Germany says sticks to company car tax plan

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BERLIN, March 8 (Reuters) - The German Finance Ministry said on Saturday it was sticking to its plan to increase taxes on the private use of company cars and denied a report that Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was ready to drop the controversial measure.

"We are sticking to the measure, even if the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament) stops it," a ministry spokesman told Reuters.

Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported earlier that Schroeder had promised senior German car ...

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