The Calcutta Weekly Notes May 20 1946

In the absence of the rates and the exemptions and the reductions there can be no useful examination of the provisions of the Bill from the taxpayer's point of view. [...] xcix *led has made a sincere effort to bring about a via media" between the point of view of the Congress and of the League and has decided that Pakistan in spite of the strength behind the demand for it is not a practicable proposition. [...] Though in the matter of devolution the individual and not the family is deemed to be the owner this is only to simplify the finding out of the next taker. [...] The property remains the property of the family to which the individual belongs. [...] Judged from the stanpoint of 'benefit to the community the tax is not justified as it will destroy the backbone of the comunity.