New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-12
WAR TAX DETAILS
ARE WORKED OUT
National Commission Arranges
Plan With Government Officials

New York, Feb. 12-In a statement
issued yesterday the National Com
mission explained the manner in
which the war tax would be collector
at ball parks during the coming sea
son. The dOcumen gives in detail
the result of the conferences be-
tween the war tax committee Of tho
big leagues and Commissioner of In.
ternal Revenue Roper in Washington.
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 eacl,
passholder will drop 10 cents as he
goes in. The government will accept
only cents, as the pass is good for
a IS cent seat. The commission find,
ing fails to say what will be done
with the other 2 cents John 3. Eos.
ter says that the Giants will charge
only cents at the pass gate. A wal
! tax coupon will be sold for that pur-
pose. The commission statement
says:
when the rain check proposition
was explained to the internal revenue
| commissioner at Washington q ruling
| was made by him that no second tax
| would be collected where the holder
of an admission ticket had not wit
messed the performance. AS to tho
annual and daily passes--free admis-
sions-the scheme suggested by the
! committee 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 ii
was thought advisable to collect 10
cents from the holder of every pass,
whether annual or daily, which en-
titled him to IS cent seat.
Turnstile Figures Official.
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 so to the
box office for proper credentials. II
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 g
| 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 in
clude any admissions for any games
but also covers the sale of a season
box that does include admissions for
all the games.
can important regulation recently
promulgated by the authorities makes
it permissible where it is found i'm
practicable to handle pennies, to adj
vance the 25 cent admissions to sc
cents, and the IS cent seats to 81
cents, conditioned that adequate lob
by signs are printed as stated in the
regulation. This will permit the two
major leagues to increase the prices
on bleacher and 70 cent seats il
they deem it advisable to do so. tt
prevent congestion at the box office
in making Of change.
May Raise Prices.
"Where a person buys q bleachel
seat for IS cents or 80 cents, as the
case may be- paying a war tax of
cents, such person will be required tt
pay only an additional 2 cents wher
he buys an exchange ticket to the
pavilion; in other words, the war ta1
finally collected from every patrQr
should not be any greater than tht
amount he would have been charged
had he originally purchased the sea
which he finally secured.
''These regulations, however, have
not as yet been approved, as certain
matters pertaining to the question O.
bona fide employees have not beer
determined"