§ 87. Mr. A. SOMERVILLEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what percentage of the total amount of Income Tax collected and the cost of collection was in the years 1913–14, 1923–26, and 1929–30, respectively?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence)I regret that it is not possible to isolate the cost of the collection of Income Tax from that of the other duties collected by the Inland Revenue Department. The hon. Member will find in the Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue estimates of the total cost of collecting all Inland Revenue duties showing the percentage of cost to the gross amount collected.