NOT TREATED AS INCOME

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 179, 1 August 1941, Page 6

NOT TREATED AS INCOME

SOLDIERS’ ALLOTMENTS HELD IN TRUST TAXES ON ARMED FORCES INCOME OTHER THAN PAY (P.A.) Parliament Bldgs., July 31. “A soldier’s allotments, held in trust during his absence, are not treated as income of the trustees for a war pension or war veteran’s allowance purposes. said the Minister' in Charge of Social Security, Hon. W. E. Parry, replying, in the House of Representatives, to a question by Mr. E. B. Gordon (Opp., Rangitikei). The Minister added that such monies were not taken into account in connection with any Social Security benefit, nor was the trustee liable for Social Security or National Security taxes in respect of such allotments. Answering a question by Mr. W. J. Polson (Opp., Stratford), who asked whether the Minister of Defence was aware that soldiers overseas were compelled to pay Social Security and National Security taxes on income other than pay, the Minister of Defence, Hon. F. Jones, said the members of the Armed Forces remained liable to meet ordinary taxation on income other than pay. Officials who were not members of any military unit, but were seconded for duty overseas in connection with operations arising from the war, were also liable to pay Social and National Security charges on income other than salary.