§ 54. Brigadier-General MAKINSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that regimental benevolent associations are being served with notices that they are liable to Income Tax on their incomes; whether he can state the reasons on which this notification is based; and why this new policy is now for the first time being introduced?
§ Mr. SNOWDENI am not aware of the existence of the new policy to which the hon. and gallant Member refers. If the hon. and gallant Member has in mind any case in which he considers that Income Tax is being wrongly charged and will let me have the necessary particulars, I will gladly have the matter investigated and will communicate the result to him in due course.
§ Brigadier-General MAKINSSeveral of these aid societies already have received letters saying that they will not receive the rebate on Income Tax this year because they do not come under the heading of charitable institutions. At the same time, is it not a fact that the Public Trustee has refused to be trustee to these various aid societies because they are exclusively charitable institutions, and does the right hon. Gentleman not think that the Public Trustee knows his own business?
§ Mr. SNOWDENI asked the hon. and gallant Gentleman in my main reply to submit to me particulars of cases, and I promised in that event to give them consideration.