Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-31
THIS IS LAST
DAY Of GRACE
FROM WAR TAX
AMERICANS WILL FEEL THE
FIRST PINCH OF WAR TOMOR-
ROW WHEN ALL OF THE SPEC
IAL TAXES TAKE EFFECT.

This is the last day of grace from
many new war taxes.
With the exception of increased let
ter rates and tobacco taxes which go
into effect Friday, the special stamp
taxes on documents, legal instruments
and parcel post packages which go
into operation Dec l, all special taxes
begin to apply at midnight tonight.
They include
One cent on each dime paid for
amusement admission.
Three per cent on payments OF
freight transportation.
Eight per cent on passenger fares.
Ten per cent. on payments for Pull
man and similar Accommodations
Five per cent on oil pipe line trans
portation
One ceent for each twenty cents of
fraction thereof paid for express pack
ages.
Five cents on each telegraph, tele-
phone or radio message costing fiji
teen cents or more.
Various taxes on cigars, cigarettes,
tobacco and products.
Ten per cen. ON club dues.
Eight cents on each $100 of new life
insurance and one cent on each one
dollar of fire, marine, casualty and
other insurance policies,
Although the tobacco taxes do not
become operative until Friday, many
dealers have already advanced retail
prices in anticipation of the tax
levies. Other taxes of the new law,
including those on hard and soft
drinks, incomes and war-eXcess profits
have been in effect since the law was
approved October 8, but in indirect
form
On December l. the new stamp tax
es, including those on parcel post
packages, will -be payable, putting the
entire law into complete operation,
except for increased rates on second
class mail, postponed until Julyl,
next.
Increases in first-class mail rates
probably will be most generally felt
by the people. The law provides that
the postage on letters, except drop
or local letters, shall be cents; and
that on postcards, including private
mailing cards, shall be onecent more
than heretofore. This increase in
cludes so-called picture postcards.
The new Scent letter rate, therefore,
will apply to letters to Canada, Cuba,
Mexico, Panama, England, ireland,
Scotland, Wales, the Bahamas, Bar
BADGES, British Guinea, British Hon
duras, Santo Domingo, Dutch West
Indies Leeward Islands, Nefwound-
land and New Zealand The post
card increase will extend to Canada,
Cuba, Mexico and Panama, the only
countries which have enjoyed the do
mestic postcard rate.
For consumers convenience, books
o. postage stamps containing Scent
stamps are in readiness for sale and
the department has had printed thou
sands of 2-cent postcards. First
class mail postmarked tomorrow Or
any time prior to 1901 a. m. Noveln-
Der 3, regardless of time taken for
delivery, will be transmitted at old
rates but that postmarked thereafter
must pay the increased toll.
Amusement admission taxes become
effective tomorrow at places charg-
ing more than ten cents. They are
cent for each ten cents or fraction
paid for such admission payable by
the person admitted but collected by
the government from the amusemen:
proprietor, required to make sworl
returns to the treasury. A fiat tax
of | cent for each child under u ad-
mLS3ed when children are charged
also is provided Passes also are tax
ed, except those to bona fide employees,
municipal officers and children under
II at the regular rate, which also is
extended to cabarets or other enter
tainment in which the admission in
the price paid for refreshment, mer-
chandise or service. Persons leasing
theatre boxes must pay ten per cent.
on their rental.
The new rates on cigars range
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