THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1940
READY
SULTANS OFFER TO
LONDON, TO-DAY.
GUIDE TO EMPIRE SALARIES TAX
The importance of the changes between the Salaries Tax proposed by the War Revenue Committee and the assessments which would have become due under the original proposals of the come Tax Bill, is shown the comparative figures be- low:
BACHELORS
Original Assessment
THE SULTANS OF THE FOUR FEDERATED MALAY STATES HAVE EXPRESSED THE UNANI- MOUS WISH TO GIVE £1,000,000 TO HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AND A RESOLUTION ΤΟ THIS EFFECT WILL BE INTRODUCED NEXT WEEK IN THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.
They have given many practicable
proofs of their loyalty and this latest proof has been received in Britain with
Nine profound gratitude. months ago, they made
of a gift £500,000 to Britain and there have In-been many others before them.
in
No tax on incomes below $175 per month.
Monthly
Income
$200
$250
$300
$400
$500
Annual
Tax
$18
$45
$72
$126
$210
increasing thereafter at the rate of $108 tax per annum for each $100 of monthly earned income, up to $1,250 monthly, and $120 thereafter.
Committee's Proposals
Any income below $400 a month non-taxable.
Monthly Income
$450
$500
$560
$600
Annual Tax
$96
$120
$144
$168
Liability to payment at 10 per cent. does not arise until the Income is over $8,000 per annum.
MARRIED (NO CHILD)
Original Assessment
No tax on Incomes below $300 per
month.
Malaya, a battleship which is still in In 1914, they presented H.M.S.
commission. Later, they
gave
£2,000,000 towards the cost of the Singapore Base and in 1937 they gave £410,000 for the purchase of Service aircraft.
to
All these gifts are in addition large sums spent for local defence in Malaya.-Reuter.
Committee's Proposals
No Tax on incomes below $600 a month.
Monthly Income
$550
$600
$700 $1000
Annual Tax
$24
$48
$96
$300
rising thereafter at the rate of $120 annual tax for each $100 of monthly Income.
MARRIED (TWO CHILDREN) Original Assessment
No tax on incomes below $450 per month.
Monthly Income
$450
$500
$800
$700
$800
Annual Tax
$5
$32
$80
$140
$239
increasing at the rate of $108 per an-
num tax for each $100 of
earned income, etc.
monthly
Tax on income of $1,500 monthly, $1,025 per annum.
Committee's Proposals
No tax on Incomes below $600 monthly.
Monthly
Annual
Income
Tax
$320
$15
$350
$28
$400
$58
$500
$112
$600
$183
Monthly Income
increasing thereafter at the rate of $108 tax per annum for each $100 of monthly earned income and pro rata, up to $1,250 monthly, and at the rate of $120 for each $100 in excess of $1,250.
$650
$700
$750
$800
$1,000
$1,200
Committee's Proposals
No Tax on Incomes Below $5,000
annually.
Monthly
Income
$500
$550
$800
$850
$700
$1,000
Annual
Tax
$40
$64
$88
$112
$136
$400
Annual Tax
$32
$56
$80
$104
$200
$440
MARRIED (THREE
CHILDREN)
Original Assessment
No tax on incomes below $500 per month.
Monthly Income
$550
$800
$850
$700
$800
Annual Tax
$29
$56
$83
$110
$179
rising at the rate of $120 per annum for each additional $100 of monthly income.
MARRIED (ONE CHILD)
Original Assessment
No tax on incomes below $400 per
Tax on $1,500 a month, $985 per
annum.
Committee's Proposals
No Tax on Incomes below $850 monthly.
Monthly Income
month.
Monthly Income
$400
$500
$600
$700
ann
Annual Tax
$8
$62
$106
$101
Annual Tax
$700
$16
$760
$40
$800
$64
$1,000
$180
$1,100
$220
$1,200
$840
and thereafter at the rate of an addi-
Increasing at the rate of $108 per tional $120 in annual tax for sach $100
ax for each $100 of monthly of monthly Income.
SENO ALLOWANCES ARE AUTHOR- Income of $1,500- monthly, |ISED FOR CHILDREN IN. EXCESS
OF FOUR.
annum.
come, etc.
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