§ 98. Mr. FELLasked if the sum of £1,923,000 received on account of Income Tax during the first seven days of the current year represents to a very large extent Income Tax which was due during the past year but which was not collected by the collectors for the Income Tax Commissioners until the current year?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe bulk of the sum referred to was collected from taxpayers during the latter part of March, but in view of the normal time necessarily occupied in transmission could not be paid into the Exchequer till April. The remainder consisted almost entirely of ordinary arrears which could only be collected from the taxpayer after the end of the financial year.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI could not answer that without notice.