Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-14
u. S. COLLECTED
$5,408,075,4 1853 IN
TAXESLAST YEAR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-(By the
Associated Press )-America' tax
80 amounted to $5.4OS,075,46S APP
proximately billion and half dol
lars 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 last night. 1t
shows from income and profits taxes
the government received approx
mately three-fourths of all its reve-
an. increase of 81, 856, 800, 900 over
the fiscal year of 1919. receipts for
the two years being; 1920. $S,957.-
100000; 1919, $4,000, 100000. .
From multifarious sources OF
produced $1.450, $4,000 an increase
9 100000 Que previous year u ''
In the first full year of the pro-
hio oti era, there ere o vas net re- re-
report shows. From distilled spirits
the government received $97907,000
il, the last fiscal year while the
taxes from the same source in 1919
We're $S65,211,OOC: Taxes on fer
year aggregated $41,965,00O and for
the fiscal year of 1919, $117,S37.0)0.
Comparative Figures
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
revenues from three sources, dis
titled spirits, fermented liquors and
tobacco. Taxes produced on the
three items in 1902. amounted to
s244,211,OO0 while this revenue in
In 1909 these taxes constituted 99.1
per cent Of the nations revenues
while last year they were only sos
per cent of the total taxes. AL
though there was a big decrease in
taxes on liquors between the two
.spondingly greater increase in the
revenue from tobacco, in all of it's
forms. In 1909, the tobacco tax
amounted to only $51,S87,0O0 while
in 1920 it was $295.S45.oOO the re-
The transportation tax which had
been estimated to produce about
$275,000,000 annually reached $307,-
S08,01O for the last fiscal year This
included taxes on freight, passenger.
transfer of Oil by pipe line.
Excise and special taxes includ-
ing. the luxury tax" brought about
SS73,00O,000 into the treasury. One
Of the chief items in this list was
$144,ooo, 300. Taxes on jewelry,
cosmetics and other so-called lux.
uries" produced another $56,000,000.
The special corporation tax on the
value of it's stock yielded $4,000
value of it's stocq yielded $685.
Withdrawals from bonded ware
dustrial and other non-beverage pur-
poses increased from 100000 to
more than 2s,o0O,oOO gallons from
But in Withdrawals from bond Of
distilled spirits which were labelled
for beverage use, there was a de-
crease from 72,500,000 gallons in
1919 to 100000 gallons in the last
The 1918 consumption of cigars
was 7,11O, 100000 and in the fiscal
year Of 1929. ranged slightly over
Figures by States
Cigarettes also are being consum-
ed in vastly increased amounts. The
report showed taxes had neen paid
on 36,950,00 5000 in 1918; 3S,100.o00,-
900 in 1919 and $4,000. OO1, 900 in
the fiscal year ended June 80.
Commissioner Williams reported
IhO SCIA VI LllO Uu-
reau of internal revenue at $27.7O0,-
600. This included an expenditure
of $2,100,000 for enforcement of pro-
hibition. s465,00O for enforcement of
the narcotic, laws and 100000. used in
enforcing the laws against child
labor. The actual cost Of tax COL
lection, Mr.. Williams estimated at
so cents On each 800 collected. an
expenditure of about l per cent more
than in 1919.
Internal revenue receipts for
twelve months by states and terri.
tories include:
Alabama, $1s,4s5,s51: Arkansas.
S12,556,172; Florida, s15,623,S11;
Georgia s43,264,553: illinois, 43,725.-
sos; Kentucky. $49,6S9,S12; Louisi-
ana $51.324.996: Massachusetts $751;
022, 252; Mississippi, $11.7S6,3S6;
New York, $1.4fS,S32. s51; North
Carolina u$!62,6 1920: Ohio, SS74,-
512,953; Oklahoma, $26,2S9,102: Penn
sylvania, 1857, )0S,972: South Caro-
lima, $27,074,436: Tennessee. ss6,-
$4,000; Texas, $1o5.097,940! vir-
giiniay $69.751. 1927: West Virginia.