Reference: X.36122
Name of claimant.
Cambridge University Press.
Period of claim.
1933/34 onwards.
Whether original or renewal.
Original.
Date claim lodged.
Letter 11.7.39 (flagged B)
Subject of claim. (i.e. property owned and occupied, rents, dividends and including tax claimed to be repaid)
Profits of the publishing business at London.
Profits of the printing business at Cambridge.
Amounts (1) On which tax has been paid and is reclaimed.
And (2) On which tax has not been paid.
Please see details on the attached sheet.
Statement of circumstances and reasons for the relief claimed. (including nature of the instrument governing the application).
Relief is sought under section 24 F.A. [Finance Act] 1927 in respect of the profits of the printing and publishing businesses carried out by the Syndics of the Press on the ground that the trade is exercised in the course of the actual carrying out of a primary purpose of the charity - the charity being the University of Cambridge. The Syndics is an unpaid Committee appointed under the Statutes of the University. It has no separate Constitution.