The sun., 1919-01-15
CONFEREES ACCEPT
SENATE EXCISE TAX
Revised Rates i'm Revenue Bill
Lower Than Those Made
by House.
Spenidl Despdfch 10 TIE Srv.

WARRINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE conferees
on the revenue bill agreed to-day to
practically all Of the Senate's revision
OF the excise taxes In the measure. II
was explained after the conferences that
on few items the decision was only
tentative. but members Of the Confer
ence Committee declined to make known
which items these are.
The Senate rates under this title Of
the bill are considerably lower than the
House rates. and many of the articles
taxed by the House were eliminated by
the Senate. On the agreement to-day
the bill will contain excise taxes on the
following articles sold or leased at the
rates named:
Automobiles. motorcycles. ) per cent. {:
tires. inner tubes. &c. per cent. or
gans, except pipe organs. pianos. music
boxes talking machines and records
used with musical instruments, &c. )
per cent; tennis racauets and sporting
paraphernalia. 10 per cent chewing
| gum. per cent; cameras. 10 per cent.
Photographic films and plates other than
moving picture films. . per cent. candy.
| 3 per cent. firearms. shells and car
tridges. 10 per cent hunting and bowie
knives. 10 per cent. dirk knives. sword
canes and brass knuckles, 100 per cent.
| Portable electric fans. ) per cent
! thermostatic containers. ) per cent.
amber or meerschaum cigar or cigarette
holders. pipes, humidors and smoking
stands. 10 per cent slot devices, weigh
! ing or vending machines. ) per cent.
| l.veries. % per cent riding and shoot
ing costumes. &C. 10 per cent articles
made OF fur, 10 per cent, yachts &c
| 10 per cent. toilet soaps and soap pow
! der.s, per cent sculpture, paintings
sold by other than the artist. per cent
:, On all OF the articles taxed per cent
OF their selling price the House had
| fixed the rate at 10 per cent On re-
| volvers the House rate was 25 per cent
and on other firearms 10 per cent The
| House rate on chewing gum was pei
cent: The House tax OF 10 per cent or
photographs IS eliminated, as are similar
taxes on cash registers and bathing suits
The conferees agreed on the admis
! IONS taxes, accepting the Senate take,
where the amount paid does not exceed
80 cents and the House rates above tina
| amount. This makes the tax cent TO-
Zach ten cents or each fraction thereo
paid for admission UP to 80 cents. and
cents for each 10 cents above tina
amount.
Income tax return forms for ell in
comes of less than $4,000. on whicl
only the normal tax Is to be paid. will
be ready for distribution to the thou
sands of taxpayers In this class within
the next two weeks. II was announced
to-day by Commissioner of Interna
Revenue Roper. The announcement
says:
at may be definitely stated that taxe
for the calendar year, 1919. will be col
'ectcd under the provisions OF the pend
'ng bill as finally enacted and not un
der the provisions OF the act OF Octobe
3. 1917"
Tax return forms for the lower rang
incomes under the pending new Law
have been completed by the Treasur
Department and work on them at tn
Government Printing Office Is to b
started Immediately. Thousands of then
will be printed and sent to interna
revenue collectors for distribution prob
ably not later than February !.
II probably will he weeks later befor
tho return forms for the surtax ciasse
are ready for public distribution. TIL
| conferees have finished with the incom
! tax schedule, but the forms for tn
higher range are intricate and must
redrafted and necessary regulation
drawn to cover them,
} Commissioner Roper said the conferee
: had made sufficient progress to warrar
, the bureau in going ahead and printin
; and distributing forms for tax collec
= tons under the proposed new Law
Preparation Of regulations and forms
5 moving forward with the progress mad
by the conferences. and as each sectio
, OF the bill is passed or approved It
I digested and work started on reguls
tons.
b. The administrative provisions of tn
4 law have been largely acted upon. s
!. that this work can go forward.