§ 83. Mr. FELLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the estimated number of the persons who will 548 be added to the list of payers of Super-tax by the reduction of the limit to £3,000 a year; how the names of the persons liable are to be ascertained; and if the same methods are to be employed as was done in respect of the selection of the original payers of Super-tax?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe number of persons who will be added to the list of Super-tax payers by reason of the reduction of the limit is estimated at 15,500. The names of persons probably in receipt of incomes exceeding £3,000 will be obtained from information available to the special Commissioners of Income Tax, who are in constant communication with the local surveyors of taxes. The methods of ascertaining liability will follow the same general lines as those employed on the passing of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910.
§ Mr. FELLAre the methods which were adopted on the first occasion considered to be successful by the Treasury?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI think so.