Editing 32 Demands (section)

===Economic reforms===
* Only income taxes, luxury taxes, and inheritance taxes shall be levied.
* Public enterprises will be headed by Taiwanese.
* Provide for a system of inspection of public enterprises and disposal of former Japanese properties.
* Abolition of the Monopoly Bureau and state run monopolies.

Prior to these reforms, many government officials charged high taxes on most services, allegedly amounting to little more than organized [[Political corruption|graft]]. Certain items such as [[salt]], [[tobacco]], [[liquor]], and [[camphor]] were restricted to production and sale by the government, leading to inflated prices. It was a conflict between the Monopoly Bureau agents and a cigarette vendor which sparked the outbreak of the [[February 28 Incident]].