§ 13. Sir HARRY BRITTAINasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the average amount of direct taxation in France per head per annum during the past three years; and what proportion of that taxation has been collected during that period?
§ The following is the statement: 1887
| DIRECT TAXATION IN FRANCE. | ||||||||||
| 1919. | 1920. | 1921. | ||||||||
| Yield. | Yield. | Yield. | ||||||||
| Assessmentes. | Assessmentes. | Assessmentes. | ||||||||
| Total | Per head. | Total. | Per head. | Total | Per head. | |||||
| Million francs. | Million Francs. | Francs. | Million francs. | Million Francs. | Francs. | Million francs. | Million Francs. | Francs. | ||
| Old direct taxes* | … | 1,135 | 734 | 18.8 | 1,763 | 858 | 22.0 | 2,261 | 1,057 | 27.1 |
| Income Tax | … | 871 | 191 | 4.9 | (1919) 869† | 724 | 18.6 | (1920) 1,307† | 1,098 | 28.2 |
| (1920) | 178 | 4.6 | (1921) | 945 | 24.2 | |||||
| 1,288 | 2,776 | |||||||||
| Stamps, Registration duties, tax on Bourse transactions, tax on dividends. | — | 2,821 | 72.3 | — | 3,826 | 98.1 | — | 4,254 | 109.1 | |
| War Profits Tax | … | 1,669 | 1 | — | 3,543 | 4,264 | 109.3 | 5,113 | 3,313 | 85.0 |
| Total | … | 3,747 | 96.0 | 9,850 | 252.4 | 10,667 | 273.6 | |||
| * Including a portion allotted for purposes of local taxation. | ||||||||||
| † Including assessments brought forward from the preceding year. |