The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-19
TAX BILL
Up BILLION AND HALF
THE REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR
SHOWS ENORMOUS GORVERN-
MENT EXPENDITURES.
DIR Y" LOSS S343.OOO,O 90
Revenues From Tobacco and Cigar
cites Increase. Transportation Tax
Exceeds Expectations. Bureaus
Expenditures $27,7OO,O0O.

Expenditures $27,700,O00.
WASHINGTON, D. Americas
tax bill for the fiscal year ending
June 80 amounted to $5,408, 075, 468,
approximately billion and a half
dollars more than was paid into the
federal treasury in the previous
twelve months,
Final figures for the year were
contained in the preliminary report
of the commissioner of internal rev.
enue, made public tonight. 1t shows
that from income and profits taxes
the government received approx
mately three-fourths of all it's reve-
nue.. In these two items there was
an increase of ,356,000,000 over
the fiscal year of 1919, receipts for
the two years being: 1920, $685.
701, 900; 1919, $4,000, 100000.
From multifarious sources of mis-
cellaneous" taxation, the levy pro-
duced 81, 450,374,000, an increase
over the previous year of $2O1,OOO,-
900.
In the first full year of the prohi-
bition era there was net reduction
of $343,000,000 in taxes on distill-
ed and fermented liquors, the report
shows. From distilled spirits the gov
eminent received $97, 100000 in the
last fiscal year, while the taxes from
the same source in 1919 were $685.
I211,000. Taxes on fermented liquors
for the last fiscal year aggregated
Sal, 1865, 900 and for the fiscal year
of 1919 $17,839,00O.
Tobacco Taxes Increases.
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 govern
ment derived its principal revenues
from three sources-distilled spirits,
fermented liquors and tobacco. Taxes
produced on the three items in 1909
amounted to 1000, while this
revenue in the year just ended was
$435,718,000. In 1909 these taxes
constituted 991 per cent of the ma
tons revenues, while last year they
were only sos per cent of the total
taxes. Although there was big de-
crease in taxes on liquor between
the two years shown there was a
CORRESPONDENCE greater increase in
the revenue from tobacco in all of its
| forms. In 1909 the tobacco tax
amounted to only $51, $4,000, while
in 1920 it was 1926, 845,0OO, the re-
port showed.
The transportation tax, which had
been estimated to produce about
$275, 100000 annually, reached
1907, 808,0O0 for the last fiscal year.
This included taxes on freight, pas
senger, express, telephone and tele-
graph and transfer of oil by pipe
line. Excise and special taxes, in
Guiding the luxury tax" brought
about S373,000,000 into the
treasury. One of the chief items in
this list was the tax on motor cars,
which Melted $144,00O,O00. Taxes on
iewelry, cosmetics and other so-called
"luxuries" produced another $685.
100000. The special corporation tax
on the value of its stock yielded
$93, 100000
Liquor Withdrawals Gain.
Withdrawals from bonded ware
houses of distilled spirits for indus
trial and other non-beverage purpos-
es increased from II 100000 to more
than 28,000,000 gallons from 1919 to
1920, the report disclosed. But in
Withdrawals from bond of distilled
spirits, which were labeled for bev-
erage use, there was a decrease from
72,50O,00O gallons in 1919 to 200,-
600 gallons in the last fiscal year.
The 1919 consumption of cigars
was 7,110, 100000, and in the fiscal
year of 1920 ranged slightly above
100000, 200.
The report showed that taxes had
been paid on ,950,000,000 cigar
cites in 1918, 38, 100,000,000 in 1919
and SO, 40e 100000 in the fiscal year
ended June 80.
Commissioner Williams reported
the years expenditures of the bureau
of internal revenue at $27,700, 900.
This included an expenditure of ST.
100000 for the enforcement of pro-
hibition, S465,000 for enforcement
of the narcotic laws and 100000
used in enforcing the laws against
child labor.
Internal revenue receipts for IL
months for Pennsylvania were $751;
008,972, New Jersey 1856, $685. 27,
Delaware $21,143,605.