B—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT

Minister in Charge of Land and Income Tax Department AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1947, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Land and Income Tax Department. Summary

(a) Now included in Public Accounts as " Departmental Receipts." Anticipated receipts, 1946-47, £2,000. Recovery from Social Security Fund of cost of collecting social-security tax now abolished. (b) Additional expenditure due to decentralization of Department. <(c) Underexpenditure due to partial completion only during the year of the decentralization scheme.

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1946-47. 1945-46. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. VOTE—LAND AND INCOME TAX Gross Total Cbedits-in-aid NET TOTAL £ 329,665 £ 222,225 £ 551,890 (a) £ 523,033 134,200 £ 463,863 135,637 329,665 222,225 551,890 388,833 328,226 VOTE—LAND AND INCOME TAX (Total number of officers : 1946-47, 1,083 ; 1945-46, 990) Salaries — Administrative Division 1 at £1,350 (Commissioner) 1 at £1,100 (Deputy-Commissioner) Other Salaries 1,081 (£100 to £1,000) Temporary assistance Other Charges for and incidental to — Bank exchange, discount, and commission .. Compassionate grants to widows of-deceased officers Decentralization : expenses incidental thereto Expenses of Excess Profits Committee 1946-47. 1945-46. Voted. Expended. £ 1,350 1,100 327,115 100 £ 1,325 1,075 280,290 100 £ - 285,565 > (6)329,665 282,790 285,565 75 100 80,000 1,100 75 100 96,000 750 65 (c) 48,490 1,059