UNEQUAL TAXATION
Sir, —Just a reply to a recent correspondent, re taxing single men. fn the first instance, we all have deducted from our wages 10 per cent social and national security tax. In addition to this the Income Tax Department takes their amount, and so the people are taxed twice for something tln.v have never received. Further, the ordinary married working man, with a wife dutifully staying ar home, cannot, pass anv of rhis taxation oil, but 11mmv is a class assoeiated with their husbands in business who just smile at all this taxation, and they have the privilege of deducting 1 lie 1'ot) allowances, etc., are in a position to pass all increased costs on to those less fortunate than themselves. The single man and the ordinary marlied man certainly have to hear all the worries of the taxation business. St no i.r, .Man,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23995, 19 June 1941, Page 13
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146UNEQUAL TAXATION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23995, 19 June 1941, Page 13
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