TAX EXEMPTIONS
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —With reference to the letter in Thursday's "Evening Post" under the heading "Support of Aged Mothers," I fail to see where there is any cause for complaint. Because a widowed mother is receiving the sum of £78 a year as social security benefit, the son does not see why he should have to pay tax on £50 exemption he was previously allowed. After all, I do not s"ee why he should mind having to pay £7 per year so that his mother could receive £78. Has he considered who would be the loser if he got the exemption, and the social security benefit to his mother was stopped? Also I am sure if he found the extra tax too large a draw on his pocket his mother would only be too pleased to help him out of the customary allowance he says he is still going to continue to her, even though she is receiving an extra 30s per week.
The writer of that letter should study what amounts the old folks in other countries have to live on when they reach the age for receiving a pension. Does he remember'the time when the old age pension in New Zealand was 10s per week? We have the present Government to thank for the benefits we are now all receiving.— I am, etc.,
ONE WHO LIKES FAIR PLAY.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 50, 27 August 1940, Page 8
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233TAX EXEMPTIONS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 50, 27 August 1940, Page 8
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