§ Colonel Lyonsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the approximate number of State employees, together with their annual cost, who are engaged whole-time in the collection and administration of Income Tax and Surtax.
§ Sir J. AndersonIt is not possible to give separate figures for staff concerned solely with the collection and administration of Income Tax and Surtax as these taxes are administered concurrently with Excess Profits Tax, the National Defence Contribution and War Damage Contribution. The number of officials engaged whole-time in the collection and administration of all these taxes was 33,600 at 30th September, 1944. The estimated cost of their salaries for the year ended 31st March, 1945, is £11,200,000.