Australian Donations To
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Islands Missions Are Taxable
AUSTRALIANS who make donations to Christian missions operating in New Guinea are now not allowed to show those donations in their returns as re batable for income tax purposes.
Recently, in the Australian Parliament, Mr. A. Cameron moved that the Income Tax Bill be amended to allow rebates on donations. He said that missionaries in New Guinea were not only propagating the gospel but also providing medical, hospital and educational facilities which would normally have to be borne by the Government. “If it were not for the missionaries there would not be any education in New Guinea.”
The Prime Minister flatly refused the amendment.