THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1460, sig. 109-4/1214

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English Translation

Thus - ll - In addition to this approximately identifiable departure in the income of our previous turnover - and luxury tax , a further departure of the income from this tax can be expected , as a result of 1./one side of the reliefs and exceptions of the tax obligation , which are fixed in the German system of turnover tax / especially as a consequence of the mentioned reliefs for the tax Wholesale trade,other than as a result of the exemption of benefits in kind paid to employees, as a consequence of the relief of supplies and other benefits provided by legal entities to other entrepreneurs, etc./; 2./Other than this, as our flat-rate tax on turnover and luxuries is not generally applicable. In the case of goods imported from other countries, the flat-rate levy on customs duties is levied on goods produced in the territory of the country; the flat rate is usually applied only to producers, i.e. usually larger companies, which makes the tax rate easier and ensures that the lump-sum is paid appropriately. 3./And finally, as a result of the abolition of the turnover tax, which has so far been collected in the case of imports of goods from Germany / as well as from areas connected to Germany / to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ; however, we would be significantly compensated by the fact that deliveries from the protectorate to Germany,