Arizona republican., 1916-12-22
TAX EVERYTHING
 CRY IN EUROPE
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 LONDON, Dec. 21.--What can we tax next? IS the question which fi- nancial advisers of the government are puzzling over as the time draws near for next years budget. With the cost of war steadily mounting. any proposal that bids fair to realize a few thousand pounds per year with out injustice to individuals and with out increased cost of collection is worth scrutiny. The new French tax on all who buy extravagant meals ar cafes and restaurants IS being favor ably watched from the English side of the channel. and at the same time even the smallest existing items of public revenue are being examined to see if they can be made to yield more.
 writer in the Economist suggests revision of the numerous license duties, other than liquor licenses For example, manufacturer of wood al- eohol now pays an annual license of 10 pounds 10 shillings. while manu- facturer of petrol or gasoline only pays one pound. The number of firms involved is less than eighty" says the writer. "Dat it is believed that they could safely stand con- siderable increase in charges A
 
 case of dealers in these commodities Almost as much more could be ob- tained by increasing the licensing fees for selling patent medicines from five shillines to pound. These licenses moreover, are at present col lected only in Great Britain, and could be extended without great in justice to Ireland as we'll
 Tt must be said,' writes another tax expert that so small an annual duty as five shillings ought never to have been imposed for any purpose. The cost of collecting such sum once d year is altogether out of pro- portion 10 the revenue secured. Even ! the dog tax, which at the present rate of Is Cd (Sl85) yields nearly 750, 00C ! pounds yearly, could certainly be in- creased without appreciable hardship i The present license fee charged fol dealers in tobacco is 5s @d per year i It is proposed to increase this to ] one pound. representing an increase l in revenue of nearly 300, GOO pounds A doubling of license fees is recon rnended for real estate. agents and i from two pounds six shillings to live pounds fifteen Shillings. An increase i of about 60.000 pounds q year in the 1 treasurys receipts 5ould be obtained by these increases.
 Playing cards which at present pay three pence pack. may be expected to suffer an increase to perhaps siN pence.
 Other licenses which are likely tc i be increased are the duties on raalC servants, on carriages ana motor cars the gun licenses and the licenses 1T connection with the hunting or pre- seIVation of game. The tax on malt cor mt Dl4 i by a new tax on all households em- ploving more than one female serv- ant. The tx on male servants al present is fifteen shillings year
 A year ago the Exchequer proposed l the doubling of the taxes Qn auloIn9- i piles, but this resulted in an alto Sether excessive increase in the Gt.- ties of the higher powered cars. anc the proposals Were eventually with drawn. Any new proposals which ar. submitted are likely Co involve | more careful revision of the scale graduating the rates so as to proven ! such automobiles as Il duty of forty two pounds on a car of sixty horse power and S5 pounds on car O. siNty-one horse power. In particulai the duties oa motor bicycles anC small cars are likely to be radicall, raised, as it is claimed that thes, are the vehicles which are now use lessly consuming gasoline
 One of the more radical proposal. for new taxation is that put forward few days ago by professor A. c Pigou Of Kings College. Cambridg, University. He urges that all per. sons who have been granted exemp- tion from military service shall b, subject to q special war tax, and tha this tax shall be levied not merely or men of military age. but on all stay at-homes, whether old or young.