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(iii) Exemptions from Payment of the Registration Fee granted during the Year ended 31st March l944, in respect of Instalments due for Year ended 31st March, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943

Summary: Total number of instalments exempted under (ii) and (iii) above, 211,107 at ss. each, amount involved, £52,799 ss. (does not include exemptions granted to members of His Majesty's Forces). (b) Statement of Receipts fob the Year ended 31st March, 1944 £ s. d. £ s. d. Registration fee .. •• •• 551,063 19 I Registration fee penalties .. •• •• •• 30,434 18 11 8 581,498 18 0 Social security charge on income (Is. in the pound)— Charge on salaries and wages paid by cash .. .. 6,600,680 17 10 Charge on salaries and wages paid by stamps .. .. 1,960,897 17 2 8,561,578 15 0 Other than salary and wages .. .. • • ■ ■ 4, 234, 529 6 4 12,796,108 1 4 Total £13,377,606 19 4 (c) Statement of Exemptions granted from Payment of the Combined Charge on the Grounds of Hardship Number of exemptions granted in whole or in part .. .. .. .. • • 1,333 Amount of social security charge and national security tax remitted .. .. £13,466 4s. Bd. F. G. Oborn, Commissioner of Taxes.

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Number of Persona granted Exemption. May, 1939, May, 1940, May, 1941, May, 1942, Males Twenty Years and over. Instalments: Males, Females, and Youths. Total August, "November, February, Number of , t f 1939, 1939, ' 1940, InstalOn Account oi | Total MaVj August, November, February. ments 1 Males, May, 1940, 1940, 1941. exempted. Twenty Females.t Youths.'f 1940, May, August., November, February, | Years and 1941, May, 1941, 1941, 1942, over.* 1942. ' August, November, February, 1942, Instal-1942, Instal- 1943, Instalments. ments. ments. (а) War pensioners (1914-19 57 .. .. 57 270 423 797 1,553 wari : Total disablement _ ,, (б) Beneficiaries (monetary bene- 916 3,626 33 4,575 4,309 b,bb7 1-,019 2 ,570 fits), Social Security Fund (c) Unemployed, inmates of 231 456 47 734 355 495 1,036 2,620 hospitals, prisons, &c. . (d) Students and members of 14 430 141 080 70 117 -54 ,0„6 religious bodies . (e) Members of His Majesty's % X t t + + + I (/) Hardship" 137. 411 6 554 278 484 1,329 2,645 Totals .. •• 1,355 4,923 227 6,505 5,288 8,186 15,435 35,414 » kales twentv vears 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. t Figures not for publication.