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Entertainments Duty

Volume 155: debated on Thursday 15 June 1922

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35.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the yield of the Entertainments Duty each year of its existence up till 31st March, 1922, and during the period from 31st March till the issue of the most recent Return of Income and Expenditure for the current year?

The yield of the Entertainments Duty from 15th May, 1916, when the duty was first imposed, has been as follows:

Year ended 31st March—£
19173,001,268
19184,987,568
19197,520,080
192010,479,516
192111,735,840
192210,279,543
Period from 1st April, 1922, to 10th June, 19221,727,056
(approximate)

Is it not a fact that the Entertainments Duty in this country is entirely killing the cinematograph industry?