The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
AGENTS OF INTERNAL REVENUE
OFFICE CHECKING UP
STOCKS.
THROUGHOUT DISTRICT
EXTRA REVENUE ON BEERS WINES
AND LIQUORS BEING RECEIV-
ED-How BANKERS ARE
AFFECTED.

/ While no definite plan for the sale
/ of the stamps for war tax on goods
other than those sold in barrel lois
will be made until the stamps are re-
lceiyed. Collector of Internal Revenue
Moncure, his agents here. and MS
deputies in other offices in the Eastern
District are busily engaged In taxing
inventory of the stock on hand IN
saloons and warehouses for the pur-
tpose Of feyyfng the extra tax on beers
wines and liquors, the extra tax Tor
which became effective October %.
The consumers and local dealers
will be most affected by the stamp tax
on local products, which goes into ef-
feet on December /,
On November l the special tax pc
came effective, affecting bankers,
brokers, including pawnbrokers, com
tmercial brokers. customs house brok-
ers and commission merchants, pro-
prietors OF theaters, museums and con
cert halls. where admission is charged,
circuses, bowling alleys. billiard
rooms. tobacco dealers and manu-
facturers and cigar and cigarette man
ufa cturers.
ventory OF the stock on hand In the
saloons. imposed a tax Of fifty cents
| barrel. This procedure will be follow
ed in the other articles as the dlner-
ent items Of the tax become enective.
! Just what method will be used In
the sale of stamps for perfumery ana
other articles in the list which are
sold by bottle has not as yet been
! determined on by Collector Moncure.
! hut this plan will be worked out by
the time the stamps are received.
| Tax ON Bankers and Brokers-
! These taxes are as follows:
| Banks on each 81, 900 of capital sur
Mus and undivided profits employed In
the business shall pay 81. This tax APP
plies to any person. firIn or company
and every incorporated or other nanK
having place of business or coffee
ton of money or currency. subject 10
be paid or RENTED upon draft, check
or order. or where money Is advanced
or loaned on stocks. bonds, bullion.
! etc, but savings banks with no capitai
stock, including postal savings banks
whose business is confined to receiving
| depoits and loaning or investing the
same for the benefit of the depos1tors,
are exempted from the tax. Brokers.
$50; pawnbrokers, $50: commercial
brokers, $40; custom house brokers',
$40; commission merchants, $40.
/ Proprietors of theaters, museums
and concert halls where an admission
7 is charged, 20 be taxed as follows:
i Where the seating capacity Is not
/ more than ESQ, s25.
/ Seating capacity not more than
seating capacity of not more than
| Seating capacity of more than
500. $780,
Proprietors Of circuses, $500.
Proprietors or agents OF all other
public exhibitions or shows heretofore
enumerated, $40.
/ Lecture 1yceum tChautauqua) aSr1-
icultural or Industrial fairs or exhibit
Tor charitable associations are exempt
from this tax.
| Bowling alleys and billiard rooms.
IS for each alley or table.
| Tho Tobacco Taxes.
Tobacco dealers. fifty thousand
pounds annually. 50.
One hundred thousand pounds an
nually, $12.
over one hundred thousand pounds
annually, "a.
| Other tobacco dealers doing bust
ness Of 5000 a year. a shop, $3.50.
Tobacco manufacturers, fifty thous-
and pounds a year, So.
| Two hundred thousand pounds a
year. SIS.
Four hundred thousand pounds a
year. $24.
one mlflion POUNDS year, $oV.
Five million pounds a year. $500.
! Ten million pounds a year, 5000.
Twenty million pounds a year. ST.
200
Over twenty million pounds year,
$2.4s6.
Cigar manufacturers 1905 cigars
a year, IS.
/ Two hundred thousand cigars a
year, s12.
One million cigars year. $50.
Five million cigars a year, $3.50.
Twenty million cigars year, 1900.
! Forty million cigars a year, 81, 200.
! over 100000 cigars year. ST.
1886
Cigarette manufacturers. .1.ooo.o 900
cigarettes a year, $12.
Two million cigarettes a year. $24.
| Five million cigarettes a year, $50.
Ten million cigarettes year. 5000.
| Ten million cigarettes a year. $3.50,
Fifty million cigarettes year, 5000.
One hundred million cigarettes a
year. $1,000.
over loo.ooo,ooo cigarettes year.
s2.49s.