The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-19
SPECIAL
TAXES FILL
GOLFERS
.peclal 10 the paily Leader.

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Oklahoma City. okla, Dec. 10
An increase OF 20 per cent over last
year in the amount OF special taxes
collected under the gross revenue law
is shown by figures compiled by Spe-
cial Tax Clerk l.isman OF the state
auditors department which VIII De
included in the annual rer ~, OF the
state auditor The figures cover the
collections for the year ending NO
vember 30, 1911
The figures show that the total Of
special taxes collected during the
year under the gross revenue law,
which include gross receipts and gross
production, total $ll6,465.S3 was col
lected from the gross production tax
and sac ,961 is was collected from the
gross receipts tax
No money was collected under tne
graduated land tax law owing TO a de
cision of the federal district court
holding the portion cf the law as ap-.
plying % nonresidents TO be uncon-
stituticnal. Upon the advice OF the
attorney general no effort will be
made TO collect this tax until finally
passed upon by the courts.
The total collections from the in
come tax, which is levied upon per
sons having an income in excess of
So, 500 per year upon which no gross
revenueetaXes are paid, were $4,67l.0S.
There were only 269 persons in the
state subject to this tax according
to the returns from the local assessors
or this number 10 resided in Ola
homa county Al in Muskogee county,
IA in Washington county, and II in
Logan county. Income taxes were
reported from forty of the seventy-six
counties
A total of twenty-five estates were
assessed for inheritance taxes dur
ing the year. and the state collected
from this source. $1,S13.72 of a total
amount of $2,347,4 ,49, due some of these
taxes being involved in litigation
OF the total amount Of gross re-
ceipts tax collecterd, $44,31S60 was
received from corporations doing
business in Oklahoma and $l,6lS02
from corporations doing business in
this and otaer state The latter class
Of corporations filed suits in federal
courts h test the validity or the tax
as applied to corporations engaged in
interstate commerce. AS a result OF
the actlen Of the supreme court III
upholding the validity of the gross
receipts tax law $4,02S.55 in back
taxes and penalties mas been collect
ed
The largest revenue to the state
from the gross production tax arose
from oil and gas companies The to-
tai number of barrels of oil produced
during the year, including some that
was turned ip, from the production
OF the previous year, was 55,67 ,257.
with a total taXable value under the
gross production law Of $19,751 .655. .95
The amount OF tax due on kis was
$10l ,331 %, but not all w/ collect
ed fGdn The lgUs state ats, collected gss produc-
tal gas prodqct,pn OF =, 73S,4S5,OOO
cubic feet. with. taxsble value of
S9l5,000. The total tax collected on
production of oil and gas for the year
was s106, ,661.O4
The number Of tons of coal reported
to the auditor upon whicn gross pro-
duction taxes were paid was ,456 AT,
with taxable value of $3,127, ,405. rs.
The amount of taxes due the state
on this production was $15,651.26, ana
the amount collected $S,S43.O5, the
balance uncollected being due to liti-
saticn filed by some OF the coal com
panies questioning its legality of the
tax.
Only 6,07l tons Of asphalt were re-
ported and the amount collected was
S26GG9 other ores upon which the
gross production taxes were collect
ed were lead, zinc. jack and sledge,
amounting to $l5.059,43S pounds, WIN |
taxes collected amounting to $694.-
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