Some suggestions for a simpler and more equitable income tax system

Abstract

I hope so to deal with the subject for discussion tonight that the Members of this Society who have no first-hand practical knowledge of the existing Income Tax system will be able to study the forthcoming Report of the Royal Commission on the Income Tax with an interest that might otherwise be lacking. It may be convenient at the outset to consider the terms of reference to the Royal Commission, its constitution, and certain other points which emerge from an examination of the Blue Books in which the Minutes of Evidence are contained.