RISING TRENDS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22528, 7 January 1948, Page 4

RISING TRENDS

TAXES COLLECTED DECEMBER £IO,OOO UP YEAR’S TOTAL £356,172 Collections of dues at the Gisborne office of the Customs Department continues to show rising trends, and during December businessmen of the district paid almost £IO,OOO more into the coffers of the State through the office than in the corresponding month of 1946.

A startling increase in the sales tax collection. £6OOO. was a feature of the month’s statistics.

For December £41,372 6s 5d was collected through the Gisborne office, this figure including some miscellaneous items, but the main headings being shown as below, with the corresponding figures for 1946: —

Totals, incl. misc.) 41,372 6 5 31,872 13 6 The increase of approximately £IO,OOO in the December figures was reflected also in those for the quarter ended December 31, 1947, as is shown in the following tabulation coverine the three months:—

Totals, (inc. misc.) 98,773 011 88,580 14 10

For the year ended December 31 last, district collections under all heads, including miscellaneous items, passed one-third of a million pounds for the first time on record. The main increases as compared with the 1946 year were shown for customs dues—a £20,500 increase—sales tax, and petrol taxation. The following tabulation shows the annual totals under the main headings:—

Totals (inc. miscl 356.172 10 1 325,884 9 1

1947 1946 £ s. d. £ s. d. Customs 11.499 7 11 10,173 5 11 Beer 10,046 2 0 9,382 15 5 Sales tax 14,513 5 9 8,057 14 8 Petrol tax 4,983 19 6 4,146 12 6

Quarter 1947 £ s. d. 1946 £ s. d. Customs 33,036 18 9 26,563 8 6 Beer 24.423 9 0 25,171 3 6 Sales tax 28.424 7 3 24,508 2 7 Petrol 12,674 9 6 12,195 12 0

Year 1947 1946 £ s. d. £ s. d. Customs 120,809 12 5 100,312 6 4 Beer 86,889 1 6 86.181 19 7 Sales tax 99,203 19 3 95,363 13 4 Petrol 48,763 3 0 43,520 12 6