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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1993
MR MACLEOD NOTED THAT LAST YEAR HE ENTERTAINMENTS TAX ON CINEMA TICKETS.
HAD REMOVED THE
"THIS ALLOWED CINEMA TICKET PRICES TO BE HELD DOWN FOR MOST OF THE YEAR AND GOT RID OF PAPERWORK BOTH FOR CINEMA OPERATORS AND FOR THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
"THIS WAS NOT A MASSIVE CONCESSION, BUT IT DID REMOVE A TAX WHICH FELL RATHER UNFAIRLY ON JUST ONE AREA OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. IT ALSO HELPED TO SIMPLIFY OUR TAX SYSTEM," HE SAID.
TRANSPORT CONCESSIONS FOR DISABLED, ELDERLY
*
THREE
TRANSPORT
ELDERLY WERK PROPOSED
CONCESSIONS
AIMED AT THE DISABLED AND THE BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON HAMISH MACLEOD, IN HIS 1993/94 BUDGET TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR MACLEOD SAID THE TWO GROUPS DESERVED SPECIAL ATTENTION, AND THE CONCESSIONS ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM OF THEIR DAILY TRANSPORT.
HE SAID:
THE
"IN ORDER TO ENABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS EITHER TO INTRODUCE CONCESSIONARY FARES FOR THE ELDERLY, OR TO IMPROVE THEIR EXISTING CONCESSIONARY SCHEMES, I PROPOSE TO WAIVE THEIR ANNUAL LICENCE FEES AND RENTALS.
"I HAVE BEEN CONVINCED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISABLED THAT THE TAX CONCESSIONS ALREADY GRANTED TO CARS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ENABLE THE DISABLED TO MAKE USE OF THREE-WHEEL VEHICLES AND SCOOTERS. AS A RESULT, DISABLED DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES WILL IN FUTURE BE EXEMPTED FROM FIRST REGISTRATION TAX, VEHICLE AND DRIVING LICENCE FEES, DUTY FUEL UP TO 100 LITRES A MONTH, AND CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TAX.
ON
"FINALLY, I WILL BE INTRODUCING MEASURES TO EXEMPT DISABLED DRIVERS FROM TOLLS WHEN USING GOVERNMENT TUNNELS.
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CONCESSIONS WOULD, IN TOTAL, COST UP TO $70 MILLION IN
1993/94.
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