New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-12

Utilities and authorized deductions 10 placed IN TAD
u]sr form below, that glance will sGsiiee TO show
how ireome 10 to be estimated.
I A. B. IN ACCOUNT WITH TIE uSITRD SLATER
! n, Co.,
Total profits from rents Taxes PAID, except income
Interest ON u. IS secnri. Six hundred dollars
1 ties Salary received from U. b.
Net profits on salee OF real sscr 500
estnte purcbased within Income from c!yi,ends
| the wear &c son which tor has
Interest % explained been paid.
| sbpye due and paid or Rents or rental valuc OF
| not II COlleCfabn. hon eetsed
Gains derived from pur. Expenses FIR labor. rent
| glasses. increased value OF place al bucbcoE az
| Of stock 30. Interest on iDcuInlrshccs
/ Profits of companies or IN such property. -,
partnerships, With en- Amount rsid ,.t rsPs'"
\ certions as above. MS above r1plalies'
| uLe1,er divided or Issses on raj estate pur
1 otheryiw chased within the year.
| II ia Tho antv az every person 70 make sworn
return of his income. II is impossible 70 make y
law taxing incomes without leaving room Tor mucn
fraud on the part of those justly liable to hAa''oh
aud il ia only through the utmost care s"u "s"'
ance on the ncrt Of assessor. and their assistants
that fraud will DO prevented. We are surprised w
learn that in sors rural districts hssesSorf arc WY
remiss in serving notices on farmers, incomes
from tho sale of stock, farm products, &C, are
known TO be large and that but Small number oi
.rch farmers, in some districts, pay the taxes
Justly due. Els astonishing that merchants, mon
sf business, farmers, and others, who would scorn
tn rob fellew business man Of single cent or 10
commit fraud In any way upon him, should DC
willing 10 cvade their duties toward the Govern
ment by nsfusal or neglect TO pay taxes or oy
fraudulent returns Of income Yet such Is, we
fear. the case to some extent, in almost every
community. Many people purpose!y neglect I"
keep On account Of their profits for the year, with
this intent. In this connection, we make the sag-
ccstioa that the Commissioner Of Intcrna! Revenue
detail one of the Reyonuc Agents TO 'ook after Tho
Interests Of the Government IN this city
TAXES ON AnTICLEs OF DAILY CONSUMPTION.
The income tax, though Of grea. importance, and
well calculated to yield very large revenue, rs b.!
no means the only or heayies. tax which the Coy
ernment will receive. Nearly every article Of
which We have peed in our daily life is mad,
70 furnish its share toward supporting tA'
Gorernmef. Thus, by consulting the law We
ascertain that the following taxes are imposed oil
the articles which eater into the consumption Of
: nearly evcry family in the land. Mineral Goals
With the exception of pea and dust coal arc 10 pay
TO twenty-five cents per thousand cubic feet. tht
tax being regulated by the quantity Manufactured
the highest tax being imposed whom the quantity
manufactured Is tie greatest; fetned soel OIL
twenty cents per gallon; ground coffee pepper
mustard, &c, one cent per pound; moasses. hV'
cents per gallon; sugar, nom two to three and q
half cents per pound the finest kinds paying th'
: highest tax; chocolate and cocoa, prepared, one
and a-half cents per pound; starch, from two mill
' to one cent per pound; paper, three Ter cent um
brcss, clocks, and pins, five per cent sosps iron
two mills 10 FIVE cents per pound pickles, &C., nv
J per cent salt, per hundred pounds six cents
Cotton and wooden cloths arc 20 Pay I'VE per ccnt
aud resdy clothing, boots, shoes, gloves. hats
!, &C., the same. When tailor, shoemaker, dress
maker, milliner, or other person doing similar bus
ness, shall have sufficient business 10 realize owe
5000 per annum for articles made TO order al
custom work, they will be required to pay on thu
excess of sales ovor $500 tax of three per cent.
TAxEs or ARTICLES OF L0xUgy.
In addition to the foregoing taxes imposed on ar
ticles of daily consun ption, heavy taxes are i'm
posed on what we may term articles of luxury
Thus distilled spirits Of first proof are subjected Il
a tax OF 81 SO per gallon for the term included be
tween July /, 1864, AID February ], 1865, sitei
which time they are to pay 8! per gallon; brandy
distilled from grapes is taxed IS cents per gallon
wine made Of grapes, cents per gallon; wine made
Of cuIran;s, berries, &c, 80 cents per gallon to-
bacco snch cayendish, plug, twist &c, IS cents
per pound, smoking tobacco, rs and % cents pei
pound; snuff, IS ceats per pound; fnc-cut chewing
tobacco. IS cents per pound; cigars yGlued at from
q TO $l5 per 900 pay IS per ,OOci valued ct from
sl5 to So per 900 Us per 800; valued from go
to SIS per l,000 IS per 1000; valued over . pei
900, $40 per ,000 diamonds, emcralds ard pre-
cious stones, jewery &c, 10 Ter cent. In addition
70 these taxes those who able 10 keep carriage.
are TO psy from 81 to $40 per anpuIn, according to
the value gold watches kept for use valued a; slot
or less Gil valued at above $780, e. pianos, paylo
organs &C., valued ut FROM 800 10 40, g. each
valued from SacO TO $500, 81 oaeh valued at owe
$500 s. each, while yachts aud other pleasure boat
pay from IS TO 800 per annum, and billiard table
kept for use, $40.
LICENSES.
Not only are manufacturers OF articles already re
crred to required To ray the taxes named but the.
and others, before being able lawfully to transac
business, are required to take licenses. Banker
arc taxed for license, when using capital rot ex
cceding SO, 00o 800; when using capital in excess
of CSC, 600, on each additional 900, 81; dislors
from $l2 so to SO; hotels, from $40 up
ward manufacturers SIC; lawyers physicians
: surgeons, dentists, &c. SO; real estate agents
SlO retail dealers, go; theatcrs, 800; whole
eale dealers whose sales do not exceed $1O,v