Chinese to Collect Levies at Ports of Destination The Internal Revenue Department of the Ministry of Finance announces that in accordance with Government instructions a consolidated tax on goods produced by local factories will be collected upon their arrival at the ports of destination, according to a Chinese report.
The new arrangement, it is reported, has been made after the closure of the administration in Shanghai, and the Customs authorities have been asked to help carry out the new measure, Under the new arrangement, the local Customs will allow the passage of goods manufactured by local factories through the Customs without the usual receipt for previous payment of the consolidated tax here. This tax, instead, will be assessed by the consolidated tax amices located at the ports to which the commodities are shipped. In ports where such offices have not been established, the Customs will make the collection, it is reported.
Under the auspices of the Japanese military, a General Tax Bureau has been established here for the purpose of collecting consolidated taxes. Arrangements are understood to have been made with local merchants that if the goods are destined for the interior, such taxes will not be collected here.
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