NOT LIABLE TO DUTY.
SALVATION ARMY BEQUEST. [BY TELEGRAPH. —KRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, Tuesday. Mb. Justice Williams lias given judgment in the ease, stated for appeal concerning tho question of whether a bequest to the Salvation Army is liable to stamp duty. In December, 1906, Samuel Wilson, of Aramoho, left half of his residuary estate to the Army, to be applied to social work in New Zealand. The final balance of the estate 1 was £35,000, and duty was assessed at £3*167, which appellants declined to pay on the ground that a bequest to the Army was exempt under the Charitable Gift Acts. His Honor decided that the bequest was not liable to duty.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19080930.2.40
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13868, 30 September 1908, Page 7
Word Count
113NOT LIABLE TO DUTY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13868, 30 September 1908, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.