The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-08
|EQOALS THIRTY-SIx COUNTIES
Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Coun-
ties Paying More Than so Per Cent
of Total Tax Collected Report on In
come Tax is Most Enlightening.

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county in the state in area, was the
third largest county in the state in the
amount of income tax paid into the
state treasury. This fact was shown
by the report Of the state tax COM
mission which was filed with the
state Legislature on Friday. In fact
| it is shown that the big factors in the
| income tax collection were Milwaukee,
Racine and Kenosha counties. These
three counties paid more than sixty
per cent of the income tax collected
| in the entire state. The figures
| of the commission are based on
| the actual cash turned over to the
state treasurer and the ten per cent
| to which the state is entitled under
the law. Milwaukee county paid more
than forty per cent of the total col
lected. The ten per cent paid to the
state from Milwaukee county amount
ed to $76,001.30, Racine county contri-
| 5uted as her ten per cent for the state
| So ,393.61, and Kenosha county contri-
buted under the same law $6,996.83,
Winnebago county was fourth with a
contribution of $5,014.oS and Dane
county fifth.
1t is interesting to note that the con-
| 4,.1, 10 z cho
$50.65 more than the combined return
to the state of thirty-six counties in
Guiding Walworth, Portage, Polk,
Green Lake, Florence, Dunn, Waupaca,
Vernon, Trempeleau, Burnett, Clark,
Door, Forest, Jackson, 0conto, Pepin,
Price, Richland, Sawyer, Taylor, Villas,
Washburn, Waushara, Buffalo, Baron,
Juneau, Kewanee, Langlade, Marquette,
Monroe, Oneida, Pierce, ST. Croix, Rusk
and Shawano counties. 1t is certain
that the wealth Of Kenosha county is
far beyond that of many of the coun-
ties named, but it hardly seems posi-
county should be greater than the com
bined taxable incomes of all the peo-
pie in more than half Of the state
from a geographical standpoint. Ke-
nosha county pays more than $4,000
more to the state under the ten per
cent rule than is paid by Dane county
in which the state capitol is located.
Her share is only little over thous-
and dollars. less than that paid by
Racine county.
The report of the state commission
furnishes interesting reading to people
who study great tax problems in the
state and it especially emphasizes the
fact that the farming districts of the
state have almost entirely escaped the
payment of the income tax.
The report shows that an income tax
Of $3,4T2,880.65 was assessed for 1912.
Of this sum $1,432,700 is estimated to
have been offset by PERSONAL property
tax receipts, $411 ,S62.94 is still collec-
ible on delinquent rolls and ST. ,628,317.-
II has actually been paid into local,
county and state treasures. Of the
amount actually paid, 70 per cent, or
ST, 139, 822.16, has been retained in the
local taxing districts, twenty per cent,
or $685., 665.70, by the counties, and ten
per cent, or $162, S31S5, has been paid
or is still due the state treasury.
The cost of levying the tax and adj
ministrative expenses are given in the
report as $94,93230. Of this amount
S., 846.88 was incurred by the tax com
mission, $14,200.35, was expended for
printing, postage and supplies and the
expenses and salaries of the local as
SCISSORS Of incomes was SOS, 1895. The
report states that the total cash paid
and still to be collected will not be
less than $1,75o,ooo.
In carrying out the detail of ex-
penses, the report says that in 1912,
thirty mine assessors of incomes were
employed with salary of 43,789.25;
personal expenses of $7,49S.76; sal
aries of assistants and employees,
$17,745.56, making a total expense of
500 ,433.05.