The Archive · 1941

Net Profit

The profit and loss account dis closes "a net profit of Guilders 85,480.19, which "is really Guilders 94.80.10" since the agency fee of Gillders 9,000 is, In effect, merely a transfer to the Shanghai company and its equivalent in Chinese dollars ap~ pears as a credit in the profit and toss account of the Shanghai company, Taxation Heavy You will have noticed that we had to b: luge sum of 1.139.800 in Taxation and 2,811.91 for additional assessment over 1059 accounts oF oral of £.142,611,91 equivalent to 58 er cent, of the gross profit. It we add to this the export tax the total taxation amounted to 64% per cent. of the gross profit, capital expone ture amounted in' total to Guilders: 251041 which covered the cost of the

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