TAXATION IN BRITAIN.
LARGE AMOUNT YIELDED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Feb. 20. Exchequer returns for the week ending February 17 reveal income of £10,689,013. Income tax again provided a large percentage of the income, £24,068.000, though there was an appreciable drop of nearly £11,500,000. compared with the previous week. There is still another £85,000.000 to be collected to reach the estimate for the year. The deficit on the year amounts to £170,871,723, against one of £220,820,131 two weeks earlier. Floating debt outstanding is £1,478,G00,000, an increase of £558,290,000 in the fiscal year. Treasury Bills outstanding accounted for £1,131,855,000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 7
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98TAXATION IN BRITAIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 7
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