „ £1,000 930 „ £1,000 „ £1,500 2,608 „ £1,500 „ £2,000 1,106 „ £2,000 , £3,000 1,004 „ £3,000 . „ £4,000 435 „ £4,000 „ £7,000 469 „ £7,000 „ £10,000 185 „ £10,000 ... ... ... 290 Total number ... ... ... ... ... ... 37,949

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D. Classifying Taxpayers according to Amounts paid. Ordinary Special Income-tax. War-tax. Number of taxpayers who pay 2s. 6d. and under ss. . . ... ... 981 350 ss. „ 10s. ... ... ... 1,264 1,002 10s. „ £1 2,084 1,791 £1 „ £2 3,711 3,882 £2 „ £3 3,253 2,499 £3 „ £4 ... 2,038 3,297 £4 „ £5 ... 1,421 1,792 £5 ~ £7 ... ... ... 2,829 2,932 . £7 „ £10 2,029 3,783 £10 „ £20 ... ... 3,308 5,266 £20 „ £30 ... 1,666 2,099 £30 „ £50 2,050 1,839 over £50 ... ... 3,771 4,548 30,355* 35,080* * A number of taxpayers pay ordinary inoometax but do not pay special war-tax, and vice versa. Land and Income Tax Department, Wellington, Ist November, 1918.

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Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington.—1918.

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