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File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation' [‎165r] (29/113)

The record is made up of 1 item (53 folios). It was created in 19 Aug 1884-18 Apr 1911. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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•Rentensteuer*.
(2) are not subjected by the Magistrate of the
chief town of the country in which they reside (Tri
este) to payment of the tax assessed on the house rent.
In Hungary the said officers are entitled to the
following privileges in the matter of taxes:-
1. According to the Article of the Law XXIX:
18§b, Point IX/a they pay no tax on earnings in
respect of their official services.
2. If the foreigners in question are not Hun
garian Subjects, they are, according to Article XXII:
1875 §2, Points 2 and 3, exempted from the tax on the
interest on their capital and the "Rentensteuer".
3. According to Article XXIII: 1883 52, point
a/ they pay no shooting tax and, in the event of their
desiring to engage in shooting, they receive free
shooting permits.
4. According to the existing practice they are
exempted from that liability, which is imposed upon
the Employer.in 511 of Article XXIX: 1875 in respect

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Part 1 concerns exemption of Foreign Consular officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation. It contains:

  • correspondence regarding the claim of the Consul-General for France at Calcutta to exemption from Municipal taxation;
  • privileges to the Persian and Turkish Consuls-Generals in the matter of Imperial customs duty and municipal taxation;
  • claim of the Imperial German Consul-General at Calcutta to exemption from the payment of Municipal taxes;
  • request of the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador that their Consuls in India may be exempted from payment of taxes;
  • claim of the United States Consul at Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar) to exemption from municipal taxation.

The principal correspondents are the Consul-General for France at Calcutta; the Persian Consul-General; the Imperial German Consul-General at Calcutta; the Foreign Department of the Government of India; the Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office; and the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. . Some of the letters from Consul-General for France at Calcutta are in French.

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File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation' [‎165r] (29/113), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/30/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100027944122.0x000087> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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