B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAE ENDING 31 MAKCH, 1949

LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPAETMENT

Minister in Charge of Land and Income Tax Department AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1949, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Land and Income Tax Department. Summary

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1948-49. 1947-48. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. VOTE—LAND AND INCOME TAX £ 435,000 £ 249,155 £ 684,155 £ 660,125 £ 560,749 VOTE—LAND AND INCOME TAX (Total number of officers : 1948-49,1,240 ; 1947-48, 1,245) Salaries — Administrative Division 1 at £1,500 (Commissioner) 1 at £1,200 (Deputy-Commissioner) Other Salaries 1,238 (£150 to £1,025) Other Charges for and incidental to — Bank exchange, discount, and commission .. Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers Decentralization : expenses incidental thereto — £ Works ... .. .. 44,561 Other expenditure .. .. 25,439 Expenses of Excess Profits Committee Expenses of officers travelling overseas Grant to Cook and Niue Islands Administrations of an amount equivalent to the New Zealand income-tax paid by residents of those islands (a) Underexpenditure due to (1) non-establishment of H; equipment. Provision for balance of cost has b 1948-49. 194'J Voted. r -48. Expended. £ 1,500 1,200 432,300 £ 1,413 1,163 440,674 £ > 422,603 1 J 435,000 443,250 (a) 422,603 75 10 70,000 10 550 12,000 amilton Bran< een made thi 75 100 85,000 200 12,000 sh; (2) uncomp s year. 74 {a) 29,881 188 12,000 leted orders for