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Show HEAVY TAXES RETARDS AUTO IN GERMANY WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (U.P.) Imposition of numerous taxes and fees'1 are a serious impediment to the development of the use of automobiles auto-mobiles in Germany, according to advices received by the dpeartment of commerce by its foreign representatives. repre-sentatives. Owners of motor cars are one class that rarely escapes paying taxes, because of the police registration regis-tration of nil motor vehicles. But even before an automobile of Ger-1 man manufacture reaches the user it has been the subject of considerable consider-able taxation through the turnover tax that has been assessed upon each transfer of the material going into the car. With the purchase of the car the buyer nnifjt pay a luxury tax of 10 per cent of the selling price. Upon issuance of an operating license and registration, payment of the yearly operating tax is required. As in other countries, except that Germany's Ger-many's is much higher, this tax is based on the horsepower of the machine. ma-chine. The tax on a 6 tax-horsepower passenger machine is 120 gold marks a year, or about $30. For an 18-tax horsepower car the (tax is 810 marks, and for a 24-tax . horsepower car, 1,320 marks. Even after these taxes are paid , the automobile owner still has the burden of paying turnover taxes on gasoline, oil, apart parts, tires and accessories. |