B—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT

Minister in Charge of Land and Income Tax Department AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1948, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Land and Income Tax Department. Summary

(a) Overexpenditure due to increase in staff not anticipated and to increases in temporary staff salaries not provided for. (b) Underexpenditure due to partial completion only during the year of decentralization scheme.

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1947-48. 1946-47. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. VOTE—LAND AND INCOME TAX £ 428,750 £ 214,875 £ 643,625 £ 560,790 £ 543,828 YOTE—LAND AND INCOME TAX (Total number of officers : 1947-48, 1,245 ; 1946-47, 1,083) Salaries— Administrative Division 1 at £1,400 (Commissioner) 1 at £1,150 (Deputy-Commissioner) Other Salaries 1,243 (£125 to £1,000) Temporary assistance Other Charges for and incidental to — Bank exchange, discount, and commission .. Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers Decentralization : expenses incidental thereto— £ Works .. .. .. 22,600 Other expenditure .. .. 62,400 1947-48. 1946-47. Voted. Expended. £ 1,400 1,150 426,100 100 £ 1,350 1,100 327,115 100 £ j> 365,321 428,750 329,665 {a) 365,321 75 100 85,000 200 12,000 75 100. 80,000 1,100 15,400 67 {b) 53,764 1,138 14,753 Expenses of Excess Profits Committee Grant to Cook and Niue Islands Administrations of an amount equivalent to the New Zealand income-tax paid by residents of those islands