Finance Act, 1930
What is this act about?
This law, the Finance Act, 1930, primarily deals with charging and imposing various customs and inland revenue duties, including excise, and amending related laws. It also makes further provisions concerning finance.
Who it applies to: Individuals and entities liable for income tax and sur-tax; Importers of wine and other goods subject to customs duties.
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What does this act regulate?
- Income tax and sur-tax for the year 1930-31.
- Customs duties on imported wine and the continuance of other import duties.
- Exemptions from duty for certain furniture and mechanically propelled vehicles.
- Stamp duties and the discharge of death duties.
Who does this act apply to?
- Individuals and entities liable for income tax and sur-tax.
- Importers of wine and other goods subject to customs duties.
- The Electricity Supply Board regarding its income tax liability.
What are the key points?
- Income tax for the year beginning April 6, 1930, is charged at three shillings in the pound.
- Sur-tax for the same year is charged at the same rates as the previous year.
- New customs duties on imported wine are imposed from June 2, 1930, with specific rates per gallon depending on proof spirit content (e.g., 3 shillings for wine not exceeding 25 degrees of proof spirit).
- The Electricity Supply Board is declared not to be the State for income tax purposes.
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FINANCE ACT, 1930.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Part I.
INCOME TAX.
Section
Section 1
Income tax and sur-tax for the year 1930–31.
Section 2
Relief in respect of certain losses.
Section 3
Liability of Electricity Supply Board for Income Tax.
Section 4
Adjustment of assessment for year 1930–31 in certain cases.
Section 5
Continuance by new collector of pending proceedings.
Part II.
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
Section 6
Additional duties on wine.
Section 7
Continuance of new import duties.
Section 8
Continuance of additional duties on dried fruit.
Section 9
Exemption from duty on furniture.
Section 10
Exemption from duty of certain mechanically propelled vehicles.
Section 11
Rebate of duty on certain mechanically propelled vehicles.
Section 12
Amendment of Hawkers Act, 1888.
Section 13
Duty on moneylenders' licences.
Section 14
Duty on game-dealers' licences.
Part III.
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL.
Section 15
Stamp duty on instruments made under State Lands (Workhouses) Act, 1930.
Section 16
Exemption from stamp duty on certain charging orders.
Section 17
Investment of State moneys.
Section 18
Redemption of Compensation Stock.
Section 19
Post Office Savings Bank Fund.
Section 20
Discharge of death duties by transfer of certain securities.
Section 21
Care and management of taxes.
Section 22
Short title, construction and commencement.
Acts Referred to Finance Act, 1929 No. 32 of 1929 Finance Act, 1925 No. 28 of 1925 Finance Act, 1926 No. 35 of 1926 State Lands (Workhouses) Act, 1930 No. 9 of 1930 Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929 No. 41 of 1929 Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923 No. 15 of 1923 Finance Act, 1924 No. 27 of 1924 Number 20 of 1930.
FINANCE ACT, 1930.
AN ACT TO CHARGE AND IMPOSE CERTAIN DUTIES OF CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE, INCLUDING EXCISE, TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE, INCLUDING EXCISE, AND TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISIONS IN CONNECTION WITH FINANCE. [8th July, 1930.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—
PART I.
Income Tax.
Income tax and sur-tax for the year 1930-31.
1.—(1) Income tax shall be charged for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1930, at the rate of three shillings in the pound.
Part II
of the Finance Act, 1929 (No. 32 of 1929) and of this Act, have effect in relation to the income tax and sur-tax to be charged as aforesaid for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1930.
Relief in respect of certain losses.
2.—(1) Where any person has in any trade, profession, or vocation carried on by him either solely or in partnership sustained a loss for the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1928, or the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1929, he may claim the following deductions:— (a) from any assessment made upon him for the year ending on the 5th day of April 1931, in respect of profits from the same trade, profession, or vocation, one-third of the net loss (if any) sustained in the two years ending on the 5th day of April, 1929; (b) from any assessment made upon him for the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1932, in respect of profits from the same trade, profession, or vocation, one-third of the loss (if any) sustained in the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1929.
Liability of Electricity Supply Board for Income Tax.
3.—(1) In order to remove doubts it is hereby declared and enacted that for the purpose of determining liability for assessment to and payment of income tax, the Electricity Supply Board is not and never was the State or a branch or department of the Government of the State.
Adjustment of assessment for year 1930-31 in certain cases.
4.—(1) If any person, who was assessed and charged to tax for the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1930, in respect of income arising or accruing from securities outside Saorstát Eireann or from stocks, shares or rents in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, proves to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners in the manner provided by this section that the aggregate amount of the income so assessed was greater by more than twenty per cent. than the aggregate amount of the income actually arising or accruing to him for the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1931, from securities outside Saorstát Eireann and from stocks, shares or rents in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, he shall be entitled, on making application in the manner hereinafter provided, to have the assessment made upon him for the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1931, under the Rules (other than Rules 3 and 4) applicable to Case III. of Schedule D of the Income Tax Act, 1918, adjusted to a sum to be computed on:— (a) the aggregate amount of his income actually arising or accruing in the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1931, from securities outside Saorstát Eireann and from stocks, shares or rents in Great Britain or Northern Ireland; and (b) the amount of all his other income assessable under the Rules (other than Rules 3 and 4) applicable to Case III. of Schedule D of the Income Tax Act, 1918, actually arising or accruing for the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1930, or the year ending on the 5th day of April, 1931, whichever is the greater.
Continuance by new collector of pending proceedings.
5.—(1) Where a collector duly appointed to collect any income tax has instituted under section 11 of the Finance Act, 1924 (No. 27 of 1924), or continued under this section any proceedings brought under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of the said section 11 for the recovery of such tax and, while such proceedings are pending, such collector ceases for any reason to be the collector so appointed to collect such tax, the right of such collector to continue such proceedings shall forthwith terminate and the collector duly appointed to collect such tax in succession to the collector so ceasing shall, if he so desires, be entitled to become and be a party to such proceedings in the place of the collector so ceasing and be entitled to continue such proceedings accordingly.
PART II.
Customs and Excise.
Additional duties on wine.
6.—(1) In lieu of the present customs duties in respect of wine, there shall (subject to the provisions of this Act) be charged, levied, and paid as on and from the 2nd day of June, 1930, the following customs duties on all wine imported into Saorstát Eireann, that is to say:— Wine— £ s. d.
Not exceeding 25 degrees of proof spirit, the gallon 3 0 Exceeding 25 but not exceeding 30 degrees of proof spirit, the gallon 5 0 Exceeding 30 but not exceeding 42 degrees of proof spirit, the gallon 12 0 And for every degree or fraction of a degree beyond the highest above charged, an additional duty, the gallon 1 0 Sparkling wine in bottle, an additional duty, the gallon 12 6 Still wine not exceeding 25 degrees of proof spirit in bottle, an additional duty, the gallon 2 0 Still wine exceeding 25 degrees of proof spirit in bottle, an additional duty, the gallon 4 0
Continuance of new import duties.
7.—(1) The new import duties which were first imposed by section 12 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915 , and were (with the exception of the duty on records and other means of reproducing music, the duty on blank film on which no picture has been impressed and the duty on motor cars (including motor bicycles and motor tricycles) and accessories and component parts thereof other than tyres) continued up to the 1st day of May, 1930, by section 21 of the Finance Act, 1929 (No. 32 of 1929), shall, with the exceptions aforesaid, continue to be charged, levied, and paid on and from the said 1st day of May, 1930, up to the 1st day of May, 1931.
Continuance of additional duties on dried fruit.
8.—(1) The additional duties on dried fruits which were first imposed by section 8 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915 , and were continued up to the 1st day of August, 1930, by section 22 of the Finance Act, 1929 (No. 32 of 1929), shall continue to be charged, levied, and paid on and from the said 1st day of August, 1930, up to the 1st day of August, 1931.
Exemption from duty on furniture.
9.—Where the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied, in respect of any article of furniture (other than a bedstead) or any component part of any article of furniture (other than a bedstead) which but for this section would be chargeable with the duty imposed by section 18 of the Finance Act, 1925 (No. 28 of 1925), that the quantity of wood contained in such article or component part forms only an inconsiderable portion of the whole of such, article or component part, the Revenue Commissioners may, subject to compliance with such conditions as they think fit to impose, permit such article or component part to be imported without payment of the said duty or repay any such duty paid on importation.
Exemption from duty of certain mechanically propelled vehicles.
10.—No duty shall be payable under section 13 of the Finance Act, 1920 , as amended by the Finance Act, 1926 (No. 35 of 1926), in respect of a mechanically propelled vehicle which is used solely for the transport (whether by carriage or traction) of lifeboats and their gear.
Rebate of duty on certain mechanically propelled vehicles.
11.—(1) If any person proves to the satisfaction of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health that he has paid in respect of the whole or any part of the year commencing on the 1st day of January, 1931, or any subsequent year duty under section 13 of the Finance Act, 1920 , as amended by the Finance Act, 1926 (No. 35 of 1926) in respect of a mechanically propelled vehicle to which this section applies he shall be entitled to repayment of twenty-five per cent. of the duty so paid.
Amendment of Hawkers Act, 1888.
12.—(1) So much of section 2 of the Hawkers Act, 1888, as defines the meaning of the word “hawker” in that Act is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the word “hawker” wherever it occurs in the said Act shall be construed as meaning and including the following persons and the said Act shall have effect accordingly, that is to say:— (a) any person who travels either with a horse or other beast bearing or drawing burden or with a mechanically propelled vehicle and goes from place to place or to other men's houses carrying to sell or barter or exposing for sale or barter any goods, wares, or merchandise, or exposing samples or patterns of any goods, wares, or merchandise to be afterwards delivered, and (b) any person who travels either with a horse or other beast bearing or drawing burden or with a mechanically propelled vehicle carrying with him any goods, wares, or merchandise (other than goods, wares, or merchandise carried for delivery to a purchaser in pursuance of a previous order) and sells or barters, or exposes for sale or barter any of such goods, wares, or merchandise at any other person's house, and (c) any person who travels by any means of locomotion to any place in which he does not usually reside or carry on business and there sells or barters or exposes for sale or barter any goods, wares, or merchandise either in or from any vehicle or in or at any house, shop, room, booth, stall, or other place whatever hired or used by him for that purpose,
Duty on moneylenders' licences.
13.—(1) There shall be charged, levied, and paid for and upon every licence (in this section referred to as a moneylender's licence) to act and carry on business as a moneylender issued under any Act passed or to be passed during the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1930, an excise duty at the following rates, that is to say:— (a) on a moneylender's licence expiring on the 31st day of July, 1931—ten pounds; (b) on a moneylender's licence expiring on the 31st day of July in any year, other than the year 1931, and taken out within six months before such expiry—ten pounds; (c) on any other moneylender's licence—fifteen pounds.
Duty on game-dealers' licences.
14.—(1) There shall be charged, levied, and paid on the occasions hereinafter mentioned on and by every person who, under any Act passed or to be passed during the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1930, takes out or renews a licence for the sale of game an excise duty of three pounds in respect of every licence so taken out or renewed.
(3)
Section 58
of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 , and the Third Schedule to that Act shall be construed and have effect as if the duty imposed by this section were added to and included in the duties mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act.
PART III.
Miscellaneous and General.
Stamp duty on instruments made under State Lands (Workhouses) Act, 1930 .
15.—(1) An instrument made under the State Lands (Workhouses) Act, 1930 (No. 9 of 1930) and sealed with the official seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health or of a local authority within the meaning of the said Act shall not, by reason only of such seal being affixed thereto, be rendered liable to any higher stamp duty than if it were an instrument under hand only.
Exemption from stamp duty on certain charging orders.
16.—(1) A charging order made by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland under section 9 of the Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929 (No. 41 of 1929), shall be exempt from any stamp duty chargeable under the Stamp Act, 1891, or any Act amending the same.
Investment of State moneys.
17.—(1) The Minister for Finance may from time to time as and when he thinks fit invest any moneys for the time being standing to the credit of the Exchequer Account in any bonds, bills, notes, or other securities issued by or on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and maturing within twelve months from the acquisition thereof and carrying the direct obligation of the said Government in respect of both principal and interest.
Redemption of Compensation Stock.
18.—(1) The Minister for Finance may from time to time, as and when he thinks proper, redeem any security issued under section 13 of the Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923 (No. 15 of 1923), by paying to the registered holder of such security a sum equal to the nominal face value thereof together with the accrued interest thereon, but no such security shall be so redeemed without the consent of the registered holder thereof.
Post Office Savings Bank Fund.
19.—(1) Where it appears to the Minister for Finance that the interest accrued during any year of account (whether ending before or after the passing of this Act) from the securities standing to the credit of the Post Office Savings Bank Fund exceeded the total of the interest paid or credited to depositors during such year of account in pursuance of the Acts relating to the Post Office Savings Bank and the expenses incurred in such year of account in the execution of those Acts, the said Minister may in the next financial year after such year of account or (in the case of a year of account which ended before the passing of this Act) in the next financial year after the last of such years of account, appropriate for the Exchequer the whole or any part of the amount of such excess remaining after deducting therefrom such sum (not being less than ten per cent. thereof) as he may think proper to preserve in the said Fund as a provision against depreciation in the value of the securities standing to the credit thereof.
Discharge of death duties by transfer of certain securities.
20.—(1) The Minister for Finance may by regulations provide that any security which is issued by him (whether before or after the passing of this Act) during the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1931, for the purpose of raising any money on loan shall, subject to such limitations and conditions as may be prescribed by such regulations, be accepted in payment of any death duty, and whenever any such regulations are made in relation to any such security any person from whom any sum is due on account of any death duty may, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of such regulations, pay that sum or any part thereof by means of the transfer to such account (in this section referred to as the said account) of the Minister for Finance as shall be prescribed by such regulations of so much of such security as is equal in value at the date of such transfer to the said sum or the said part thereof (as the case may be) to be so paid.
Care and management of taxes.
21.—All taxes and duties imposed or continued by this Act are hereby placed under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners.
Short title, construction and commencement.
22.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Finance Act, 1930.
(2)
Part I
of this Act shall be construed together with the Income Tax Acts, and
Part II
of this Act, so far as it relates to duties of customs shall be construed together with the Customs Acts, and so far as it relates to duties of excise shall be construed together with the British Statutes and Acts of the Oireachtas which relate to the duties of excise and the management of those duties.
(3)
Part I
of this Act shall, save as is otherwise expressly provided, be deemed to come into force on and shall take effect as on and from the 6th day of April, 1930.
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