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Show ANOTHER INCOME TAX QUESTION IS RAISED Great Britain Is Endeavoring to Fix. Status of Wife Who Supports Husband. Uy International News Service. I l.ONDO.V, Feb. 16. Tho caancel'or of i the exchequer announced two months i ago that a new abatement of 2, in ' the shape of a "wife allowance." would I be made in inborn tax assessments next I year, on the same lines as the existing allowance of -" for ea -h child under IS years of age. The abatement will apply to incomes under T". Tiie n Mention is raised whether a like abatement can be claimed by a wife who has to keep her husband out of her earnings. earn-ings. There are cases .where the wife has carried on a business during her hus-: hus-: band's absence in the army, from which he has now been discharged incapaciced and unable to earn his living. There are other cases where the husband is in a hospital or a nursing home. In another instance the husband has had to be placed in an asylum, and his wife, who is p;vrn-hur p;vrn-hur money, has to contribute toward li is support . In such circumstances, will the wife be entitled to claim an abatement ? The point will receive consideration from the chancellor of the exchequer before be-fore the t'Tipfl uf the next budget are definitely fixed. |