Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-13 | Page 2 | French Budget Exceeds Income

I FRENCH BUCKET EXCEEGSiNCOME Tax Collections in January Fall Short of Listed Expenses I' PARIS, Feb 12. French tax .ol-j lections in January failed to eouul the budget estimates for h first time un-j der the present schedule. Total col- ' lections were 1, -'04,442. 000 francs, while the butlm-t estimates were I,-362.783,000 I,-362.783,000 francs. A heavy slump In the taxes on the .-business turn-over and the customs on. ' sugar, which Is attributed In th ol flclal announcement ludu on itx re-i oelpts to "restrictions in consumption" I was chiefly responsible. The i. insist I h drop was in the business turn- H which yielded 183.Gd3.000 franca ln- H stead of the estimated H Taxes for the registration of deeds H and titles, however, showed a healthy The total January recelpl d those of January, 1920, by 118.992,-160 118.992,-160 francs.