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Show DRASTIC TAX PLAN IS CONSIDERED BY HUN GOVERNMENT WEIMAR. Tuesday, July 15. (By the Associated Press.) It is reported that the government's new tax bill will include a surplus assessment on capital amounting to 30 per cent and also a drastic imperial income tax, the receipts from which will be apportioned among the federated states, according to their needs. An increase in the general trading tax, especially on articles of luxury, is also planned. It Includes a 10 per cent levy on advertising. The national assembly this morning rejected re-jected the Socialist motion to abolish ranks of nobility, but declared in favor of a constitutional proviso decreeing the equality of ail men and women and refusing re-fusing to recognize special rights or privileges privi-leges b.ised on hirth or social station. The new constitution prohibits a German citizen from accepting a title or decoration deco-ration from a foreign government. |