New-York tribune., 1920-10-11
u. S. Collects
5h Billion Tax
In Fiscal Year
Aggregate S1,5OO,OOO,O 900
in Excess of Total of
Preceding IL Months.
the Comptroller Reports
Income and Profits Lead
Luxuries Pay 1878, 900, 900,
Liquor $685. 200. 900
and Autos $l44,OOO,O 900

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (By The As
sociated Press America tax bill for
the fiscal year ending June 80 amounted
to SIS, .075,4 ,46S, approximately a bill
lion and q half dollars more than was
maid into the Federal Treasury in the
previous twelve months.
Final figures for the year were con-
tanned IN the preliminary report of
the Commissioner of 1nterna, Revenue,
made public tonight. 1t shows that
from income and profits taxes the gov
ernment received approximately three
fourths Of ell its revenue. In these two
items there was an increase of $780,
100000 over the fiscal year Of 1919, re.
ceipts for the two years being: 1920,
ss.S57 ,701 900; 1919, $4,000, ,00o.O 900.
From multifarious sources of "mis-
cellaneous" taxation, the levy pro-
Juced 81 900, an increase over
the previous year of s20,oo0,Ooo
In the first full year of the prohibi-
t,on era there was q net reduction Of
ss43,o00.000 in taxes on distilled and
iernlented liquors, the report shows.
From distilled spirits the government
received S97 907 900 in the last fiscal
source in 1919 were 1855, ,211 900 Taxes
on fermented liquors aggregated S41,-
s65,05c and for the fiscal year of 1919
sn7S99. 600.
Compared With 1909 Also
The report also shows comparative
revenues for the fiscal years of 1909
and 1920 The former date was the
last full year in which the government
derived its principal revenues from
three sources-distilled spirits, fer
mented liquors and tobacco. Taxes
produced en- the three items in 1909
amounted to S244,211 900, while this
revenue in the year just ended was
s435.T1S, 900 In 1909 these taxes con-
stituted 991 per cent Of the nations
revenues, while last year they were
only S06 per cent Of the total taxes.
Although there was q big decrease
in taxes on liquors between the two
years shown, there was a correspond
lnglY greater increase in the. revenue
from tobacco In all Of It's forms, in
1909. the tobacco tax amounted to only
Sal .5S7 .000, while in 1920 it was $685.
$4,000.
The transportation tax, which had
been estimated to produce about S275,-
100000 annually, reached 1907 sos 900
for the last fiscal year. This included
taxes on freight passenger. express,
telephone and telegraph and transfer
of oil by pipe line. Excise and special
taxes including the luxury tax
brought about 1878 100000 into the
Treasury. One of the chief items in
this list was the tax on motor cars,
which netted S144, 100000. Taxes on
iewelry, cosmetics and other so-called
'luxuries" produced another S56,000,
900, The special corporation tax on the
value Of its stock yielded S93, 900, 600.
Withdrawals from bonded warehouses
Of distilled spirits for industrial and
other on-beverage purposes increased
from II 900, 900 to more than 2S,o00.000
gallons from 1919 to 1920, the report
disclosed. But in Withdrawals from
bond of distilled spirits which were
labelled for beverage use, there was
decrease from 72500,000 gallons in 1919
to 100000 gallons in the last fiscal year.
The 1919 consumption of cigars was
7,110,000,000 and in the fiscal year of
1920 ranged slightly above $500, ,o00,-
900,
Cigarettes also are being consumed
in vastly increased amounts. The re-
port showed that taxes had been paid
on $3.50 100000 in 1918, $500, 100000
in 1919, and 5O,4OO ,000,0 in the fiscal
year ended June 80.
Commissioner Williams reported the
years expenditures of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue at $27, 100000 This
Included an expenditure of 81, 100000
for enforcement of prohibition, S465,-
900 for enforcement of the narcotic
laws and $4,000 used in enforcing the
laws against child labor The actual
cost of tax collection Mr.. Williams
estimated at 80 cents on each 500 col
lected, an expenditure Of about l per
cent more than in 1919.
Tax Collections by States
Internal revenue receipts for twelve
months by states and territories fol-
10y:
Alabama, s1S,4S5, 1852; Alaska, $780,
$50; Arizona, S6,597,515; Arkansas,
sl2,556,l72; California, 179,267 500;
Colorado, S35.727 ,957; Connecticut,
slcS,e49 1888; Delaware, S21,143, COS;
District Of Columbia, S18,645,0 ,053; Flor
.da, Sl5,623,811; Georgia, $43 3,264,553;
Hawaii, 1929 .S72; Idaho, $4,963,26
Illinois, $443, ,725,5 ,596; Indiana, STA
bS5,l97; Iowa, $40,312,78S.
Kansas Sal .263, ,378; Kentucky, $49,-
6Ss,Sl2 Louisiana, $51 ,996; Maine,
s2o,631,8 1855; Maryland, 81 ,452, 1857; Mas
saca ssaaccaausetts, $352,O22 ,252; Michigan,
Mississippi, s11 ,786,386; Missouri, Sl49,-
4s2,s5s:; Montana, S6,770,257; Nebras-
IA, s25,065,447; Nevada, $1,297,334;
New Hampshire, s14, ,918; New Jer-
sey, Sl55 5,0a9,7 ,727; New Mexico, $685.
ooo; New York, s1,418,332,65 North
carolina, s162, ,667 800; North Dakota,
sS53S,660
Ohio, s374,512,95a; Oklahoma, s2e, $780,
ioz; Oregon, S27, 500 1928; Pennsylvania,
sSO7 ,oo8,e72; Rhode Island, 44,452 1922;
south Carolina, $27 ,074, ,436; South Da-
Kmota, S6,669,79 Tennessee, s36, ,522 ,922;
Texas, $l05, $40; Utah, $9,595,15
Vermont, S6,700,1 ,148; Virginia, $69, ,751,-
~; Washington, SAP ,107 772; West Vir-
ginia, s33, 3,628.725; Winconsin, $93 ,516,-
zoS; Wyoming, S4,225 ,2S2; Philippine
Islands, 81. .423 ,478. Total, S40S,075. .468.