The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-12

WAR TAX
METHODS

In statement issued yesterday the
National Commission explained the
manner in which the war tax would
be collected at ball parks during the
in detail the result OF the conferences
between the war tax comittee Of the
big leagues and the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Roper in Washing
ton.
The usual war tax of 10 per cent.
will of course be paid on all tickets.
In the case of passes it has been de-
cided that a box will be placed at
the pass gate turnstile in which each
passholder will drop 10 cents as he
goes in. The government will accept
only cents, as the pass is good for
rs cent seat. The commission find
ing fails to say what will be done
with the other cents John B. Fos-
ter says that the Giants will charge
only cents at the pass gate. A war
tax coupon will be sold for that pur-
pose The commission statement
says:
when the rain check proposition
nue. Commissioner at Washington a
ruling was made by him that no sec
ond tax would be collected where the
holder of an admission ticket had not
witnessed the performance. AS to the
annual and daily passes-free admis-
sions-the scheme suggested by the
| comittee was approved. This is, in
line with the joint action of the two
| major leagues at the conference held
in Chicago in December, last, when it
was thought advisable to collect 10
cents from the holder of every pass,
whether annual or daily, which en-
titled him to a IS cent seat.
1.-THE authorities also acquiesced in
our request to have the turnstile count
made the official one, in so far as it
| pertained to passes, instead of having
each pass holder go to the box office
| for proper credentials. 1t will be
noticed that rain checks will have to
be issued to the pass holders each
time the passes are presented, so that
If the game is not played no second
tax will be collected.
ITO secure a proper ruling cover
ing season boxes that are sold for a
fixed price was quite a complicated
matter but if the rule stands as now
outlined in the regulations it should
be satisfactory to all clubs, because
it covers not only the reservation for
a season box, which does not include
any admissions for any games, but
also covers the sale of a season boz
that does include admissions for al
the games.
IAN important regulation recently
promulgated by the authorities maker
it permissible, where it is found i'm
practicable to handle pennies, to ad
vance the IS cent admissions to 81
cents and the rs cent seats to 81
cents, conditioned that ADEQUATE
lobby signs are printed as stated il
the regulations. This will permit tn
two major leagues to increase tn
prices on bleacher and rs cent seats
if they deem it advisable to do so, +
, prevent congestion at the box offic
in the making of change.
e Where a person buys a bleache
l seat for 25 cents or 80 cents, as tn
case may be, paying a war tax of
I cents. such person will be require
I to pay only an additional 2 cent
y when he buys an exchange ticket
|. the pavilion; in other words, the wa
e tax finally collected from every pat
II ron should not be any greater tina
: the amount he would have bee
J. charged had he originally purchase
:, the seat which he finally secured.
n These regulations, however, hav
?; not as yet been approved, as certai
= matters pertaining to the question {
). bona f1de employees have not bee
T. determined