SALES TAX CRITICISED
IRRITATING AND COSTLY
EARLY ABOLITION SOUGHT
A decision to urge the Associated Chambers of Commerce to use every means in their power to have the sales tax abolished as soon as possible was reached'by the council of the Dunedin chamber, this week. The president, Mr. C. B. Barrowclough, stated that the tax might have been a'necessity, but- it pressed more heavily, on the community, and caused more expense in its operation than any other. Mr. A. H. Allen said that in a statement issued’immediately before his departure for- Australia, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Coates,, indicated that the revenue of the various state depart-ments-was steadily improving and showed that the.'sales tax- for six months from April to October amounted to close on £1,250,(XX). . .. • • , , , “This tax,” said Mr.-Allen, 1 “is most irritating and cumbersome and has caused much unnecessary work and expense.’’ The tax was unfair in its incidence, it compelled business bouses;- to act as collecting agents and increased the cost of living as well as the cost, of production. ________
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 10
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173SALES TAX CRITICISED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 10
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