Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-12-14
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF IN
TERNAL REVENUE.

| The report of the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue is an interesting and impor-
| tant document The Commissioner speaks
| in favorable terms of the patience Of the
people under the burden of taxation, and
shows from statistics that the aggregate
receipts have for the past fiscal year been
largely above those Of the previous year
The following statement exhibits the
| amount Of receipts from internal revenue
for the past three years :--Rcceipts for '63
(ten months) SAL ,003, 1872; 1864 SIG, $780,
672; 1865, S2lI 129.52S The Commission
er says the actual cost Of assessing and
collecting the internal revenue will amount
to two and three-quarters per cent Of the
receipts. The actual annual cost for the
collection OF the customs amounts 10 three
and One-half per cent of the receipts, which
is much below the cost of collecting the
customs in Great Britain. Among the ar
ticles from which the internal revenue Ot
the United States is derived it may be in
teresting to enumeratc the following -
Bank dividends, 1851 200 railroad div!-
dends and interest on bonds, 50 25S, 404; IN
surance companies, 81, 725, 40 salaries Of
persons employed by the government, 81
83T, 1888; revenue stamps, Sl1, ,l72, BOP be-
ing more than double that of the previous
year licenses, Sl2 2,595 69I; incomes, $40
577, $40, or about SIX millions more than III
1864. OF the amount collected from in
comes i'll 1863 $279333 were returned at
five per cent upon incomes above ten thou
sand dollars, sl72, ITO at three per cent up
on incomes Of less than ten thousand dol
lars, and 81, ,63T upon incomes from United
States securities Of that collected in "a
Sc, 9l3, ,S34 were returned at five per cent,
s., $3.50, ,0T0 at three per cent, and S7G,3T3
at one and onc-half per cent. OF that col
lected in 1865 $80I, 94l were returned at
ten per cent, S9,934,74 at FIVE per cent,
50, 797, ,245 at three per cent, and SI33, ,402
at one and onc-half per cent The receipts
from iron and steel, in the various forms
specifically named, were S9,2l9Tl3, or
nearly six millions more than the previous
year from refined petroleum and coal oil,
$3,047 ,2l2, being an increase of about $780,
600 over 1864 cigars, So, ,079,44S tobacco,
$8,0l7, ,ll9: fermented liquors S3, TAI ,O9l !;
distilled spirits SIS, ,99j, T33, OF nearly JAir-
teen millions less than the previous year.
The Commissioner deyOtgs a considerable
portion Of his report TO explaining why the
the receipts from distilled spirits, with a
tax of two dollars per gallon, are so much
less than they were when the tax was but
sixty cents per gal on The receipts for
the current fiscal year are estimated 10
reach $272, ,000,000, or ABOUT sixty millions
more than last year The Commissioner
suggests an alteration in the mode of ap-
pointing assistant assessors, urges an iii
crease III their compensation, as well as in
that Of the clerks emplOved in the Internal
Revenue Bureau. IN additional allowance
for Office rent is also recommended. The
Commissioner suggests several amendments
III relation to stamp duties, the duties OF the
Tax Commissioners, and other change ia
the law, whereby doubtful points can hc
definitely settled