§ Sir R. COOPERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if audit clerks to firms of chartered accountants who have regularly been assessed for Income Tax under Schedule D, and who have joined Government Departments as temporary assistants for professional work similar to that upon which they were previously engaged, and to which they will return after the War, are now assessed under Schedule E on the grounds that their remuneration is pay able out of public funds; will he say under which Section of the Finance Act this action is taken; and will he remove the injustice thus inflicted?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWAs regards the rules governing assessment to Income Tax under Schedule E, reference may be made to Section 146 of the Income Tax Act of 1842 and Section 53 of the Income Tax Act of 1853. If particulars are furnished of the cases referred to in the question, the matter will be investigated.