The sun., 1919-07-18
U. s. REORGANIZES
TAX COLLECTIONS
Number of Old Internal Rev
enue Districts Combined
Under Plan.
NEW YORK NOT AFFECTED
Action Made Necessary by
New Programme and
Dry Rule.
spseis, ps,pateA 10 TIE suS.

WASHINGTON, July IA complete re-
organization of the tax collection dis
tricts of the country has been ordered
by Secretary Of the Treasury Glass. A
number Of the old internal revenue dis
tricts have been consolidated and new
districts along State lines created.
In addition. the reorganization plan
calls for the establishment Of branch
revenue Offices in all of the larger COM
munities OF the country to decentralize
the growing work of tax collection and to
AFFORD greater facilities to the public.
The reorganization was made neces-
eary by the heavy taxing programme and
the change in aspect OF the nations tax
review resulting from the extension Of
income and profits taxes and the coming
Of prohibition. In many instances the
old districts were outlined with a view to
close collection of the whiskey taxes.
No change had been made since the pas
sage of recent revenue laws which made
practically every wage Garner in the
country an actual or potential Federal
taxpayer.
In the new district alignment no
change was made in the districts cover
ing New York and New Jersey. They
will remain the same. with the second
quarters In the metropolis. The new
districting, however, gives every State q
collection district with the exception OF
Nevada, which remains in the California
district.
Ten Districts Abolished.
Announcement OF the change was
made by the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue following the signing of an
executive order of authorization by the
President The law permits only sixty
four collection districts. The order
abolishes ten districts and consolidates
them with others and creates an equal
number of new districts on State lines.
The districts abolished are largely the
liquor ones in Pennsylvania, Kentucky
and Illinois.
The Fifth North Carolina district is
combined with the Fourth district, with
headquarters at Raleigh, to permit OF
the creation OF a separate collection dis
trict for the State OF Mississippi, which
now forms a part of the Alabama dis
trlct.
The five districts in Kentucky are
consolidated into one to permit the es-
Establishment OF separate collection dis
tricts IN the States Of Arizona, Utah'
Idaho and Wyoming.
district Is consolidated with the First
(Philadelphia) district to permit the Gre
alton of a separate collection district for
the State OF Delaware.
The Seventh (Terre Haute) Indiana
district Is consolidated with the Sixth
(Indianapolis) district. with headquarters
at Indianapolis, to permit OF the estab-
lishment of a separate collection district
for the State of Maine.
The Fifth (Peoria) district Of Illinois
isc Consolidated with the First (Chicago)
district. with headquarters at Chicago.
to permit OF a separate collection district
for the State of Vrmont.
The Thirteenth (East st. LOUISE dis
trict of Illinois Is consolidated with the
Eighth (Sprinsield) district, with head
quarters at Springfield. TO permit of q
separate district for the State OF Rhode
Island.
The First milwaukee. Wis., district
In combined with the Second (Madison)
district, with headquarters at Milwaukee.
to permit the establishment OF a separate
collection district for the state of North
Dakota.