Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-12
&56,47883 IS PAID
TO j. S. BY DISTRICT
Internal Revenue Bureau Gives In
come Tax Receipts for Ten
Months of 1918.

The income taxpayers of the District
OF Columbia paid in S2S9,275.10 as in
dividual tax. $132.649.22 as corporation
tax and $34.55451 as corporation excise
tax, representative of liability for the
closing ten months of 1913 on their in
comes. These figures are given in the
annual report of the bureau of inter-
nal revenue. made public today.
OF the forty-eight states and Alaska.
Porto Rico and Hawaii reported as
contributing to the tax only fourteen
paid in greater revenues on individual
incomes. Only seventeen paid less cor
'poration income tax, more than revers-
ing the equation.
There were 1876 returns made of per-
sonal incomes in the District of CO.
lumbia in excess of $4,000 for the ten
month period. the equivalent of $4,000
in excess of 100000 for the period, and
only one in excess of 100000. Two
taxpayers had incomes more than
100000 and less than $250,O00. Five
had incomes exceeding $150.0OO; seven
exceeded 100000.
Eighteen Exceed $4,000.
Eighteen individuals reported in
comes for the ten months in excess Of
of more than $4,000. Sixteen incomes
were more than $4,000, forty-nine
more than 100000, forty-three more
than $4,000. fifty-seven more than
600 VIZ
Incomes of more than $4,000 were
reported by 249 individuals. Incomes Of
more than $4,000 brought in 1.102 re-
ports Incomes reported as more than
s3,33S.33 numbered 1894, while there
were 1908 incomes of more than $500.
the tax was paid by 3,237 married
couples living in harmony, 76O single
men, 319 maids, young and old, and 1O3
turns of their incomes.
Ihe corporation tax was paid by 451
concerns. although there were reports
made by 1,170 different activities re-
CURED to make statement of their re-
celpts. The net incomes of all these re-
porting concerns was $1s,3S9.466S3.
There is one registered distillery in the
District OF Columbia operating under fed
eral license. This still produced ISL, 400 9
gallons of spirits. against a production
Of 635.022.6 gallons during the year
1913. OF this production 336,O4S.2 gall
Ions was rectified here. Corn to the
amount of 110,sS3 bushels, 112,455
bushels of malt and 62,214 bushels of
The breweries of the District of
Columbia produced 23O.944 gallons of
beer.
No Decided Increase Shown.
Change from a republican admin
istration to democratic administra-
ton. with added income tax, is not es-
pecially indicative of decided in
crease. The showing for 1913 and 1912,
respectively, are receipts of $344,424,-
453;S5 and s321.s15.se4.6s.
The District of Columbia contributed
$1.273.691.23 of the internal revenue re-
ceipts of the fiscal year 1914. Twenty
five states and territories paid in
greater revenue and twenty-five paid
in smaller revenue into the federal
treasury.
There were 16,427 ,0S6,016 cigarettes
consumed in the United States during
the past year. The consumption has
more than doubled in five years, the
number consumed in 1910 being 1884,
T4S,515- The consumption of cigars has
increased but little in the same period,
with consumption in 1914 of S,7O7,-
625,23o, against s,213.35S.5o4 in 1910
Other forms of tobaccos have shown
cratic variations, mainly negative in
showing positive inclination to increase
or decrease.
The beer drinkers have either in
creased in number or individual
rels disposed of in 1914, while five years
ago the consumption was 59,4S5,117
barrels with steady increase between.
Consumption of spirits reached high
tide In 1913, at 143.220.056 gallons, fall
ing off to 139.13S,50 gallons in 1914
In 1910 the consumption was 12S. 657,776
gallons.
Totals From Different Sources.