§ Sir WILLIAM DAVISONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the provision in the Finance Act exempting from Income Tax wound and disability pensions and gratuities payable to soldiers on demobilisation, what steps it will be necessary for soldiers to take who have already been paid gratuities less Income Tax in order to recover the tax deducted?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINRepayment of tax in respect of gratuities and pensions coming within the scope of Clauses 15 and 16 of the present Finance Bill cannot, of course, be made until that Bill has become law. The actual arrangements for repayment are at present under consideration, and I hope to make an announcement shortly.