THE SUPER LAND TAX.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19805, 18 December 1929, Page 10

THE SUPER LAND TAX.

DIARY NOTES OF A STOCK AND STATION AGENT. n"'r« dc«.-rib* a-:thc- :r .-.iso* of hardship wh,-h .;■■• :'"• rf«. : ;: -f t''i* r-.-eiM :-g; S :atipn i :".;■•-;:;* o Upe r Tax o„ I.*r,a. 'i'noy .1 r-.- H-, by a r*; 1 -' 11 - > " i tirm.j XIX. Mr "S". Thw man «m« in last »>'ck ami avery despondent about hi* tutme. He is a good sctt'er, who has worked hard l'.ir many year--, and -should m>w bo in a position to have .some relief from li.s hard life and the anxiety of In order to improve the position of a -I'ouinc lainily, ho pun dialed n\ l'd-V larger property for *- -('•.' l ' 1 ' 1 . which is mortgaged tor rather more than onebail .V this value. Under his unimproved vahio, bo has boon paying tVJO in laud tax. and i- now assessed lor a further L'tvS for special tax. It he were assessed under ihe scale paid for income, his tax would bo under £."-■">. am: yet ho is asked to provide iTso as his -hare of the country's taxation. He would willingly sell his property foi £iiOO!> loss than lie gave for it, Isicauv he is fearful that, with retimed prices for his product- ho- may find himself unable to pay *ft - way. For years this man has saved every possible penny, whilst his family has worked without wages t<> avoid, if possible, the niehtmare of no provision for bis family. I could only advise him to apply for a new valuation by the Government, and also to appeal under the hardship clause for remission from the special land tax.