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Western Samoa
Taxation Plan
WESTERN Samoa’s new income tax system has been held up until August as a result of a Legisla tive Assembly motion deferring con sideration of the rates of taxation until the next session.
When moving the motion, Mr. A.
M. Gurau said that the taxpayers needed more time to study the proposed rates.
The Attorney-General (Mr. W.
E. Wilson) said that the fixing of the rates was the sole prerogative of the Assembly, and the acting Financial Secretary (Mr. A. J.
Neill) agreed that the views of businessmen should be respected.
They he added, “would pay 90 per cent, of the taxation under this Ordinance”.
The Assembly passed the 159 clauses of the Taxation Bill with out amendment, but both the schedule of rates and the schedule of depreciation allowance have been deferred.