Oral Answers to Questions — Transport. – in the House of Commons am ar 14 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr Herbert Cayzer
, Portsmouth South
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction that exists with the methods adopted by Income Tax officials dealing with claims for the repayment of Income Tax deducted at source from dividends, etc.; and whether he will take steps to abolish the system introduced last year which is unnecessary to secure the desired object, and creates difficulties and delay?
Lieut-Colonel Walter Guinness
, Bury St Edmunds
If, as I assume to be the ease, the question relates to the procedure adopted for verifying the identity of persons to whom repayment is made, I would invite the attention of the hon. and gallant Member to the statement I made on the subject in the course of the Debate on the Finance Bill in Committee and to the reply which I gave on the 19th June to the hon. Member for Guildford (Sir H. Buckingham). I am sending the hon. and gallant Member a copy of the statement and of the reply.
The chancellor of the exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling overall government spending.
The chancellor's plans for the economy are delivered to the House of Commons every year in the Budget speech.
The chancellor is the most senior figure at the Treasury, even though the prime minister holds an additional title of 'First Lord of the Treasury'. He normally resides at Number 11 Downing Street.
