Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04
WAR TAX MEASURE
PASSED BY SENATE;
:. WILDE LAW TODAY
81, 100000 Bill to Be Signed
by Wilson at Once.
NO ROLL CALL DEMANDED
la Toilette Casts the Only Dissenting
Vote Against Bill, but Offered
No Objection to Its
Passage

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Washington, Oct. 3.-The $2,70O, ,000,-
900 war revenue bill passed the senate
late yesterday with the only announced
La Toilette, although the senator did
not seek u roll call on the measure and
offered no objection to its passage.
The bill will be in the hands of
President Wilson this afternoon. 1t
was engrOssed an hour after it had
passed the senate. At noon today it
will be signed by Speaker Clark and
Vice President Marshall. 1t becomes
a law when approved by the president.
For a time ii looked as though La
Toilette and others in the senate were
TO make special fight against the bill
days.
Simmons Explains.
Senator Simmons explained why the
cOnferees had reached agreement
through compromises and spoke in
justification of the newspaper and
magazines taxes, against which there
had been q protest. He had inserted
in the record long letter from Post
master General BurlesOn defending the
tdxes as carried in the bill.
Senator Simmons made the state
ment that recapitulatiOns of estimated
revenues to be derived from the bill
showed it would yield about $500, ,0OO,-
600 less than was originally estimated.
The losses would come from Overesti-
nations of the yields from the income
and war profits taxes largely, but, he
asserted. the bill was the most eQuit-
able and evenly distributed burden
bearer that could be drawn. Senator
Smoot of Utah. Republican leader, de-
Tended the bill as fair and impartial
measure.
Fordneys Figures.
Representative FOrdney of Michigan
an expert on the tariff, explained by
figures how the bill would operate on
the three forms of business OrganiZa-
ton, corporations, partnerships and in
dividuals.
incomes and profits the bill will reach,
Mr.. Fordney'S tables indicate that the
task of figuring corporation. partner
ship and individual taxes will be a
gigantic one, and that an enormous
amount of detail work will be eXacted
from both the treasury officials and
the accountants of business houses.
Representative Fordney gave to each
of his three forms of business Il cap
ital of 100000 and an income of $50,-
600. In the partnership he allowed
three partners, who would be assessed
ing the excess profits tax upon their
so per cent return on the 100000 cap
ital
His table, which follows, shows the
total amount of income. corporation
and excess profit taxes that would
be paid (a) by a corporation with
capital of 100000 and net income
of $4,000; (b) by a partnership of
three parties with a capital of $780,
900 and q net income of $4,000; (c)
by an individual engaged In business
with 100000 capital and $4,000 of
net profits.
(A) Corporation with capital of $780,
600 and net income of $4,000 De-
ducting from net income 9 per cent
of the capital, the maximum deduc-
ton, plus $4,000. total deduction of
S12.0 shows the taxable income to be
S3S. 900.
Tax on amount in excess of deduc-
ton and not over Is per cent of capt.
tai. $4,000 at 20 per cent-S6O0.
Tax on amount of profit in excess of
IS per cent of capital and not over
20 per cent, $1,000 at 25 per cent
S1.25O.
Tax on amount in excess of 20 per
cent, 5000 at 80 per cent-S1,750.
Tax on amount In excess of % per
cent and not over 33 per cent of capi-
tai $4,000 at As per cent-S3, 600.
Tax on amount in excess of 33 per
cent of capital, $1,000 at 60 per cent
$1,000.
Total excess profits taxes-S17, 400.
Net income-$500OO.
Excess profits tax-S17, 400.
Net subject to income tax, So, 600
at 6 per cent-S1, ,956.
Total tax-S19,356.
Partnership Tax.
OBJ A partnership of three parties
with capital of 100000 and net In.
co1ne Of $4,000.
Deducting from net income 9 per
cent of capital invested plus $4,000,
a total deduction of $4,000, shows the
taxable income to be $4,000.
Tax on amount of income In excess
OF deduction and not over Is per cent
Of capitai-nothing
Tax on amount Of income In excess
Of Is per cent but not over 20 per
cent of capital, 5000 at 25 per cent
1880
Tax on amount Of income In excess
Of 20 per cent but not over % per
cent of capital, 5000 at 35 per cent
u.75O.
Tax On amount Of income In sxessA