CO129-595-3 Proposed introduction of income tax 12-12-1946 - 26-1-1947 — Page 73

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Ordinance and the Empire rate of tax shall be computed in

a similar manner.

(5) there a person is for any year of assesment resident

both in the Colony and in a part or place in which Empire

income tax is charged, he shall for the purposes of this section

be deaned to be resident where during that year he resides for

the longer period.

47.

Where, under any law in force in any part of His

Majesty's Dominions or in any place under His Majesty's protection,

provision is made for the allowance of relief from income tax in

respect of the payment of income tax in this Colony,

obligation as to secrecy imposed by section four of this

Ordinance shall not prevent the disclosure to the authorised

officers of the Government in that part of His lajesty's

Dominions or in that place under His Majesty's protection of

such facts as may be necessary to enable the proper relief to

be given in cases where relief is olained from income tax in

this Colony or from income tax in that part or place aforesaid.

48.

(1) A non-resident person shall be assessable either

directly or in the name of his agent in respect of all his

profits arising in or derived from the Colony of any trade,

profession or business carried on in the Colony whether such

agent has the receipt of the profits or not, and the tax so assessed

whether directly or in the name of the agent shall be

recoverable by all means provided in this Ordinance out of the

assets of the non-resident person or from the agent.

where there are more agents than one they may be assessed

jointly or severally in respect of the profits of the non-

resident person and shall be jointly and severally liable for

tax thereon.

(2) Every person chargeable with tax as agent, or from

whom tax is recoverable in respect of the profits of another

person, may retain out of any assets coming into his possession

or control on behalf of such other person or in his capacity

as agent so much thereof as shall be sufficient to produce

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