§ 55. Mr. Storeyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, when paying £600,000 Income Tax two months before it was due, the Halifax Building Society deducted the 2½ per cent. discount to which they were entitled for such prepayment?
§ Sir J. SimonI am unable to furnish my hon. Friend with the information for 538 which he asks, as it is contrary to practice to disclose particulars relating to the taxation affairs of a particular taxpayer.