for Government purposes (e.g. goodwill). Moreover addition to a cost which has only allowed for depreciation at Inland Revenue rates. It does not by any means mean a distribution of 8% to shareholders. If, for example, 4% less tax were regarded as a fair distribution to shareholders the remaining 4% (2% after deduction of income tax) would have to meet a number of charges. It must absorb the effect of any difference between the actual capital and what was taken as the capital employed in the contract.