§ Mr. Skeetasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider permitting 106W a percentage of rates paid by domestic occupiers as an allowance against income tax; and what would be the cost to the revenue should 25 per cent. be so conceded.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe Layfield Committee recommended against the deduction of domestic rates in assessing personal income for tax. The cost of allowing a deduction for 25 per cent. of domestic rates in Great Britain cannot be estimated precisely, but is thought to be somewhere about £100 million.