Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-31
'RUMBLES OF MANY
COMMUTERS TO GO
Addition Of 8 Per Cent Ticket
Tax January I Hailed
With Joy
METHOD or THE REBATES

MANY n commuter will t1re C pleas
al snrprisc when he huyr his next
Tctet and learns that tho = per cent
.sor tax on transportation to his sta
lion has been abolished.
Tbat Is. the commutcr who lives thirty
,,,,es Tor more from Philadelphia
irbose within the thirty mile zone never
haze bcen taxed on, commutation
,ictets In certain cases there have
bson taxes on individual trips.
Recently the commuierr has seen this
,irn in railroad stations:
"War tax Of s pcr cent on onc-way
and round trip tickets where fare Is
aver forty two cents on communication
hckcts where distance IL thirty miles
mr. more, and on scrip books and other
miscellaneous passenger transportation
charges will be discontinued, effective
January !. 1922
Tor instance. II you bought one
cav ticket from Philadelphia to Chest
nut Hill II cost forty cents. IT you
bonght n ticket at Chestnut IIill Sta
Hon 10 return to Philadelphia the price
was the same. But if you decided to
,sye time and buy both tickets at once
Tho purchase involved eighty-six cents.
Tho extra six cents was war tax.
After January 1---tomorrow--the
hovls Of protest Of those who make
the discovery II costs six cents more to
buy n round trip ticket than two one
way tickets will be no more. II the
fare is morr than forty two cents.
But to return TO tho commuters.
These neonle who buy thirty. fifty and
sixty trip tickets fcr the privilege Of
living in tic quiet of the suburbs are
wondering how they are affected.
S,.io Saving
H. for example. you live in DoyIes-
town and ride thirty four miles every
dsy 70 and from Philadelphia. when you
purchase your next sixty-trip commu-
tation ticket. good for thirty days.
You'll save 81 40 tax.
Or IL your home Is IN Atlantic City.
every time YOU buy siSty-trip monthly
ticket for 500. 40 you won't have to shell
out tax of S211 in addition.
Even now. taking in both the renn-
sylvnnis and Reading roads. there arc
some 500 people who ride daily to and
from Atlantic City. Each pays a tax
Of three and n half cents for each ride.
During the summer. when cottages are
filed there are 5000 travelling on both
lines daily TO and from this resort. On
this alone estimates Of the money saved
to Atlantic City commuters with the
tax removed places the amount cou
servatively at $4,000.
S26. .OOO, 900 Saving
4 statement issued by the rennsyl-
mnn Railroad estimates saving through
adjustment of transportation tax Of
s26 .OG0 900. divided equally between
passengers and shippers. No blanket
estmatc has been made by the Reading
Railway.
Business men who buy n special fifty
four trip ticket to New York on either
OF the railroads, good only during the
month in which 1T is purchased, will
save $500 heretofore charged as tax.
The passenger who buys round trip
TO New York will save ffty-two cents.
Purchasers Of iifty-trip tickets good
fT six months to Pottstown will save
$3.50; those who buy them for Trenton
will save 81 .05. SiXty-trlp tickets good
for month 10 Reading will no longer
carry tax Of S2.15 those for Bpthlr-
hem will bc less 81. IL by reason Of abol.
ishment of tax. while commuters to
Coatesvilc OIL this class of ticket will
save 81 lJ3.
Method OF Rebates
There arc many discoveries to be made
by those whose travels involve pur.
chase of communication tickets. Hundreds
win wonder bow they're going to get n
rebate Of war tax il their particular
Ticket has not run ont. There Is one
sure enough. but while the railroads
were compelled to collect this tax for
the Government, only the Commissioner
NJ Internal Revenue Is permitted to
make refund when it is due.
Collection OF this refund requires a
form to be made by the railroad, an
other form to be gotten from the Com.
missioner of Internal ltevcnuc. FIJI
that out. make an affidavit. forward
The whole thing to Washington and thcr
get your refund.