New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-27
GREAT INCOMES
DOUBLE IN YEAR
100 Per Cent Increase Also
in Number Paying
Bigger Taxes
From The rhnuns Bureau. ]


Washington, Nov. 26-New York
State paid almost one-half of the per-
sonal income taxes for the fiscal year
ended June 80, more than one-fourth
of the corporation income taxes, more
than one-fourth of the emergency
revenue taxes, and more than 10 per
cent of the ordinary internal revenue
taxes, according to the annual report
of the Commissioner or Internal Reve-
nue., made public tonight. New York
paid sl04, 1882 altogether, out Of
a total for the country of $512,723,-
2S777.
This total sets record, being more
than s97,000,000 above last years fig
ure.
More than si9,oo0,oo0 of the income
comes from the income tax receipts on
incomes of $4,000 year or above, and
the report shows that the number with
the very large incomes has nearly dou-
bled in the year. The amount Of tax
received and the number of persons
paying it have jumped together, in
creasing around 100 per cent.
The receipts have doubled or more
than doubled from the classes OF in
comes between $50,0Og and $4,000, be-
tween 100000 and s250,0O0, between
s25O,OO6 and 100000 and on those
above s1,OOO,OOC.
The increase in the number with
those big incomes IS also shown. Thus
On incomes of more than 100000 329
paid taxes this year, as against ia
last year. Those with incomes of be-
tween 100000 and s500,000 numbered
SO last year and 122 this year.
State Pays S3O,252,255
The Empire States share of the in
dividual income taxes was S30,252,-
255.39, out of S67,943, ,594.63 for the en-
tire country. The second state was
pennsylvania, with s6,313,l9l41, while
Illinois paid S5,166,679.91; Msssachu-
setts, s4,19382s.30; New Jersey, ST.
e2s30O. and Ohio, s2,416,70l.11 No
other state paid as much as s2,G00,0OO.
Even Michigan's automobile million
aires only brought her total to Sl,s76,-
7459S.
New York's total of the corporation
income tax was Sl4,947 ,S0246, out Of
$50, 1898, ,657.9S. Her emergency revenue
tax was s23, ,131 ,431.50, out OF S84,27s,-
302l3, while her ordinary internal
revenue tax was $36,579, ,0O0.27, out OF
1903 ,507, ,733.03.
A total Of 336,652 persons in the
United States paid income taxes. VI
these 266,l53 we're married, including
4.Sl9 married women, making separ-
ate returns, while 47,5S3 were single
men and 22,9l6 were single women;
One hundred and twenty persons PAID
income taxes on more than million
dollars a year, while 209 paid on IN
comes ranging from half million TO a
million. The largest number, l20,4OZ,
paid on incomes from $4,000 20 slO,OoO'
The number paying on incomes be-
low $4,000 was 69,045, while those pay
ing on incomes from $4,000 TO $4,000
was 58,959.
The number paying on incomes from
$40 600 TO $4,000 was 34,l02; from
$4,000 TO $4,000, 16,475; 9,707 per-
sons paid on incomes from $4,000 70
s25. 900; 6,196 on incomes up to $4,000,
zoos up 70 $4,000, 400 up to $4,000.
a.79i up to $4,000 and 2,056 up TO
500. 900; 724 on incomes larger than
$3.50 900 3s6 above 100000. 2l6 above
$3.50 900. 254 above 100000 and l22
on incomes between 100000 and $780,
000.
Commissioner Osborn recommends
that the personal income tax law be
amended to require returns OF annual
gross income Of $4,000 or over instead
of annual net incomes OF like amount
and Information at the source" be
substituted for the present system OF
Withholding the normal tax at the
source of the income, except as 20 non
resident aliens or corporations.