The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
Deficient Returns under Schedule D
Deficient Returns under Schedule D.
The following cases, selected from a large number, will afford some idea of the great loss sustained by the revenue by reason of deficient returns.
Returned at | Proved to be |
---|---|
Nil. | £7,217 |
£1,925 | 3,485 |
4,500 | 8,000 |
4,500 | 9,366 |
140,207 | 184,224 |
76,420 | 95,627 |
20,612 | 40,000 |
239,334 | 287,780 |
190,513 | 254,150 |
Nil | 5,235 |
7,068 | 18,272 |
120,000 | 178,300 |
104,565 | 130,411 |
14,596 | 25,000 |
7,675 | 15,000 |
7,500 | 12,000 |
104,618 | 126,025 |
6,209 | 10,000 |
17,500 | 22,000 |
£4,160 | £10,000 |
1,000 | 5,000 |
5,000 | 10,000 |
750 | 2,000 |
1,700 | 5,500 |
6,000 | 10,000 |
13,957 | 24,000 |
3,000 | 8,000 |
1,950 | 6,000 |
3,500 | 16,000 |
1,800 | 5,000 |
25,000 | 35,000 |
2,500 | 8,000 |
1,450 | 9,000 |
7,500 | 11,500 |
18,249 | 29,238 |
250 | 3,500 |
16,330 | 22,000 |
Total Returned | £1,186,838 |
Instead of | £1,650,880 |
It is impossible to expect any practical steps from aroused public opinion and criticism in these matters so long as the names of the parties are screened from exposure. The Inland Revenue officers are not allowed to divulge the names of even parties detected in the grossest frauds. In the Reports of the Department they have to carefully avoid giving any clue that might identify these respectable criminals, and even in the worst cases ready payment is made of £100 fine, and appeals to court are avoided thereby.