No Australian Tax on Servicemen's
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A DECISION of interest to many Ter ritorial was given by the High Court of Australia on August 15, according to “Sydney Morning Herald” report: An Australian who was employed by the United States forces in New Guinea, and paid by the United States, is not liable to pay income tax to the Austra lian Department of Taxation for the period during which he was absent from Australia.
This, of course, applies not only to ser vice in New Guinea, but also in any of the Pacific Islands.