Table 2
Income of the Reich from taxes and customs duties in the fiscal years
1938 and 1939 * in millions of RM.
1938 1939
Tax and customs income according to the
"Ministerialblatt" 17,712.1 23,575.1
Less
1. Transfers to the States of the old Reich
(unless entered as expenditures) -2,668.2 -2,626.7
2. For Special Fund for Marriage Loans and
Bonuses for Children (from income tax) -200.0 -250.0
3. To the Reich Auto Roads (from transfer, ship-
ping and oil of taxes and from customs) -257.7 -246.0
4. Application of tax coupons1) -357.7 -0.5
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Total deductions (1-4) -3,483.5 -3,123.2
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Net amount of tax and customs revenue according
to the Reich budget:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,228.6 20,451.9
Plus:
Decrease in the State transfers because of the
assumption of administrative branches (Justice,
Police, et cetera) by the Reich 642.8 645.1
Contribution of the German Railways (formerly
reparations tax) 172.9 198.0
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Result 15,044.3 21,295.0
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Less
Transfers which are entered in the Reich
budget as disbursements:
a. To the States of the old Reich -126.6 -30.5
b. To the Saar -25.7 -22.7
c. To Austria -203.22) -499.23)
d. To the Sudetenland -151.2
e. To Prussia for the eastern districts
incorporated -56.0
f. To the Reich Territories Danzig-West
Prussia and Wartheland -46.0
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Total deduction (a-f) -355.5 -805.6
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The Reich's share of receipts from taxes and customs (see Table 6)
14,688.8 20,489.4
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* Deviations in the totals because of rounding off of the figures.
1) Only 0.5 million in tax coupons of the old type were cashed in the
fiscal year 1939. The NF I tax coupons redeemed in the fiscal
year 1939 (819.1 million RM) were not deducted directly from the tax revenue
in the budget year 1939, but were deducted directly from the gross
yield of the NF tax.
2) To the State of Austria (for shortage in State income).
3) Of this amount, 171.7 million RM to the provisional government of
the State of Austria and 327.5 to the Austrian Reich Territories
and Communes (associations of Communes).