CO129-582-7 Taxation 6-6-1939 - 5-2-1940 — Page 5

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an income tax

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that it is not contemplated that he sh" necessarily

Government has made a semi-official direct

approach to Mr. Huxham, but it has been

ascertained that it is not possible for him to be

made available. He has suggested to Mr.Caine that the services of Mr. Chambers of the Infand

Revenue Department should be utilised

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suggest that

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approve in principle the idea of introducing an income tax in Hong Kong and that a suitable

investigator should be selected to investigate

the practicability of a scheme for the purpose.

I should be inclined to write an official letter

to the Board of Inland Revenue, enclosing a copy of

No.1. and the printed report of the Taxation Committee which is enclosed, and that we should accompany

this with a semi-official letter referring to the

suggestion that the services of Mr. Chambers (now in India) might be secured and to the apparent

impossibility of his being made available at any

rate until December 1940.

In the official letter we should say present proporal i confined to ith that the eateryalistatav antanderthabtie

question

of the visit by an exput tork to the

H wisit of a suitable expertis

by that the,

purpose of conducting an aging in 10 in fearthly of intrancing

expand being invited to accept on the completion

of his report wwww a period of service in

Hong Kong for the purpose of supervising any

Department which might be set up as the result of shv his report btwunotray.

We might

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ask them if they can recommend an officer for the

He muncation ek investigation, to advise us what terms of employment

etc. it would be necessary for the Government of

Hong