PAYMENT OF LAND TAX.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 22 September 1922, Page 2

PAYMENT OF LAND TAX.

NOVEMBER DIFFICULT FOR FARMERS. (Special to “Tribune.”) ell mg loh, dept. 22. The difficulties 30u<e farmers will nave in pacing the land tax on the uue date was mentioned in tne nouse to-day by ivir. i\ewman (Manawatu;, wno asaed tne Minister oi rinunce to consider tne possiointy of extending me date until alter November. ahe Minister replied that lie would ue very glad to consider whether lie could do as suggested. He Knew tne uimculties of farmers and landowners generally, for not infrequently they nardly got any return from their land until alter November. Ihe diinculty lie was in, however, was that generally the Government was itself short of money in November, .and was glad oi the assistance given by. the tax collector. Any alteration such as that suggested would require legislation and it could be considered with other points raised when the Land and Income Tax Bill came down. That bill would provide a certain amount of relief for payers of both land and income tax.