Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-14
YEARS TAX MONEY
IS $5,4O8,075,468
Approximately a Billion and a
Half More Than Was Paid
Into the u. S. Treasury During
the Preceding Year

| Washington, Oct. TO- (By the Associs-
! ted Press.)-Amerlca's tax bill for the
fiscal year ending juno 30 amounted to
5,40s 075 1856, approximately a billion and
half dollars more than was pnid into
the federal treasury in the previous II
months.
| Final figures for the year We're contained
in the preliminary report Of the commits
sioner of internal revenue, made public
tonight 1t shows that from income and
profits taxes the government received
approximately three fourths Of all its
revenue. In these two items there was
an increase of 1886. 5000 over the fiscal
year Of 1919. receipts for the two years
being: 1890, $685., FOL 900 1919, $500 600, 900
From multifarious sources of 'miscel-
laneous" taxation. the levy produced ST.
iJO.A1,60, an increase over the previous
year of S2Ol 100000
In the first fun year Of the prohibition
era, there was a net reduction Of s343,-
100000 in taxes on distilled and fermented
liquors, the report shows. From distilled
spirits the government received s97, 90f 900
IN the last fiscal year while the taxes
from the same source in 1919 were $685.
2il,o0o, Taxes on fermented liquors for
the last fiscal year aggregated Sal 965, 900
and for the fiscal year Of 1919, s1l7, 1896. 900.
, 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, fermented liquors and
tobacco. Taxes produced on the three
items in 1909 amounted to s24, eli 900,
while this revenue in the year Just ended
was A35.TlS.o0O. In 1900 these taxes con-
stituted 1911 per cent OF the nations rev.
enues while last year they were only sos
per cent OF the total taxes. Although
there was a big decrease in taxes on IL
quors between the two years shown,
there was n correspondingly greater in
crease In the revenue from tobacco in
all of it's forms. In 1909 the tobacco tax
amounted to only s51Ss7.cOO while in 1920
it was S295,si5,00o the report showed.
The transportation tax which had been
estimated TO produce about s275 900 an
nually reached s3O7, $4,000 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 1919 900 600
into the treasury. One of the chief items
in this list was the tax on motor cars
which Melted s1AO00,00O. Taxes on jew
elry, cosmetics and other so-called LUX
uries" produced another s56.0O0.oc0. The
special corporation taxes on the value
Of it's stock yielded s930O0,000
Withdrawals from bonded ware
houses OF distilled spirits for indus
trial and other non beverage purposes
Increased from 81 900, 900 to more than
$4,000 900 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 72.500,000 gallons
in 1919 to 100000 gallons in the last
fiscal year.
The 1919 consumption Of cigars was
7110, 100000 and In the fiscal year Of
1920 ranges slightly above $500, 900. 900.
Cigarettes also are being consumed
In vastly Increased amounts. The re-
port showed that. taxes had been paid
on $3.50, 000. 900 in 1918, $500 O0O. 900
in 1919, and SO. 400, 600. 900 in the fiscal
year ended June 80.
Internal revenue receipts for II
months from the following states were:
Connecticut $106.S4s,sSS; Massachusetts
s352.022252; New Hampshire sl4709.-
S1s; New Jersey $l55.os9.727; Pennsyl-
vania 1857 .0Os.s72: New York 81. 49,
S32.651; Vermont S6,700.14s.