§ 28. Major STOURTONasked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to a recent Treasury decision that if a Territorial officer can prove that he has incurred extra expenses within the meaning of the Income Tax rule in order to do service and earn the pay he is entitled to have the excess allowed in his assessment; and whether, as this ruling is unknown to Territorial officers, he will take an early opportunity to have this information circulated to all Territorial units?
Mr. COOPERI presume that my hon. and gallant Friend refers to the statement made by my hon. and learned Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in Committee on the Finance Bill, on 17th June last. I would point out that that statement embodied no new decision but merely described the existing Income Tax rule, which remains unaltered and, in any case, is not peculiar to officers of the Territorial Army. I doubt therefore whether any general notification, such as my hon. and gallant Friend suggests, is called for.