Berlin, July 23.
bout 270,000 youths, to whom must added about 30,000 Jews, will be affected by the new German defence tax wh was announced yesterday All able-bodied Germans not conipted for active service, whose income exceeds Rin. 52 a month (£4), will be liable.
The tax, which comes into force on September 1, will be based on income, and for the first two years Will be the equivalent of 50 per cent. of the income tax. The following year it will be reduced io six per cent.
Exemption will be granted Germans living abroad or those disabled in either labour or milita rvice.
The tax is intended to compensate citizens compelled to interrupt thei careers when drafted for active military service.—Reuter.
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