Tax remission certificate, 1939 (b/w photo)

Berlin, Berlin/City State, Germany As of 02.05. new Steuergutscheine (tax remission certificates) were issued. Here is an illustration of a "Steuergutschein I over one hundred Reichsmarks redeemable from the month .. 19 . This Steuergutschein I could be used at face value for the payment of all taxes and customs duties after the date mentioned on it. The tax certificates were legal tender among commercial and industrial enterprises. The conditions became effective through the §3 of the law on the financing of national political purposes of the Empire (New budget-NF) from 20 March, 1939 (Reichsgesetzblatt I p. 561) . Berlin, March 24, 1939. The Minister of Finance Graf Schwerin von Krosigk.