Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-28
TAX TO
LAY HEAVY HAND
ON FAT PURSES
Uncle Sam Will Not Slight the
Little "Bankrolls" in His
Latest Levy

harrisburg dealers are anxiously
making preparations for the putting
into effect on Thursday of the new
ten per cent luxury tax which will
be added on u number of articles.
New price tags. showing the original
retaii price, the United States tax and
lne total consumers price, must be
affixed to the article.
Ihe ruling of the revenue collec-
tor Is that each customer must be
informed Of the exact amount of
ms purchase applied to the tax. Soda
fountain proprietors are quite wor-
ried about the new tax which goes
on to the products which they dis
penSe
A list of the articles to be affected.
follows:
On Ice Cream
a new tax of l cent on each 10
cents or fraction thereof spent for
ice cream or soda water at foun-
tain, ice cream parlor or any place
OF business where the refreshment is
consumed on the spot, also will be
leView beginning Thursday. Ice
cream carried home in a box or
eaten as part of a meal in a restau-
rant will be exempt
Specifications for the new tax as
laid down by the war revenue act
are as follows:
Section 904. (a) That on and af-
ter May /, 1919, there shall be levied,
assessed collected and paid a tax
equivalent to 10 per centum of so
much of the amount paid for any of
the following articles as in excess
of the price hereinafter specified as
to each such article, when such arti-
Gle is sold by or for dealer or his
estate on or after such date for con-
sumption or use:
I. Carpets and rugs, including
| fiber except imported and American
rugs made principally of wool, on
the amount in excess of $5 per square
| yard.
"2 Picture frames. on the amount
in excess of $40 each.
"S. Trunks. on the amount in eX-
cess of $50 each.
"a, Nalises, travelling bags, suit
cases, hat boxes used by travellers
and fitted toilet cases. on the amount
in excess of $25 each.
"5. Purses, pocketbooks, shop
ping and hand bags, on the amount
in excess of $3.50 each.
"6. Portable lighting fixtures, in
cluding lamps of all kinds and lamp
! shades, on the amount in excess of
! S25 each.
! :. Umbrellas. parasols and sun
shades on the amount in excess of
81 each.
rs. Fans. on the amount in eX-
cess of s each.
80. House or smoking coats or
! jackets and bath or lounging robes,
on the amount in excess of $3.50
each.
10. Mems waistcoats, sold sepa-
rately from suit, on the amount in
excess of IS each.
Milady'S BonnetS
III. Women's and misses hats
! bonnets and hoods, on the amount In
excess of $15 each.
"12. Mems and boys hats, on
the amount in excess of $5 each.
"1S. Mems and boys caps, on the
amount in excess of 81 each.
~. Mems, women's misses anC
boys boots. shoes, pumps and slip
| pers, not including shoes or appli'
ances made to order for any person
having a crippled or deformed FOO
or ankle, on the amount in excess OF
$40 a pair.
"15. Mems and boys neckties and
neckwear. on the amount in excess
! of 50 each.
16. Mems and boys silk stockings
or hose, on the amount in excess OF
81 per pair
II. Women's and misses silk
stockings or hose, on the amount in
excess of 50 per pair.
! rs. Mems shirts. on the amount
| in excess of SO each.
"19. Mems, women's, misses and
! boys pajamas. nightgowns and un-
derwear, on the amount in excess OF
IS each.
"2O. Kimonos, petticoats and
waists, on the amount in excess OF
! SIS each"
| A third form of tax to go into ef-
! feet May 1 is an adhesive stamp tax
of cent on each 25 cent or fraction
thereof paid for toilet preparations
and proprietary medicines. This taN
! is to replace tax or 2 per cent. OF
the selling price of such articles inn
posed on the manufacture under the
| revenue act of October, 1917. The
new stamps will be in denominations
of /, 2, 3, 4, ., s, 8, 10, 20 and Az
cents each. Toilet soaps and powd-
ers and serums and antitoXins are
excluded from the tax.
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