WAR TAX BURDEN
SACRIFICES BY FRANCE ARMY PAY FOR WORKERS LONDON, Nov. 24. France is making an heroic attempt 10 match Britain’s financial war effort and shoulder the burden of heavy taxation. The Finance Minister, M. Paul Reynaud, is doing his utmost not to repeat the last war's errors. M. Reynaud has increased both the indirect taxation and the direct taxation by which civilian males pay a flat special income tax of 15 per cent in addition to 5 per cent surtax and ordinary income tax, M. Reynaud presented an ordinary budget of 79,000,000,000 francs on November 17, but an extraordinary war budget will be presented every quarter because of the impossibility of estimating a year ahead.
The Manchester Guardian, in pointing out the contrast with the last war, when taxes were not increased, says it is still difficult to raise colossal taxes in view of the slowing up of industry, due to the withdrawal of men.
The Government has also decided that munition workers of military age shall receive only army pay, while some sections of industry are working 60 hours a week, thus removing the last war’s unpleasant contrast between soldiers’ and workers’ conditions.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20108, 30 November 1939, Page 2
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