THE LAND TAX.
TAX FARMERS ON INCOME. EVIDENCE IN CANTERBURY. Christchurch, May 6.—The Taxation Commission has finished its sittings here.
R. M. Morten, sheep farmer, Tai Tapu, said that the land tax, as a class tax, was an evil example of a capital tax levied on the primary industry of the country. The remedy if capital was to be taxed was in a property tax, which would be lievied on all property. E. Hay, sheep farmer, Pigeon Bay, was also opposed to the land tax. “It will be the best day for New Zealand when that tax is wiped out,” he said. “The land will be better looked after and better improved.” He contended that it would be much fairer to tax fanners on their income.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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