The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-22
FULL OF PUZZLES.
War Revenue Tax is Still eothering the
Government Officials.


Government Officials.
The Interpretation of various sections
Of the var revenue stamp tax law still
continues to puzzle business men who
are affected by its provisions, and the
commissioner is kept busy answering
queries from all parts of the country.
Among the decisions rendered yester-
day were the following of interest To-
.csIlE.
Amateur clubs or local organizations
giving exhibitions, even though they
charge an admission price. are not re-
CURED to pay special tax therefor. if
the proceeds thereof are not for the
pecuniary profit OF the clubs or asso-
CATIONS, but are devoted to some char
ltaoie or public object and payment of
expenses.
beer made from extract Of dende-
non or extract of wintergreen. with
1ops, the flavors of these extracts pre-
Dominating therein, is nota beverage
Ei-11-ar TO weiss beer or to anv of the
other malt liquors. and therefore there
j. no tax thereon under the internal
revenue laws, nor is a special tax re-
4 CURED 70 be paid under these laws for,
It's manufacture and sale.
A wholesale dealer in malt liduors
VINO holds standing orders from his GUS
l9fheFs' may set apart packages Of beer
thereon and send from the place Of
storage beer to these customers, by
| means OF a, wagon going from place 70
place, without involving himself in la
ollity therefor under the internal reve-
nue. laws.
"A deed or mortgage executed and de-
, ilNefed prior to July /, 1898, is subject
10 stamp tax when offered for registrsS
tlon after that date, in states where
py state law, registration Is necessary
10 pass title or establish valid lien
A bill Of lading covering both domae-
TIC and foreign transportation alone re
quires a ten'cent stamp; if ii onIv GOV
ers domestic transportation, a. one-cnrt
stamp only is required
An effort is being made nv renra
sentatiyes of the large express comma
MES for change of construction of ~.
war revenue law, so as TO relieve oy
press companies of the special tax i'm
poseu upon thelr money order business
Inc commissioner has ruled that III
business comes within the same cotaS
CORY as the ordinary sale of EXCHANGE
bY bankers or brokers, and this r1,oaS't
the levy of fifty dollar tax uDon eant,
place OF business. 1t is estimated TO-
TINS Will cause the different exnress
companies engaged in this business q
loss of from 100000 to $500 600 a yaar
and the attorneys for the comnsnias,
say that the business could not stand
the tax. They contend that If sucb y
rule is enforced against express CON
panles, 1t must also be enforced arains+
telegraph companies who transrrjt
money orders by wire.
John ]. McCooS and Representative
u: A. Grosvenor We're in consultation
with the commissioner of internal reH,n-
nue. recently in regard to the matter
and the latter is to make a specisi
study into the manner In which tbe az
press companies do business, n i
should appear that this branch of
trade IS really a sale of exchange, the
tax VIII stand If it should prove To
be something different and outside Of
the law. it will not. and upon this point
the whole decision win turn. q Anal
decision by the commissioner in regard
terest by the many branch. oornnanias
in various parts of the country.