HC Deb 25 June 1925 vol 185 c1735W
Brigadier-General CHARTERIS

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the approximate effect on the revenue derived from the Entertainments Duty if a uniform rate of tax of 10 per cent., 15 per cent. and 20 per cent. of the total cost of each taxable ticket, with a minimum tax of ½d., were substituted for the present scale of tax; and at what percentage of the total cost of each taxable ticket with the same minimum tax the yield would equal the yield of the tax under the present scale?

Mr. CHURCHILL

It is estimated, on such information as is available, that the annual yield ofad valorem duties on the total payments for admission, including those at present exempt from duty, with a minimum duty of ½d. per admission, would be as follows:

Million £.
10 per cent. tax (less than) 5
15 per cent. tax (about) 7
20 per cent. tax (over) 9
It is also estimated that to produce the present yield of £58 million a year, a uniform ad valorem tax, with a ½d. minimum, would have to be approximately 12½ per cent.