Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-19
RETURNS UNDER new
INCOME TAX LAW
COMPLETE COMPILATION OF IN
COME TAX LAW SHOWS 357,5S9
PERSONS MADE RETURNS.
FORTY MAKE ABOVE MILLION
Total Receipts Are Greatest in His
tory, w. More Single Men as
Well as Women Are Found
In New York.

Washington - The first complete
compilation of returns under the in
come tax law was made public Friday
in the annual report OF the commits
sioHer of internal revenue. Il showed
returns for the collection year of 1913
by 357,59S individuals, paying taxes
aggregating $2S, 253.5 35.
Forty persons had incomes of ST..
100000 and over. while 81 had in
comes OF 100000 to $1.OO0.0 600. There
were 1898 persons with incomes of $75.-
GOO to 100000. The largest number
of returns. hasa. was made in the
class, 1888 to $1,000. The next larE
est. l0l,7lS. was in the $1,000 10 $l0,-
GOO class. while 1896 persons had an
annual income of $500 to $3,333.
Returns were made by 27S,S35 mar
ried persons, 55.212 single men and
23,551 single women. The normal tax
of per cent on all taxable incomes
produced $12.72S,s3S. Incomes over
100000 a year. subject to surtaX, pro
duced $15.525,497.
Tables giving statistics of each col
lection district Indicated plainly that
most of the individuals with large net
incomes live In the districts near the
cities Of New York, Chicago. Phitadci
phia. Boston and Detroit. OF the in
comes over 100000. New York collcc-
tors discovered 50, while Connecticut
where hundreds of New Workers live.
produced five more. The first Illinois
district showed returns from thirteen
igan six. the first Pennsylvania eight.
the Maryland. Massachusetts and first
Missouri districts each three,
More single women as well as more
single men paying the tax were found
in New York than anywhere else
Married women made separate returns
in every collection district except in
the fifth North Carolina. The second
New York district produced the larg-
est number of all returns, 26,965, with
the first Illinois a close second. 1851.
The Porto Rico district had only one
returns, that in the class from 1888
to $1,000. The eighth Kentucky dis
trict made only 275 returns and the
sixth Kentucky 1896. Returns were
filed by 1926 Americans residing
abroad. representing n total net in
come OF S19,S43.399, and 425 returns
were made by nonresident aliens, rep
resenting incomes amounting to ST.
317,S42.
There were $4,000 corporations do
Ing business in the United States dur
Ing the fiscal year ended June 30.
These corporations in making returns
under the income tax law reported
capital stock aggregating $64,071.319,-
1855, an increase over the previous
year of about $2,333, 100000. reported
by 305. 1886 corporations The net in
come of the corporations for the year
was $4,339. $780, 00S, or nearly Z per cent
on their capital. with bonded and other
Indebtedness amounting to $37 1862
096. The net income reported for the
year showed an increase of more than
nounced that failures to make proper
returns were few and cases of false
or fraudulent returns still fever,
though more than 100000 of taxes
was collected from corporations in ex-
cess of the amount assessable on the
basis OF first returns.
Total receipts of the bureau for the
year, the commissioner reported, were
greatest in its history, amounting to
$3.50, 00S,S94. OF which $30S, 627,619
came from ordinary sources. He es-
timated the collections for the fiscal
year ending next June at $4,000, 900,
of which s54,0OO,OOO is to come from
the war revenue tax and $S0,000.00O
from the income tax. For the fiscal
year ending June 3, 1916, the esti-
mates are $434,OO0,O00.
The commissioner pointed out that
boot logging" had increased to
marked decree in states with prohibit
ton laws.