THE FILM TAX.
Sir,—Now thai foreign films arc t<> l>o taxed an extra twopence a foot, I am wondering what s going to happen to the picture-loving public, Wilt the exhibitors • put their heads together to find ways of passing the tax on to the public ? Shall we have to pay the old rates, "plus tax," in order to save the pockets of th» exhibitors ? Of course, the foreign producers ought to pay it, but will they ? They—at least the Americans—can well afford to pay for it is wel! known that they get from the market in their own country more than enough to cover the cost of production. Anything got from' exhibition abroad is clear profit to them, so thegr can well stand this increase in the tax. Hut probably the exhibitors' contracts bind them to carry any such increase, and this makes it practically certain thst thoy will either have to bear the extra cost themselves or make the public do so, tor there is not yet available & sufficient supply' of British films for all programmes. Which will they do? If they try to' pass the tax on, the public ougnt to have something to say about that. A Faib Tiii.fo.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19742, 15 September 1927, Page 14
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203THE FILM TAX. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19742, 15 September 1927, Page 14
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