Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-14 | Page 17 | Bachelor Tax Law Does Not Work Well

BACHELOR TAX LAW DOES NOT WORK WELL BERLIN, Sept. 10. American statesmen states-men who would like to manipulate the new income tax law to bear hardor on the bachelor than tho married man. may take warning from tho oxperlence of the little principality of Reuse, whore the first bachelor tax ln Germany was introduced intro-duced this year. The tax has been in effect only since April 1. but tho Reuss newspapers declare that bachelors of property aro transferring transfer-ring thomselvos and their wealth to other "parts of the omplro whoro the atato of Blnnle blcsaodness Is not subject to special spe-cial taxation. One bachelor of Grelr, capital of tho principality, has clvon further fur-ther evidence of )il displeasure by revolting re-volting a bequest of SIZ.FiOO, which ho had Introduced In his will for a murilclpul bath,-iiflnaa .In Qreiz.