Why He Didn't Pay Income Tax.
A Devonshire surgeon in poetical strains thus claimed exemption from the income tatx — t j\ I'm sorry to make so sad a confession, $ Be the profits that emnnatp from my profession i But the fact is that most of the villages round. With surgeons, quack doctors, anddruggist* abound ) So much so that I am unable to clear The sum of a hundred and fifty per year. It would give mo much pleasure could I return double , And save myself aU this additional trouble ; But opponents add bad debts beyond all redemption Compel one to ijll up this claim of exemption ; A.nd what makes the matter no very much worse, I've a wife and three children and no private puree ; So from these simple'facts the collector must see,* He can gather no tax upon income from me.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1911, 6 July 1888, Page 37
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142Why He Didn't Pay Income Tax. Otago Witness, Issue 1911, 6 July 1888, Page 37
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