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(iii) Exemptions from Payment of the Registration Fee granted (Luring the Year ended 31st March, 1943, in respect of Instalments due for Years ended 31st March, 1939, 1940, 1941, and 1942

Summary: Total number of instalments exempted under (ii) and (iii) above, _ 190,890 at ss. each, amount involved, £47,722 10s. (does not include exemptions granted to members of His Majesty's forces). (b) Statement of Receipts for the Year ended 31st March, 1943 £ s. d. £ s. d. Registration fee .. • • ■ • • • ■ • 540, 920 10 9 Registration fee penalties .. .. •• •• •• 23,346 3 2 564,266 13 11 Social security charge on income (Is. in the pound) — Charge on salaries and wages paid by cash .. • • 5,569,030 9 6 Charge on salaries and wages paid by stamps .. . . 1,850,177 810 7,419,207 18 4 Other than salaries and wages .. .. •• 4,204,838 10 2 11,624,046 8 6 Total £12,188,313 2 5 (c) Statement of Exemptions granted from Payment of the Combined Charge on tub Grounds of Hardship Number of exemptions granted in whole or in part .. • • •• Amount of social security charge and national security tax remitted .. . ■ £14,308 2s. J. M. Park, Commissioner of Taxes. Approximate Cost of Paper— Preparation, not given ; printing (448 copies), £3 10s.

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- i J " Number of Persons granted Exemption. May, 1939, May, 1940, and May, 1941, Instal- Males Twenty Years and over. Total ments : Males, Females, and Youths. Number of On account of 1 November, February, Instal- , Total, 1939, 1939, 194,0, ments Males, May, 1939, August, November, February, exempted. Iwenty Females.f Youths.f May, 1940, 1940, 1940, and 1941, and Years and an(1 and August, November, February, over.* May, 1941. 1941, Instal-1941,Instal-1942, Instalments. ments. ments. (a) War pensioners (19 14-1 9 194 . . .. 194 381 673 1,157 2,405 war): Total disablement (b) Beneficiaries (monetary bene- 2,591 2,888 30 5,509 5,515 9,166 14,703 34, fits), Social Security Fund , „„„ . (c) Unemployed, inmates of 209 228 30 467 337 565 1,069 2,43 hospitals, prisons, &c. (d) Students and members of 27 294 134 455 61 139 205 religious bodies (e) Members of His Majesty's (/) Hardship .. •• 152 313 11 476 268 334 982 2,060 Totals .. .. 3,173 3,723 205 7,101 6,562 10,877 18,116 42,656 ♦Males twenty years of age and over are liable for quarterly instalments of 5s. each, payable in February, May, August, and November each year. t Females and youths are liable for 5s. annually, payable in May.