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LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Land-tax .. .. .. .. 491,153 0 5 To Salaries .. .. .. 39,423 4 4 Income-tax .. .. .. .. 3,471,307 11 9 Advertising .. .. 639 11 8 Film-hire tax .. .. .. .. 30,101 16 7 Gas and lighting .. .. 18 0 5 Unclaimed moneys .. .. .. 72,979 10 8 Law-costs.. .. .. 227 1 5 Interest on mortgages .. .. .. 43 14 0 Office-cleaning .. .. 3 17 9 Postages and telegrams .. 2,693 17 8 Printing and stationery 1,813 6 2 Refund of unclaimed moneys 1,130 19 1 Remission of income-tax .. 76 4 1 Rent .. .. .. 2,388 4 0 Repairs and renewals .. 79 13 9 Sundry expenses .. .. 412 11 Telephone services .. .. 157 0 8 Travelling allowance and expenses .. .. .. 1,063 9 9 Services rendered by other Departments— Customs Department: Collecting deposits .. 200 0 0 Post and Telegraph Department : Receiving payment of tax .. .. 2,053 7 6 Valuation Department: Contributions towards expenses .. .. 6,821 3 2 Interest on payments in advance, section 53, Finance Act, 1932 .. .. 2,680 15 11 61,474 10 3 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 468 15 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 4,003,642 8 2 £4,065,585 13 5 £4,065,585 13 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 335 14 5 By Balance .. .. .. .. 4,003,642 8 2 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 4,003,306 13 9 £4,003,642 8 2 £4,003,642 8 2 Percentage cost of collection, 1'43. Note. —The above account includes assessed rent and interest on capital for which parliamentary appropriation has not been obtained. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1933. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. •• 7,648 8 3 Office furniture and fittings .. 4,867 1 5 Sundry departmental creditors .. 8,081 6 8 Additions .. .. 250 14 4 Sundry other creditors* .. 19,673 11 10 5,117 15 9 27,754 18 6 Office appliances .. .. 2,122 9 9 Depreciation Reserve '.. .. .. 5,612 11 8 Additions.. .. .. 11l 15 0 Suspenses Account for default assessments .. 150,000 0 0 2,234 4 9 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. .. 4,003,306 13 9 Library .. .. .. 290 7 9 Additions .. .. 6 0 0 296 7 9 7,648 8 3 Forms and stationery.. .. .. 1,089 12 7 Official stamps .. .. .. 1119 Sundry departmental debtors .. 1 17 6 Sundry other debtors.. .. 568,448 14 3 568,450 11 9 Cash in hand, Post Office .. .. 19,078 18 9 Treasury Adjustment Account.. .. .. 3,598,053 9 1 £4,194,322 12 2 £4,194,322 12 2 * Includes amounts paid in advance and overpayments subject to adjustment. C. E. Dowland, Commissioner of Taxes. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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