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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 8, 10 July 1916, Page 2

The amusement tax is now in operation, and; promises to work smoothly (writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus). Admission charges of twopence and under are taxed a halfpenny; twopence to sixpence are taxed a penny; sixpence to two shillings and sixpence are taxed twopence; and so on till we reach a rate of seven shillings to . twelve and sixpence, on which scale the charge is a shilling, and thence a shilling for every additional ten shillings or part of ten shillings. The, collection of the tax is troublesome, because in the lower ranges of the tariff it is necessary to provide a large amount of sma-11 change. For instance, a sixpenny admission involve!! an additional penny for the tax, and the change out of a shilling is fivepence." In some theatres and other places there are hundreds of sixpenny seats. Large. stores of coppers are now deposited' daily at many payboxes to deal with this problem. The picture theatres are. much embarrassed by the new impost. The flow of admission into the building is greatly delayed. The public are requested to have their money ready, so that broken amounts can be promptly dealt with. Some managers use Government tickets, others have a weekly account with the Inland Revenue, calculated on the certificated admissions. The impost is levied upon all payments . for cricket, football, and horse racing. Each shilling gate ticket is taxed twopence. Thexo is no tax upon free or complimentary tickets, commonly known as "deadheads." If a person pays a lump sum for a series of entertainments, he will be-taxed on the lump sum, and not on the assumed price of admission to each entertainment. It will be consoling to some persons that, though admission to tennis and cricket matches will be taxed, the actual players will not be subject to any impost. Players at whist, drives, dancers in public ballrooms, and riders on hobbyhorses escape taxation. ■ Nor is thero any tariff for. charity entertainments, if the net proceeds are devoted to philanthropic objects. This tax lies many new and interesting, features. It is expected to yield a- heavy revenue..

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