GEA WWI Revenue document
Can some help explain the purpose of this document?
It records payments (?) to a member of the Kings African Rifles (KAR) in post-WWI German East Africa (soon to be Tanganyika). Of major interest to me is the GEA and Tanganyika stamps used to pay some fee. Perhaps an income tax? Was this is record of payments to the soldier?
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to me the stamps are paying a purchase/transaction tax on whatever item is on that line. The refund of the costs of the item on that line are not subject to the tax. So on this fragment, tax is being paid on each of 117.50, 97.50, 115.00 and 82.50. The total charges are 515 before refunds. Pity we don't know what the charges are for!