CUSTOMS YIELD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22512, 1 September 1936, Page 14

CUSTOMS YIELD

AUCKLAND RETURNS

EIGHT MONTHS' TOTALS RISE OF 25i PER CENT SALES TAX RECORD Revenue collected from all sources by tho Customs Department in Auckland during the past eight months totals £'3,185,484, representing an increase of £610,029, or nearly 25J per cent over tho figure of £2,539,455 for tho samo period last year. The total for August is £410,255, an increase of £97,870 over that for the same month of 1935. Customs duties for the eight months, amounting to £2,038,2415, show an increase of £375,820, or just over 22} per cent. The August figure, £272,666, is better by £12,218 than that of the highest previous month, April, and £7679 above December, tho best month of last year.

Motor spirit and tyro duties, taken together, have yielded £507,721, or £154,984 more, for tho eight months, but the receipts for August, £52,133, are considerably below the exceptional figure of £114,798 recorded last March and are also below those for May, January and December. ' Tyre duty shows a decrease of £961 over tho eight months' period. Receipts Prom Sales Tax The sales tax receipts for August, £72,922, are a record, the next highest total being £72,445 in Juno, and tho next £70,240 in November. The increase for tho eight months is £99,491, or a littlo over 22} per cent. Excise on beer has returned £101,573 since the beginning of the year, an increase of £15,734.

Details of the receipts under the various headings for last month, compared with those for August, 1935, aro as follows:

3030 ior?s £ £ ; Customs .. .. 272,000 217,107 Motor spirit .. 50,530 22,117 Tyre duly .. 1,504 2,012 Totals .. .. 321,7!)!) 212,520 1 Excise on beer .. ll,f>3<l 10,802 Kales tux .. 73,022 5H.007 : The figures for eight months arc:— 1030 1035 £ L Customs .. 2,038,210 1,002,120 Motor spirit .. •101,107 335,402 Tyro duty .. 10,311 17,275 Totals .. 2.5-15,007 2,015,103 Excise on beer . . 101,573 65,830 Sales tax .. 537,014 438,453 Details for Eight Months The following are details of the customs revenue collected during the first eight months of this year, compared with the corresponding period last year:— 1030 1035 £ £ January .. 210,000 223,087 February .. 230,005 211,574 .March . .. 2113,207 200,521 April .. .. 200,118 211,770 May .. .. 232.243 211,355 .1 tine .. .. 238.020 180,047 t July .. .. 200,431 100,300 August . .. 272,000 217,407 Totals .. 2,038,210 1,002,420 A comparison of the combined petrol and tyre duties for the eight months of 1 this year, and the corresponding period in 1935, is as follows: — 1030 1035 £ £ January .. 50,034 53,058 February „. 54,401 48,042 March . .. 111,708 51,254 April .. .. 55,154 60,010 May .. .. 50,752 53,183 June .. .. 50,215 30,728 July .. .. 58,274 33,003 August . j, 52,133 25,050 Totals .. 507,721 352,737 i Details of the sales tax collections are: — 1030 1035 £ £ January .. 70,058 01,204 February .. 53,200 4 1,070 March . .. 00,058 50,770 April .. .. 00,207 50,035 May .. .. (18,038 51,083 Juno .. .. 72,445 57,240 July .. .. 00,117 51,50!) August .. 73,022 58,007 Totals .. 537,011 438,153 The motor spirit tax is taken throughout at the old rate of 6d a gallon, the additional tax being included in the customs revenue. REVENUE AT WELLINGTON SALES TAX COLLECTIONS [BY TELEGRAPH —riIKSS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON. Monday The customs revenue collected nt Wellington this month totalled £289.751. compared with £243,910 in August, 1935, an increase of £45,844. For the eight months of the calendar year the revenue was £2,117,1(38, compared with £1,723,780 in the corresponding period of 1935. an increase of £393,388. The duty on motor spirit this month totalled £61,2(38, compared with £33.165 in August, 1935, an increase of £28,103. For the eight months the figures are £516,532 and £422,616, an increase' of £'123,886. Collections of tyre tax totalled £IBBO, compared with £3079, a decrease of £1199. For the eight months there was a decrease of £1713, the figures being £14.786 and £16.499 respectively. Collections of sales tax in August totalled £93,205, a new record figure, compared with £75,608 in August, 1935, an increase of £17,597. The total for the eight months, £680,802, shows an increase of £128,371 over' last year's total of £552,428. Beer excise collections for August totalled £4253, compared Avith £3964, an increase of £289. For the eight months there was an increase of £2704, the figures being £37,927 and £35,223.

DUNEDIN FIGURES

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A substantial increaso in tho vnluo of imports into tho port of Dunodin is shown in tho returns for the month just ended and for tho five-monthly period of tho financial year. Following aro the figures for August, with tho figures for August, 1035, in parentheses: —Customs duty, £02,260 (£10,880); beer duty, £25.52(5 (C12,!•'!()); sales tax, £2l) 102 (£10,840); petrol tax, £12,.'{20 (£5273); tyro tax, £BIO (JL'70!)); gold duty, £2305 (£1304), Tho returns for tho five months of tho current financial year, with those for tho corresponding period of last year, are: —Customs dutv, £388,540 (£240,330); lieer duty, £103,588 (£H1,770); sales tax, £116,755 (£100.084); petrol tax, £(5I.!18(5 (£5(5,203); tvro tax. £3617 (£3611); gold duty, £10.051 (£0100).