STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 74, sig. 109-1/80

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38 - 5 - Public finance: investigations into the financial situation of regional self-governments have been completed; the financial position of the municipalities improved considerably in the year 19942 against 19941 mainly as a result of the increase in the tax capacity of the taxed. In the case of the municipal levy, which is the main source of income for the municipalities, about 4/5 is due to the increase in tax capacity, l/5 is attributed to the rise in the surcharge rates. Balance of War Economic Forces: The establishment of a balance of forces on the initiative of the Reich Minister for Armor and War Production, the General Plenipotentiary for Labour and the Reich's Minister for Economic Affairs for the rest of the Empire was also extended to Bohemia and Moravia. The balance of the war economy extends to all branches of administration and economy. The surveys were carried out for the territory of Bohemia and Moravia by the Central Statistical Office. In line with an urgent need of the employment authorities, the craft, trade, money and insurance sectors have been identified as workers in order to establish their compensability (implementability). On the basis of these documents, the central offices responsible prepare plans for the combing operations, which are subsequently carried out by the associations in consultation with the employment offices.For the craft sector, statistical investigations have already been completed, and for the other sectors of the economy they are about to be concluded. Information service: The results of official statistics have been made available to the responsible departments for their activities on time.