Income Tax (Assessment and Collection)

HC Deb 31 January 1961 vol 633 cc108-9W

Mr. Nabarro

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to ascertain the cost to the Inland Revenue of assessment and collection per £1,000,000 of revenue, respectively, for Income Tax Schedules A, D and E; and to what extent such cost has increased since 1951.

Sir E. Boyle

The cost of assessing and collecting Income Tax under each schedule cannot be segregated from the general cost of administering the Revenue.