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to be assumed, first of all, that the great majority of
 
the NF I tax coupons still in circulation at present are
 
in the hands of business men who wish to take advantage 
 
of the freedom from depreciation connected with them.
 
These tax coupons might remain in the possession of
 
their holders for a still longer time, so that for the
 
present a further diminution in the return flow is to be
 
counted on. In the final statement of the fiscal year
 
1940, the utilization of tax coupons could hardly exceed
 
the amount of 600 million RM.
 
     The portion of the taxation and customs revenue of
 
the Reich which will be cl'almed for the honoring of tax 
 
coupons, and for transfers to the States, Reich Terri-
 
tories, Communes and associations of Communes, the
 
remainder of the government of' the State of Austria, the
 
Reich Auto Road Fund and the Special Fund for Marriage 
 
Loans and Bonuses for chlldren will in the fiscal year
 
1940 reach a total amount of about 3.5 billion RM. As 
 
the Reich taxes .and customs (including the Reich Railways
 
contribution)would, according to the preliminary esti-
 
mate of the Reich Finance Ministry, bring in scarcely
 
22 billion RM, the available cash receipts from Reich
 
taxes and customs duties, that is, the so-called Reich's 
 
share of the tax and customs duties revenue, would be