Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-24
FEWER PERSONS PAY
STATE INCOME TAX
THAN FEDERAL TAX
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office to the State auditors office and
presented Frank Danner. deputy col
lector of State income tax, to the corr
respondent Mr. Danner confirmed
figures given by Mr.. Fisher.
Cannot Give Names.
When the State treasurer returned
the correspondent asked for the names
OF the delnquents and the amounts
OF the delinquencies, but Mr. flsher|
declined to give them, sayingl law pro-
hibited. lie cited 2sl.6, section 2oo.
of the Revised Code, as follows'
ct shall be unlawful for the State
treasurer, income tax clerk, collector
of State revenue. special collector oil
State revenue. or any other clerk,
agent. officer or employe of the state
of Delaware, to divulge or to make
known, in any manner whatever not
provided by law, 10 any person other
than the governor, the attorney-gen-
eral and his deputies, or the General
Assembly or any committee of either
House thereof, the amount or source
of income profits. losses, expenditures,
or any detail thereof, set forth or dis
closed i'm any income return made
under the provisions of this article, or
To permit any income return or copy
thereof or any book containing any abb
stract or parts thereof to be seen or
examined by any person except as pro-
vided by law: and it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to print or publish
i'm any manner whatever not provided
by law any income return or any part
thereof or source of income, pronts,
losses, or expenditures appearing in
any such income return; and any of
fense against the foregoing provisions
of this section shall be a misdemeanor,
and any person convicted thereof shall
be punished by fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars or by imprison-
ment not exceeding one year. or both,
IN the discretion of the court; and III
the offender he an officer Of the State
OF Delaware he shall be removed from
office under the provisions of section
6 of article is of the Constitution, the
said misdemeanor being hereby ex-
pressly declared to constitute misbe-
havior in office within the contempla-
zion of said section 6. and If the Offend
II be an employe Of the State of Del
.ware he shall be forthwith discharged
rom such employment
The correspondent mentioned rumorsI
hat some prominent citizens pay large
Federal income tax, but do not pay
any State income tax. Mr.. Fisher and
Mr.. Danner declared the reports false.
Why Wilmington Leads.
Explaining why Wilmington files
90 per cent of the income statements.
Mr., Fisher and Mr.. Danner pointed
Ia wilmington's large population and
its high salaries and wages. They
stated the rural districts are less pop-
ulous and incomes therein are smaller.
Most of the farms in Delaware are
,ease,l, they said, and tenant whose
income is s2.5oo per year pays the
landlord 81 900, leaving the tenant
balance exempt from taxation. They
soasted of trying to find all the taxa
bles i'm the State.
Mr.. Fisher denied the accuracy OF
published story that a Wilmington
business man. when inauiring about
his state income tax, discovered his
check had not been presented at bank
tor cashing.. but remained on file with
Mis- tax bill in the State treasurer $