Minutes of Exco Meeting held on 9-2-93.
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OTHER BUSINESS
(a) Taxation of the Governor's Emoluments
(i) The Deputy to the Governor
raised the
matter of the Governor paying tax on his
emoluments. He said the Administration had
given an interim reply to a Legislative
Council question on the subject, but there
was a need to consider a more substantive
response.
One option was that the matter
should be referred to an independent body
such as the Ross Committee.
Members for their views on this proposal.
He asked
Attorney General said there was no
involved.
(ii) The
constitutional
principle
Exemption from taxation was granted to the
British monarchy only relatively recently.
considering the way forward, there was a
consideration the
In
need
to take into
principles of taxation set out in the
Inland Revenue Ordinance vis-à-vis the
Governor's contractual situation.
(iii) Members
change
took the view that the pressure for
in this respect was coming mainly
No comments yet.
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