PATRIOTIC TAXPAYERS.
RESPONSE IN BRITAIN. REMARKABLE FIGURES SHOWN. (Received January 20, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY, Jan. 19. The remarkable response which British income tax-payers made to tho request for prompt payment of the large instalment due on January 1 is shown by Treasury figures to have been more than maintained in the second week of the quarter. During the week ended January 16 the incomei tax collected amounted to £28,500,000, an increase of £18,000,000, or approximately 175 per cent, over the amount collected in the corresponding week last year. The total amount collected between January 1 and January 16 was r.earlv £50,000,000, compared with £22,000,000 in the first 17 days last year. The collection of surtax to date is equally satisfactory. During the week ended January 16, £7,350,000 was received, compared with £2,450,000 in the corresponding week last year. The total amount received in the first 16 days of the year was £15,000,000, showing an increase of £7,000,000 over tho total leceived in the corresponding period of 1931.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21086, 21 January 1932, Page 9
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169PATRIOTIC TAXPAYERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21086, 21 January 1932, Page 9
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