§ Mr. CHIOZZA MONEYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the respective sums paid in local taxation in Berlin and Kensington, London, respectively, by persons with unearned incomes of £5,000 a year, assuming that in each case the house occupied is of a rental value of £400 a year?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI am afraid I am not in a position to make any real comparison of the kind suggested. I understand that a person having £5,000 per annum income (unearned) and residing in a house worth £400 per annum in Berlin would pay the following local taxes, on the latest figures available, namely, those for the year 1909–10:—
The local rates payable for the year 1912–13 in respect of a house in Kensington borough of a gross rental of £400 would be approximately £125, on the assumption that the occupier is liable for repairs. I cannot estimate what further contributions to local taxation would be made in either case by way, e.g., of Dog Tax, or Beer Tax (in Berlin) or of local taxation licences or duties (in England).
Local Income Tax £195 0 0 House and Buildings Tax 24 0 0 £219 0 0