FARMERS AND SOCIAL SECURITY
ro Tin: EDITOR Sir—Under the Social Security Act those in the income other than salary or wages group are. obliged to nil in a most complicated form, full of exasperating interpretations A farmer, for instance, feels he would prefer handing the work to an accountant. But all accountant; do not understand farming, so where are we? In my opinion something less complex and confusing is called for As Lord Bledisloe once said, we live in an age of bewilderment, but it seems that those high up are now introducing us to an age of confusion The methods of taxation need an overhaul towards simplicity. Perhaps this could be brought about by still heavier taxation! —I am, etc, Broad Furrow:» May IS
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23810, 17 May 1939, Page 6
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