BETTING TAX.
BAIL'S PLANS. \ BIG RECEIPTS EXPECTED. (Br CABLE—PRESB ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND H.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, April 22. The Free State Budget, presented to the Dail Eireann, introduces a betting tax of £lO to be charged for a license to make bets on the racecourse and £2O for a license to carry on a betting business in a house. There will also be a 5 per cent, tax on all suins paid, the tax beihg collected by means of stamps on slips or certified returns provided to the bookmakers. It will £e an. offence to bet with bookmakers outside the Free State, and the Post Office will take steps to prevent the transmission of betting telegrams or telephone messages. It is estimated that the receipts will amount to £200,000.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18674, 24 April 1926, Page 15
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129BETTING TAX. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18674, 24 April 1926, Page 15
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