TAX ON BACHELORS.
CHAMBER OF COMAIERCE PROPOSAL.
AUCKLAND, September 25
A tax on bachelors is favoured by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce Council, which to-day adopted the following resolu tion:—
“ That in view of the reduced profits of business and the consequent reduction of income tax returns, the Government be urged to give serious consideration to the possibility of widening the field of income tax by the imposition of this tax on bachelors over the age of 21, provision to be made for rebates in cases of hardship.”
The mover of the motion said there were thousands of single men with nc obligations earning over £2OO, and they should be bearing some of the burden.
Another member said it was evident that in the coming year the Governmen' would have to find fresh sources o' revenue,'. . . . '
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Otago Witness, Issue 3994, 30 September 1930, Page 67
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136TAX ON BACHELORS. Otago Witness, Issue 3994, 30 September 1930, Page 67
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