Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-12
COMPLETE COMPILATION OF
INCOME TAX RETU rms
GIVEN OUT
FORTY HAD A MILLION
%, ,55l Single Women Have 10
Pay a Tax on Their
Incomes.

WASHINGTON. Dec. H. The nrst
complete compilation ~ returns un-
der the income tax Law was made
public today IN the annual report of
the commissioner ~ internal revenue.
II showed returns FOR the collCrtion
year Of 1919 by 367.6sS individuals
Forty persons had incomes ~ 81
600. 900 and over, while 81 had in
comes OF t50e 600 To 81 coo O0O Ther,
We're sss persons with incomes US
600 20 100000, The largest number
OF returns. ia 4s4, was made IN the
class $3.50 10 $4,000 The next larg-
est l0l, ,7lS, was IN the 5000 10 il0,-
600, while 1926 persons had an an
nual income Of $500 TO t3.8SS
Returns were made by 27S.S3G
married persona, 55,2l2 single men
and 25,65i single women. The nor
NAL tax OF 1 per cent on an taxable
incomes produced i2,72S,O3S. In
comes over $4,000 a year subject to
surtaS produced SIS, ,626,497.
Tables giving statistics for each col
lection district Indicated plainly that
most Of the individuals with lurge net
incomes live In the districts near the
cities OF New York, Chicago, Phia-
delphia Boston and Detroit. ~ the
incomes over 100000 New York
collectors discovered 81 while Con
necticut, where hundreds OF New
Workers live, produced five more. The
first Illinois district showed returns
from 3 individuals In this class, the
first Michigan SIX, the first Pennsyl-
vania eight, the Maryland, Massa-
chusetts and the first Missouri dis
riCts each three
Many Single Women
More single women we'll as moro
single men paying the tax were found
In New York than anywhere else.
Married women made separate re
turns In every collection district eN-
ccpt In the NTH North Carolina. The
second New York district produced
the largest number Of an returns
26, ,S6b, with the first Illinois ciuse
second, 1861.
The Porto Rico district had only
one return, that in the class from
Sa,3SS TO $1,000. The eighth Ken
lucky district made only 275 returns
and the sixth Kentucky 3g5.
Returns We're filed by l,42G Amer
leans residing abroad, representing a
total net income OF S19,S43.399, and
425 returns We're made BY non-resi-
dent aliens representing income
amounting to S73l7S42
There were 8l6,g0g corporations
doing business in the United states
during the fiscal year ended June 80.
These corporations, in making re-
turns undtT the income tax law, re
ported capital stock aggregating t64,-
Il,3ly, lS5, an increase over the pre-
Nious year Of about $2.333,000, 600 re
ported by the 305,336 corporations.
The net income Of the corporations
for the year was s4,339, ,55O,OOS. or
nearly per cent on their capital
with bonded and other Indebtedness
amounting to S37, 6,215,096 The
net income reported for the year
showed an increase OF more than
$500 600, 900.
The commissioner announced that
failure to make proper returns were
Few and cases OF false or fraudulent
returns still fewer, though more than
1000, 600 of taxes was collected from
corporations In excess OF the amount
assessable on the basis of first re
turns.
Total receipts of the bureau for the
year, the commissioner reported,
were the greatest in It's history,
amounting to $3S0,00S,S94, Of which
$3OS, ,6276l9 came from ordinary
sources. He estimated the collections
for the fiscal year ending next June
at S439, 600, 600, Of which $4,000, 600
Is TO come fro mthe war revenue tax
and $4,000, 600 from the income tax.
For the fiscal year ending June 80.
1916, the estimates are $434,00O,O0O.
The commissioner pointed out that
"bootlegging" had increased to a
marked degree ip states with prohibi-
tiOn laws.