LAND TAX PROTEST
INCIDENCE ON URBAN PROPERTY HARSH WOULD CAUSE UNEMPLOYMENT fPer United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 10. At a special general meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, called to discuss the Government’s proposals for graduated taxation on land, the following resolution was passed unanimously:—“This meeting of Wellington merchants, manufacturers, traders, and others protests against the proposed application of the graduated land tax to urban land when such land is in full economic use, and requests the Associated Chambers of Commerce to bring the protest before the Government.” The meeting was in committee, but a statement issued later indicated that the general opinion was that the incidence of the tax would create hardship, and probably lead to unemployment because of the heavy burden on large commercial firms.
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Evening Star, Issue 22413, 10 August 1936, Page 10
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128LAND TAX PROTEST Evening Star, Issue 22413, 10 August 1936, Page 10
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