Following the appointment of tax assessors of the Japanese-controlled General Tax Bureau to reside In Chinese cotton mills, members of the Chinese Cotton Yarn Mills Associnton are discussing the situation, ac= cording 0 a Chinese report, The General Tox Bureau was organized here some time ago following the closure of various revenue offices of the Ministry of Finance of the Chinese Government.
For the collection of the _consolidated tax. from Chinese cotton mils, the Bureau has sent. assessors o the Sung Sing Nos. 2 and 7, Wing On No. 3, Sin Vu Nos. 1 and 2, Hunje Chang and Tung Yi cotton mills the western district of the "Inter national Settlement and in the Chin Feng cotton mill in the French According to a matico issued by the Tax Bureau, the consolidated tax will be levied in. strict accordance with the original schedule fixed by the Revenue Administration of the Ministry of Finance, For each bale of cotton yarn not exceeding the standard weight of 191.72 kilograms. the tax will be S044, '$10.84, $14.00 and $1874 for four different classes, As the Chin Feng cotton mill has not yet resumed operations. no. tax assessor has, been sent to the place. According to another report, negotin~ tions are still proceeding" between the French authorities and the Tax Bureau for the appointment of tax assessors in mills located in the Concession.
The full name of the Bureau ix General Tax Bureau for Chekiang Anhwei According do an official of the Sun Sing cotton. mill, tax assessors have been sent to certain Chinese mills, Dut so far no detailed measures. for the enforcement of the tax have been made known, The attitude Chinese cotton mills towards the collection of taxes by the General "Tax Bureau is being discussed by the Chinese cotton mills. association.
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