PURCHASE TAX ANOMALIES
Ste,—You will have noticed the rather peculiar reply given to Mr. Nabarro by Mr. Simon when a question was asked by the former in the House last week about purchase tax. The other day a salesmJh called at my home and tried to persuade me to buy a paraffin-burning radiator. He explained to me that a gas or electric fire carried a 60 per cent. tax, but that paraffin heaters were tax free.
Now surely this is idiotic? The nationalised in- dustries, one would suspect, should be given preferen- tial treatment where oil is concerned, for the oil is imported and costs dollars. It is most odd that the civil service should penalise home-produced fuels in- stead of penalising paraffin!
There are so many anomalies in this purchase taxation that the Government ought to make up its mind to take some swift action, before we get more Rochdales.—Yours faithfully,
8 Fitzgeorge Avenue, W14
R. B. BROWNING
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