§ Mr. STEPHENasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of Income Tax received during the last financial year from manual workers, from individuals whose incomes are under £400 per annum, and from those whose incomes are less than £500 per annum?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERIt is estimated that the approximate amount of the gross receipt. of Income Tax in the present financial year 1922–23 from manual wage earners assessed quarterly will amount to about £2,200,000; a small part of this tax has been or will be repaid, but the existing system of graduation of the tax does not enable me to estimate the amount so repaid. I regret that owing to the changes in the law effected by the Finance Act, 1920, it is not possible to furnish the information asked for in the last two parts of the question.
§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many farmers actually paid Income Tax on double rental in the years 1919 to 1922, inclusive; and how many paid Income Tax on the basis of profits during the same period?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERI regret that the system of assessment and collection of Income Tax would not permit of the ascertainment of this information except at a prohibitive cost.