The sun., 1917-06-02
WAR TAX VOTED
ON MOTOR CARS;
OWNERS TO PAY
Senate Committee Adopts
Graduated Scale to Raise
100000.
TRUCKS ARE EXEMPT
Levy Ranges From $3.50 to
$25. With Discount for
Years of Service.
| CHEAP MOVIES ESCAPE
Tobacco Schedule Passed With
Rates OH Cigars In
creased.
TRUCKS ARE EXEMPT
CHEAP MOVIES ESCAPE

WAsHlSGToS. June Livery auto
mobile owner In the United States will
contribute his bit to the cost of the war,
according to the final determination Of
the Senate Committee on Finance. which
to-day voted a direct tax on automo-
bies. A graduated scale of taxes was
provided in the new section. which re-
places the direct ad valorem tax i'm
posed on the manufacturers Of motor
driven vehicles. There is only single
exception-motor driven vehicles used
exclusively for commercial transporta-
ton such as trucks and baggage vans
are relieved from the operation Of the
section. Motorcycles are taxed.
The following is the scale OF taxa
ton
Automobiles whose original price
was less than $500. $3.50 per annum.
Automobiles whose original price was
$40 per annum.
Automobiles whose original price
was more than $1,000 and less than
$4,000, SIS.
Automobiles whose original price
was more than $4,000 and less than
$4,000, $50.
Automobiles whose original prieO
was more than $4,000, s25
Motorcycles. $3.50 per annum.
s4I,OOO,OOO Tax Expected.
The entire levy Is estimated to pro.
duce more than $4,000, 900 In revenue.
Experts of the Treasury Department
I tl.o -, -
ing with the committee. have advised
that there are in the United States 26O.-
600 motor cycles, 100000 automobiles
of the first class tunder $500 cost.
100000 of the second class $500 to
81 ,O00), l,ol9,0O0 of the third class
$4,000 TO $4,000 and $1,000 in the
fourth class tmore than $4,000.
The total number of automobiles Of
the unexempted classes therefore 10
3,650.0O0. The tax will be in the form
OF a car license and a tag will be fur
nished on the payment of the license.
which becomes an attachment OF the car
and not a license OF the owners. Auto
mobiles sold from hand to hand in the
course OF the fiscal year will pay no new
tax by reason Of new ownership.
To the owners of cars of more or less
ancient vintage the tax regulations car
ri~s the following crumb of comfort: For
I
{ five years there will be a remission OF 10
per cent. of the total tax. The owner
of car valued at less tnan ST. 900 and
; more than $500 IL the car has been used
one year will pay only 50 tax. and the
! owner of n motor 6riven veteran Of the
crop of 1911 or earlier will pay only
| s. for his tag.
Movies Escape Tax.
on the ground that motion pictures
! constitute the moor mans theatre.
coupled with the suggestion that such
entertainments possessed A real cduca-
tional value the committee tentativeIv
amended that section OF the hin nro-
yidirp a tax on admissions to sbows
/ theatres circusas athletic ovb,hit,or.
ana other forms Of nriv.tel,. cordmot.d
puLlic entertainment bv reniittine the 4
b ror con, od,,issiors ,ax an III ,,a,t.,
,,trtures entertainmert for ,,bjnh & ,,,.IA NV aaA
,,,issio,, -, tr.a,,tv.6,.o ,on,a -, io', 80,
,,.a, ' " 100 "~s
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a - ,i ~ "ei'a'oi ,, On
ono bn, ~ ,horo uas s,a", ,,,cr =.
nrcsent vhor ,ho voto nas -, a'' III ~,
! several ~ ,he ahsor,ecs ,ro L,or,r -
favor tho chanre II win undouhtoH," ~
formally adon,ed later
AS A coroliar&- 10 tho ,don,iou ~ IN.
consumptior taxes on sugar tea corfes
and cocoa an anendment renealinR ths
drawback enactment of the Underworld
simmons law was adopted Under its
terms the saving for the ensuing fiscal
year in money which under the draw
back payment law would be paid tN
sugar refners out of the United States
Treasury Will be about sl6 ,0OO.0 900
Income Tax Change Voted.