HL Deb 24 July 1879 vol 248 c1168
LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY

asked, Whether farmers or others paying an education rate exceeding 3d. in the pound are not entitled to deduct from their income the amount paid for education rates in paying Income Tax?

THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDON,

in reply, said, that the amount paid to the School Boards for the purposes of education did not constitute an allowable deduction from the Income Tax.