CUSTOMS YIELD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22538, 1 October 1936, Page 14

CUSTOMS YIELD

AUCKLAND RETURNS NINE MONTHS' FIGURES RISE OF 25 PER CENT RECORD FOR SALES TAX Revenue collected from all sources by tho Customs Department at Auckland for the last nine months totalled £3,596,742, representing an increase of £705,374, or just over 25 per cent, over the figure of £2,891,368 for the same period last year. Tho total for September was £111,258, an increase of £59,345 over that for the same month of 1935, when the total was £351,913. The customs duties alone for the nine months, amounting to £2,299,536, show an increase of £401,452, or nearly 25$ per cent. The September figure, £261,290, is better by £25,632 than that of September last year, but falls short of the record provided in August, when the amount was £272,666. Motor spirit and tyre duties, taken together, have yielded £564,407, or £163,717 more, for the nine months, but the receipts for September, £56,686, while being an improvement over the £52,133 collected in August, and the £47,953 of last September, are considerably below the exceptional figure of £114,798 recorded last March. Tyre duty shows an increase of £233 over the nine mouths' period. Receipts From Sales Tax

The sales tax receipts for September, £76,445, break the record established in August, when they were £72,922, the next highest total being £72,445 in June, and the next £70,240 Inst November. Last September's figure was £57,934. The increase for the nine months is £118,002, or a little over 25 per cent. Excise on beer has returned £118,410 since the beginning of the year, an increase of £22,213. The collection for September was £10,837, as against the £10,368 collected in September of last year. Details of the receipts under the various headings for last month, compared with those of September, 1935, are as follows: — 3036 1035 £ £ Customs .. .. 201,290 235,058 Motor spirit .. 53,983 40,444 Tyre duty . .. 2,703 1.509 Totals .. 317,071? 253.011 Excise on beer .. Hi,837 10,308 Sales tax . .. 70,115 57,93-4 Details for Nine Months The figures for the nine months are:— 1930 1935 £ £ Customs .. 2,099,530 1,808,08-1 Motor spirit .. 545,390 381,900 Tyre duty .. 19,017 18,784 Totals .. 2,863,943 2,298,774 Excise on beer 118,410 90,207 Sales tax .. 014,389 490,387 The following are details of the customs revenue collected during the first nine months of the year, compared with the corresponding jieriod last year: — 1930 1035 £ £ January .. 240,0H0 223,087 February .. 239,905 211,574 March .. 293,207 209,524 April .. 200,448 211,770 May .. 232,243 211,355 June .. 238,626 180,0-17 July .. 200,431. 19(5,31X5 August .. 272,006 217,407 September .. 201,290 235,058 Totals .. 2,209,530 1,898,084 Petrol and Tyre Duties A comparison of the combined petrol and tyre duties for the same periods is as follows: — 1936 1035 £ £ January .. 59,934 53,(>58 February .. 54,401 48,942 March .. 114,798 51,254 April .. 55,154 50,910 May .. 50,752 53,183 June .. 50,215 30,728 Jnly .. 68,274 33,003 August .. 52,133 25,059 September . • 50,080 47,953 Totals .. 601,407 400,090 Details of the sales tax collections are: — 1936 1935 £ £ January .. 70,058 61,204 February .. 53,299 44,976 March .. 60,058 50,770 April .. 69,207 50,035 May .. 08,938 54,083 June .. 72,445 57,2-19 July .. 09,417 64,509 August .. 73,922 68,907 September .. 70,445 57,934. Totals .. 614,389 49G.387 The motor spirit tax is taken throughout at the old rate of 6d a gallon, the additional tax being included in the customs revenue. INCREASES AT WELLINGTON NEW RECORD FOR SALES TAX [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Wednesday Customs revenue collected at Wellington from all sources in September totalled £422,802, ari increase of £83,326 over September, 1935. Sales tax, September, totalled £95,100, and established a new record. The net customs total for the nine months of the current year exceeds the figure for the corresponding period of 1935 by £449,162. The figures for September, with those for the same month of 1935 given in parentheses, were as follows: —Net customs revenue, £283,601 (£227,827); motor spirit duty, £62,134 (£47,162); tyre tax, £1073 (2181); sales tax, £95,100 (£76,186); beer excise, £5751 (£4969).

CHRISTOHTJRCH RETURNS BUOYANCY OF REVENUE [BV TEI.KGRAPH —PRKBS ASSOCIATION] CHIIISTCIIL'ItCH, Wednesday The customs returns for September in Chris tchurch, with those for September, 1935, in parentheses, were as follows: —Customs, £94,928 (£76,013); beer duty, £10,834 (£6980); sales tax, £33,910 (£25,928); petrol duty. £18,699 (£14,269); tyro duty, £9Ol (£1261). For the six months of the financial year the figures were:- —Customs, £525,285 (£430,437); beer duty, £'17,598 (£41,571); sales tax, £191,277 (£156,596); petrol duty, £116,352 (£90,500); tyre duty, £5593 (£6121).