THE SPECIAL “MILITARY TAX” UNDER WHICH JEWS BANNED FROM REICH ARMY SERVICE WILL PAY 50 PERCENT SURTAX ON THEIR INCOME FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS BASED ON THE 50-YEAR-OLD SWISS MILITARY TAX, MODIFIED TO FIT NAZI ANTI-SEMITISM, IT WAS POINTED OUT HERE, ACCORDING TO THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY.
THE SWISS LAW APPLIES TO ALL CITIZENS, ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THOSE UNABLE TO RENDER ARMY SERVICE OUGHT TO PAY A SPECIAL TAX BASED ON THEIR INCOMES. THE GERMAN LAW, DATED JULY 20, IS AIMED PARTICULARLY AT THOSE HELD “UNWORTHY” TO BEAR ARMS, AND THEREFORE AT THE GERMAN JEWS, WHO WERE SO CLASSED UNDER THE NUREMBERG LAWS.
THE TAX WILL BE CUT TO SIX PERCENT AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND WILL BE PAYABLE BY ALL THOSE CONCERNED UP TO THE AGE OF 45. IT WILL BE APPLIED BEGINNING SEPT. I FOR THE CLASSES OF 1914 AND 1915.
ANOTHER POINT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GERMAN TAX AND ITS SWISS MODEL IS THAT GERMANS RESIDING ABROAD ARE EXEMPT FROM IT, ON GROUNDS THAT WHILE IN FOREIGN PARTS THEY RENDER GERMANY A SERVICE EQUIVALENT TO MILITARY SERVICe.
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