Swaziland report / Commonwealth Relations Office.

  • Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations
Date:
[1960]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Swaziland report / Commonwealth Relations Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    All other Private Companies — two shillings and sixpence for each £ of taxable income not exceeding £1,500; four shillings for each £ of taxable income exceeding £1,500 and not exceeding £2,500; five shillings and sixpence for each £ of taxable income exceeding £2,500. The Super Tax rates were two shillings plus one four- hundredth of one penny for each £ of the income subject to Super Tax in excess of £1, not exceeding £9,300. The amount of Tax so calculated is, after deduction of a rebate of £285, subject to a surcharge of 40%. The following table illustrates the incidence of tax on various incomes: Total Annual Income Single Married 1 Child 2 Children3 Children £ £ £ £ £ £ 400 11 — — — — 500 22 2 -— — i— 600 34 11 — — — 700 46 21 — — — 800 57 29 9 — — 900 69 39 18 — — 1,000 81 48 28 8 — 1,100 93 58 37 17 — 1,200 106 67 47 27 4 1,500 143 97 77 57 34 2,000 209 150 129 109 86 5,000 1,326 1,186 1,166 1,146 1,123 10,000 African Tax. 4,107 3,813 3,793 3,772 3,750 A tax of £2 per year is levied on each adult male African who is unmarried or who has one wife. Africans with two wives pay £3/3/0 per year and those with three or more wives pay £4/11/0 per year. A Swazi National Levy of seven shillings, payable to the Swazi National Treasury, is included in each of the above payments. Exemption may be granted to the aged and infirm who are without means to pay. The tax is collected by District Commissioners with the assistance of tax collectors appointed by the Swazi National Administration. Posts and Telegraphs Revenue from this source in the 1958/59 financial year, compared with that of the two previous financial years, was: Postal Telegraph Telephone 1957/8 £28,225 7,167 18,423 1958/9 £29,547 6,340 23,699 1959/60 £32,924 7,432 30,321 53,815 59,586 70,677 Customs and Excise. Under the provisions Union of South Africa, of the Customs Agreement with the Swaziland receives 0.149% of the total
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