Foreigners Included in New "Increased Levies Dairen, June 24.
New taxes, from which foreigners! will not be exempted, are being levied by the authorities of the Kwantung. Leased Territory from July 1. All incomes above ¥.1,500 per annum are to be taxed, Corporation taxes are to be increased, and, family partnerships, which have hitherto been exempt, will also be liable. Income tax will be fixed on a sliding scale ranging from xy per cent, to 33 per cent.
'On family partnerships, taxes will be levied on incomes under ¥.50,000 eight per cent.: ¥.50,000 to ¥.100,000 'Bt twelve: ¥.100,000 to ¥.800,000 at sixteen; ¥.500,000 to ¥.1,000,000 at twenty, and over ¥.1,000.000 at 25 er' cent.
'A reduction in the municipal tax, fs planned, but taxes on wheat, flour
'July 1 3nd cement will be enforced' from
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