B—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT —continued

(a) Underexpenditure due to partial completion only during the year of the decentralization scheme. (b) Overexpenditure due to more prompt fulfilment of orders and rendering of accounts during the year. Increase in estimate due to need to replenish stocks depleted during war period. (c) Number of Inspectors, 35; Travelling allowances and expenses, £2,445 ; mileage-allowances, £205. (d) Sundries, 12s. 6d. (e) Now included in Public Accounts as " Departmental Receipts." Anticipated receipts, 1946-47, £2,000. Recovery from Social Security Fund of cost of collecting social-security tax now abolished.

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VOTE—LAND AND INCOME TAX— 1945-46. continued 1946-47. Other Charges for and incidental to — Voted. j Expended. continued Office equipment (furniture, fittings, and £ £ £ machines) 1,500 500 565 Office expenses 15,500 11,000 (a) 7,236 Overtime and meal allowances 20,000 30,000 (a) 20,780 Payment of monetary equivalent of leave due 17 to deceased officers 200 200 Payments to the Post and Telegraph Depart45,375 ment 43,500 43,500 Printing and stationery (6) 30,200 16,000 (6) 18,019 Printing social security stamps 600 900 560 Refunds of revenue (received erroneously) 25 under special circumstances 100 100 Refunds of unclaimed moneys (Unclaimed Moneys Act, 1908, and Finance Act, 1932, 334 Part IV) .. 1,000 1,000 Rent and rates 15,000 13,000 (a) 9,530 Services rendered by Valuation Department: 8,422 valuation of land for tax purposes 10,000 8,950 Transfer and removal expenses 300 100 170 Travelling allowances and expenses 3,000 3,000 (c) 2,650 Contingencies 50 50 {d) 1 Compounded claim to adjustment under 15,000 15,000 section 20, Finance Act, 1938 Refund of incpme-tax in respect of a claim by the trustees of a deceased estate 18 : ' * 222,225 240,243 178,298 Gross Total 551,890 523,033 463,863 Credits-in-aid M 134,200 135,637 NET TOTAL 551,890 388,833 328,226