2 JULY 1927, page 37

Inadequate Amendments.

In response to the storm of criticism aroused in business circles by the inquisitorial and interfering character of the Finance Bill proposals, Mr. Churchill has tabled a number......

Root Cause Of The Trouble.

Nor is it possible to ignore one feature of the situation which more than any other perhaps deserves attention— viz., the enormous growth in the National expenditure which is......

To Prevent Evasion.

It can at once be admitted that the aim of the Inland Revenue Authorities, on behalf of the Exchequer, is to make it difficult for taxpayers to evade the proper claims of the......

Monopolist Tyrannies.

All the same, it behoves all public bodies, and for that matter private enterprises, to devise means for protecting their revenues from the attempts of the fraudulent, without......

How Evasion Is' Effected.

I have already said that the Inland Revenue Authori- ties have some ground for assuming that attempts are occasionally made by some Super Tax payers to escape from -the .full......

Cure Worse Than Disease.

But having made all these admissions it is pretty clear from an examination of the various clauses in the new Finance Bill that the remedy is to be worse than the disease, for......

Finance—public And Private

Harassing the Taxpayer IT looks as though there might have to be a reversal of opinion with regard to Mr. Winston Churchill's Budget for the current fiscal year. It was regarded......