TAXATION, FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

HC Deb 22 February 1922 vol 150 cc1924-5W

Mr. WISE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of Government taxation per head in France, the United States, and Germany, compared to ourselves, on a gold basis?

Mr. YOUNG

I am circulating a statement giving the taxation per head. But to reduce the figures to a gold basis would necessitate an estimate of the value of the currency units in gold during the whole financial year, and in any case the comparison would be vitiated by the

TAXATION REVENUE (Estimated).
—	Year.	Amount.	Per Head.
France	…	…	…	…	1922	Francs	22,421,000,000	Francs	571.8
United States	…	…	…	…	1921–22	$	3,489,500,000	$	32.1
	1922–23	$	2,941,000,000	$	27.1
Germany	…	…	…	…	1921–22	Marks	61,991,000,000	Marks	1,033.2
	1922–23	Marks	96,627,000,000	Marks	1,610.5
United Kingdom	…	…	…	…	1921.22	£	964,000,000	£20	8 10