Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-02-12 | Page 6 | Taxing Foreigners

! TAXING FOREIGNERS. I The Aut 1 aliau haw a I op'-'d a income tax law under vvhi-h A n.eri-a n-. n-. doing busine in that fr-ofT roinitrv jam forced to contribute to t iie -n ppor ; of t lie g.. cr 11 inenT. I'm.1 (.f the m; b I . 'vtii'ih ;ca-U as full.. -.v.: ' 1 mud -Ii.i,' 1 j be denned !o be t,. in Au-ti,ilia im , a- cou nt of n re- on not n -id-o: in Au-tralia, or on account of a company not regi-fre 1 in A u -t ra' i ,1 , if an' p- r on in A ii-t r;ilia r 'r a n.. nv-inii :n re-pect of the -ale .,f ;he git-.-i- nr i-pa i-pa id a a ia -v fnr obtaining order f ..r or influencing the ule nf th- ." This n.can tlint pra ' - a 1 ! v err American ma u a f act 11 r-r or ivr- l;;u. I who is in a r. v way rc ri'rt;i J in A u traba bv a .-a'eman cr o:herrvt-e i-liable i-liable ti be Hj-c-cd for income t a on an - 1 lined profi t of " per cent ui j lii- total turnover. As "inno of the ! Salt T.al; e ma 1111 fa ctu ren a re n mv -hip pi ng their pro-iu-M to t lie A n t , it would prdiahlv be worth their while to i n e.-t iga t e the new A u ! ralian in t omc tax law before tignrifig on their profits, for they mnv be forced to ron tribute a sha re of their ga 'u to the gov ernrnent.