AGGREGATE ONLY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22011, 3 May 1946, Page 4

AGGREGATE ONLY

CUSTOMS RETURNS GISBORNE REVENUE COLLECTIONS FOR APRIL Taxpayers who until the end of the 1945-46 financial year were able ■to compare ordinary revenue and special war taxation collected through the Customs Department will no longer be able to do that. Revenue figures will be available in future only as aggregates embracipg both ordinary and war-taxation collections. For the year 1946-47 it may be possible to gauge approximately the relation of one form of revenue to the other, as the separate figures are available for last financial year and .these will provide some basis for calculation. The reason for the change in method in declaring monthly totals is not clear, but the obvious effect will be to discourage comparisons of normal and war imposts. Collections made through the Gisborne office of the Customs Department for April, 1946, were substantially higher than those for the corresponding month of 1945, the aggregate under all three headings being £24,169, as against £17.604. Details of the revenues under the three headings are:—

Totals £24.169 1 3 £17.604 4 8

1946 1945 £ s. ci. £ S. d. Customs 6634 4 11 5058 13 7 War Tax (Incl. above) 865 8 31 Beer Excise 7689 8 6 2846 1 4 War Tax (Incl. above) 2151 12 6 Sales Tax 9845 7 10 1948 14 1 War Tax (Incl above) 4833 14 3