§ Mr. TILLETTasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what were the payments in respect to Excess Profits Duties made by shipping companies during recent years and in respect to what amounts of profits: and how much was subsequently recovered by the companies from the Revenue Commissioners?
Mr. GRAHAMI regret that this information is not available. Liability to Excess Profits Duty terminated on or before the 4th August, 1921, and accordingly a very large amount of time and labour would be involved in collecting the necessary data and presenting it in an assembled form, and this could only be done by trenching on the important current duties of the Department.