John Appleton to P. S.—Can the absence from Saxony for two months in each year be construed into an interrupted residence? In such case, I am told that the stranger is held liable only after five years instead of two. His Excellency Bancroft Davis , Envoy, September 23, 1874
Mr. Appleton to Mr. Davis.
10 (2) Sidonian Strasse.
Dear Sir: May I ask your opinion respecting a matter which affects the interests of several of our countrymen besides myself living temporarily in this city?
Are we subject fairly to taxation? I received a few days since a circular letter which I herewith inclose, the purport of which, I am informed, is that I am to make a declaration of my property, on which an income-tax is to be levied.
I had supposed that an American, like myself, living temporarily abroad, pursuing no vocation, practicing no profession, occupied in no employment, and owning nothing in the country, was not a subject of taxation in a foreign country.
I have lived abroad for some years, and this is the first time I have been called upon to pay a tax.
I have been in Dresden now about two years, excepting an absence of about two months in each year, occupying furnished apartments, commorant, as I think the law-term is, having no intention to remain, and proposing before long to return to Boston, where I live.
As it is probable that you may have been applied to in cases analogous to my own as thus stated, I shall esteem it a favor if you will, at your early convenience, reply to this, and indicate the course I should take in the matter.
I am, very respectfully, &c.,
,
Of Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
P. S.—Can the absence from Saxony for two months in each year be construed into an interrupted residence? In such case, I am told that the stranger is held liable only after five years instead of two.
His Excellency Bancroft Davis, Envoy, &c., &c., of the United States to Germany.