An order to discontinue the excessive tax on artisans and also to put an end to the confiscation of their property, tools and machinery when they are unable to meet the taxes, was issued today by the Soviet cabinet. The order established that even now many local soviet officials are confiscating artisans’ machinery, not only for unpaid taxes but for taxes that have not yet come due. This practice the Soviet cabinet has proclaimed to be illegal.
The ruling gives instructions to tax those traders who have become artisans for previous years, but to maintain a milder tax policy for those artisans who work for government organizations.
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