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MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF NEW GUINEA

ADMINISTRATION ORDER NO. 7

BY COLONEL W. HOLMES, D.S.O.,   V.D.,ADMINISTRATOR

RABAUL,
6/10/14.

TAXES         The Administrator directs that the existing tax levied on the gross turnover of business throughout the late German possessions in the Pacific be slightly increased in accordance with attached schedule.

This has been necessitated by the large decrease in revenue receipts.   The tax is on business turnover, and not on income only.

No.             Turnover                                                             M.%.
Small
1                     Under                                     4,000                                   1
2                         4,001 to                           7,500                                   1 1/10
3                         7,501                                 10,000                                 1 1/5
4                       10,001                               12,500                                   1 3/10
5                         12,501                               15,000                                 1 2/5

Medium
6                     15,001                                     17,500                                   1  ½
7                       17,501                                     20,000                                 1 3/5
8                       20,001                                     25,000                                   1 7/10
9n                  25,001                                   30,000                                   1 4/5
10                   30,001                                   35,000                                   1 9/10
11                     35,001                                 40,000                                     2
12                     40,001                                 45,000                                   2 1/10
13                     45,001                                   50,000                                   2 1/5
14                     50,001                                 75,000                                     2 3/10

LARGE
15                     75,001                               100,000                                 2 2/5
16                   100,001                             150,000                                 2,9/20
17                   150,001                               200,000                               2  ½
18                     200,001                             300,000                               2 11/20
19                     300,001                             400,000                               2 3/5
20                       400,001                           500,000                               2 13/20
21                       500,001                           750,000                               2 7/10
22                       750,001                       1,000,000                             2 4/5            
23                       'ver                                         1,000,000                           3

(SGD)     FRANCIS HERITAGE
MAJOR
MILITARY SECRETARY

  

  

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