CO129-595-3 Proposed introduction of income tax 12-12-1946 - 26-1-1947 — Page 71

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of his income, shall be entitled to relief from tax under this

Ordinance paid or payable by him on that part of his income

at a rate equal to the amount by which the rate of tax

appropriate to his case under this Ordinance exceeds half the

appropriate rate of United Kingdon tax. If, however, the rate

of tax appropriate to his case under this Ordinance exceeds the

appropriate rate of United Kingdom tax he shall be entitled only

to relief at rate equal to half the appropriate rate of

United Kingdon tax.

(2) For

purposes of this section a certificate

issued by or on behalf of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue

in the United Kingdom shall be receivable in evidence to show

what is the appropriate rate of United Kingdom tax in any

particular case.

(3) For the purposes of this section the expression

"rate of tax" when applied to tax paid or payable under this

Ordinance means the rate detemined by dividing the amount of

the tax paid or payable for the year (before the deduction of

the relief granted under this section) by the amount of the

income in respect of which the tax paid or payable under this

Ordinance has been charged for that year except that where the

income which is the subject of a claim to relief under this

section is computed by reference to the provisions of section

twenty-seven of this Ordinance on an amount other than the

ascertained amount of the actual profits, the rate of tax shall

be determined by the Comissioner.

46. (1) If any person resident in the Colony who has paid,

by deduction or otherwise, or is liable to pay, tax under this

Ordinance for any year of assessment on any part of his income,

proves to the satisfaction of Commissioner that he has paid,

by deduction or otherwise, or is liable to pay, Empire income

tax for that year in respect of the same part of his income,

he shall be entitled to relief from tax in the Colony paid

or payable by him on that part of his income at a rate thereon

to be determined as follows »

/(a)

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