SALES TAX SNOWBALL
SYDNEY, October 30
Imposed as a temporary measure 10 years ago during the depression by the Scullin Government, the sales tax has now become a.permanent "snow-' ball" in the Australian'financial system.
The sum collected in this way during 1930-31 amounted to £3,492,854. It rose to £9,432,484 in 1935-36, while in the current-financial year- it is expected to yield £19,792,680. •
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 107, 1 November 1941, Page 10
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