The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-02
MAIL ORDER TAX
IS ADOPTED FOR
REVENUE BILL
Theatres and Movies Hit by
Increased annual Tax-Io-
bacco Manufacturers Taxed

WASHINGTON, August 2-Doub-
ling of the present special taxes on
manufacturers Of tobacco. cigars and
cigarettes and increa sed taxation of
brokers, theaters and other amuse-
ments, billiard and pool parlors. bowl
ing alleys and capitalization OF cor
porations were agreed on by the
house ways and means committee
Thursday in framing the SS,0oo,ooo,-
900 revenue bill
A new tax of l per cent on retail
sales of mail-order house doing more
than 100000 annual business was
adopted.
Pullman seats and berths and pa 8
senger rates will be subject to uni
form tax of per cent
Stamp taxes were undisturbed.
Chairman Kitchin. after the COM
mittee adjourned, summarized the sit
uation as follows:
I'VE have put a tax of i per cent
on retail sales of mail-order houses
that do above 100000 annual bust
ness. We have increased the special
taxes. Brokers now under special
tax of $50 will pay an annual tax or
S100, and if they are members OF a
Stock Exchange or Board of Trade,
engaged in buying and selling, Will
pay $3.50 annually. We have increased
the tax on pawnbrokers from $50 to
800; ship brokers. from $40 to $50;
custom house brokers, from $40 to $50.
Theaters and Movies Hit.
"Theaters. including moving pic,
ture shows, museums and concert
haI tirU nj NOT
over $50 people will pay an annual
tax increased from s25 to $50; seating
capacity between $50 and 500, increas-
cd from $50 to 800; 500 to 500 seat
ing capacity. increased from Sl5 to
$3.50, and all over 500 capacity, In
creased from 500 to 5000 annual tax
1--WE have doubled the special taxes
on theaters, circuses, bowling alleys,
billiards and pool places and on manu-
facturers of tobacco, cigars and cigar,
cites.
I'VE have put a new special tax on
sales OF seats on stock and produce
exchanges of 10 per cent on the sale
price of the seats, and on annual dues
OF these exchanges at tax of 20 per
cent on the amount Of the dues. This
is to put them on the same basis as
clubs and other organizations already
put under tax.
Pullman seats and berths, under
the present law, are taxed 10 per cent
and passenger rates per cent of the
amounts paid for tickets or coupons.
We today agreed to make the tax on
both of these per cent.
Taxation of tobacco manufacturers.
but not retail dealers. was considered
by the committee today. The tobacco
schedule as adopted provides that go
days after the passage of the new law
and thereafter on July / of each year
q special tax computed on the basis
of sales of the preceding fiscal year
will be made as follows: Tobacco
manufacturers with annual sales not
exceeding $4,000 pounds, Sc a year;
$4,000 to 100000 pounds, SIP; 100000
10 100000 pounds, 16 cents per 1000
pounds; cigar manufacturers with an
nual sales not exceeding $4,000 cigars,
81; not exceeding 100000 cigars. Sc;
not exceeding 100000 cigars, S12: not
exceeding 100000, S24: all above
100000, 10 cents per 1000 cigars: Gig
arctic manufacturers, including small
cigars weighing not more than three
pounds per thousand, cents for
every 10000.