HC Deb 15 July 1920 vol 131 cc2632-3W
Brigadier-General SURTEES

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that great numbers of workmen who were liable for Income Tax under the old scale have received papers demanding payment although they are only receiving £150 a year; what steps he proposes to take to inform such persons that under the new £250 limit they are not liable; and when the new scale comes into operation?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

No demands for payment of Income Tax for the current year from weekly wage-earners have yet been issued, and I assume that my hon. and gallant Friend is referring to the forms of return which are now in process of issue. In this connection I would refer him to the reply given to the hon. Member for West Houghton (Mr. W. T. Wilson) on the 10th ultimo. I am sending my hon. and gallant Friend a copy.