UNEMPLOYMENT TAX
HARDSHIP PLEA FAILS ELDERLY MAN'S SMALL INCOME l The hardship that may be inflicted upon elderly people of small means by the unemployment legislation is revealed in a letter from a correspondent who uses the nom de plume "Comyn." He is 67 years of age, and his income is between £6B and £69. He submitted his claim for exemption from the unemployment tax to the Commissioner of Taxes, who replied that.' he was not entitled to exemption. He therefore is paying out of his pittanco 17s 2d a quarter. Such applications should be sent to the Unemployment Board, and not to the Commissioner of Taxes. Section 10 of the Unemployment Amendment Act, 1931, authorises the Unemployment Board to grant exemption on account of poverty or sickness, constituting serious hardship, but a resolution must be passed in each case.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21277, 2 September 1932, Page 13
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