A TAX ON SALES.
(To tin! Ivlltor.i Sir.-The liiut 1 hut I lie Covonimeni may resort lo n tsx i>ll «tlos in tli.-ir desperation to raise mure funds to .any on their policy 1 f wiist.-. rxiravaj»'Unee mi tllcmselvca and mi.-j-'overnnient fr.iienilly. calls for the stiTiuwt loiidehmat ion ami opposition. The present minority <ioviTiii.ieiit havf no iliMinitp iirim-iples "ii which to Uase taxation. They lire desiitut.- of btlMlirxN aliility; but like 11 vain pin-hat tli.y fasten on to uxrful Uadr unci industry and Weed it white. The tax on land sales cannot !>e eoinparwl witli 11 general tax on daily eomnuxlities because nil i-ommodities are inclined to {all in value if not sold and used, but as a. rule land keeps li-in;; ill xalue. .mil i email tax on sales is a partial apolofiy for not fiettinji this voliir liy son--' other means, '['he prilu*i|>li> of kr< (> ing taxation oIT trade and industry is one which should be adhered to as far as possible.— I am, etc.. E. STEVENSON".
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 24 May 1922, Page 8
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169A TAX ON SALES. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 24 May 1922, Page 8
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