Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Tories decide against taxing queen's income Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 16:16:30 EST Message-ID: \SE A;TOP OF THE NEWS;WORLD \HD Tories decide against taxing queen's income \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS \DT LONDON LONDON - Queen Elizabeth, Britain's richest woman, and other members of the royal family will continue to pay no income tax, the government said yesterday to opposition protests. Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont was asked in Parliament by the opposition Labor Party whether he would bring the royals into the tax net. "I have no plans to do so," he replied. Labor Party member Dennis Canavan called this "a deplorable answer." Whether the queen should pay taxes on her large private income surfaced during the summer as the British economy slipped further into recession. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM