The midland journal., 1917-01-26
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLEC.
TIONS.
Maryland District Forges Ahead To
Position of Great Importance
No. 1 Rating For Balti-
more Office.
more ONCE.

The following relative to internal
revenue collections in Maryland, is
from the Baltimore Star:
The officer of the Treasury De-
oartment, examining the internal
revenue Office of the Maryland dis
trict, has made his report showing
The condition of the Office. and the
commissioner of internal revenue,
| ". H. Osborn, with this report as his
basis, has graded the Office of Col
.ector Miles at No. 1, which, accord
ng to the scale of merit adopted by
the department, means excellent, or
n other words, everything perfect.
| Special commendation is made in
| he report of Collector Miles entire
| office force. The opinion is expressed
that this force will compare favor
ably with any Of the collectors Of
/ ices in the United States, and
| acknowledgment is made that sug-
| gestions are offered by the Maryland
office force which, it is believed,
would prove beneficial to the entire
service.
Largest Collection.
The report of the Commissioner Of
| internal Revenue, recently issued,
shows that the internal revenue
| axes received in 1916 in the entire
country amounted to nearly $513,-
100000, and that this sum repre-
ented the largest collection made in
lny fiscal year since the Internal
Revenue Service was established in
1862.
1t is, however, a matter of special
| interest to the Baltimore public and
o Marylanders generally to know
| hat the Maryland district is forging
lhead to position of very great i'm
,ortance and high rank among the
| 81 internal revenue districts in the
ntire country, both in the amount Of
| revenues collected and in the ell
| ;iency with which the work is done.
Maryland is among the six dis
.ricts in the United States showing
he largest individual income taxes
| collected in 1916. There are few
| districts showing as many sources OF
'evenue or having as many objects OF
,axation. Indeed, the commission
| RS report shows the receipts OF the
| Maryland district cover practically
very source of internal revenue.
n many of the large collection dis
riots the major portion of the
revenue is collected from some one
jource.
Cost Kept to Minimum.
1t is a notable fact, too, Aat.
While the Maryland district collects
| rom almost every source, which, OF
curse, imposes greater labor and
| expense for collection and super
| 5ision, the actual cost has been kept
a minimum of $1.39 per $4,000.
Tor the fiscal year Of 1916 the
tremendous work done by the ott1ce
,orce of Collector Miles is shown by
he fact that 23,400 special tax
lamps or Licensees were issued, IN
;luding the licenses issued under the
lct restricting the sale OF opium;
$500 individual income tax re-
urns, $500 corporation income tax
returns and 1000 Withholding agents
ncome tax returns were received
md audited.
The total Collections in the dis
rict from every source for 1915
cached the grand total Of $13,-/
2SO,O91.14. On the collectors rolls
here are 1872 men on theS store
keepers and gaugers' force all in
he classified civil service. The
otal of Collector Miles payroll num-
)ers 151 employees, of these 25 are
outside the civil service classifi-
,atiOn and have received their COM
missions from Collector Miles or his
predecessors in Office.
This new act also imposes o tax
on munition manufacturers and a
pecial excise tax on corporations
or doing business, but while these
newly created sources of taxation
lave increased the Importance and
nagnified the work of all revenue
offices the Maryland Office comes in
for special notice in this connection.
During the present great world
war locating taxes from foreign
sources has been the cause of much
new and laborious work for the
Maryland Office.
Staggering as the figures may
seem, it is estimated that the in
crease of revenue caused by the
general provisions of the new law
and by the special provisions ap-
plicable to Maryland will increase
the revenue to be collected in the
Maryland district in 1917 to an
amount nearly three times as large
as the total revenue collected in
1916. In other words, it is estima-
ted that there will be an increase in
the Maryland district from some
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