The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
INCOME TAXES IN
 1873 SHOW A BIC GAIN OVER 1873
Report Shows Nearly Five and Half Million Personal Re- turns In the Calendar
 Year 1919
By Aasociatnd Prssa

ment obtained s1,2e9, ,OOo, 900 in rev enue from personal income taxes in ls1s-an increase of s141.9oo.0o1 compared with 191s-aceording to a preliminary report of income tax returns made public tonight by In- tornsl Revenue Commissioner Blair.
 The conn mmissionef's report showed there were 5,3S2,7s0 personal returns filed in the calendar year 1919, rep resenting a growth of 9O7,s4s from 1918, while the total amount of net income reported for 1919 was sfa.- s59, 100000, an increase of s31,ss4.- 000,0o0 over the previous year.
 The average net income per re- turn for 1919 was ss.724O5. the aver age amount of tax $2ss.os, and the average tax rate 6.Ss per cent.
 There were filed 65 returns of net income Of s1,O0O, GOO, 900 and over; IS of $500, 900 to s1ooO,ooo; 42S of from s3O0,oo0 to $500, 900; 1864 of S150,o0O to s50o,OOo; 2,ssS of s10o,Ooo to s15o- 900; 13,S2o of s5O,OoO to ,1oo,ooO; s7 477 of s25,o0O to *50,Ooo; 162,4s5 of sto,OOO to s25.0oo 45s,s5I of s5.ooO to s1o.ooo; 1.1SO,4SS of s3,o0o to s5,Ooo; 1.5s9.741 of s2.ooo to ss.oo0; and 1s24.S72 of sl.0oo to s2,0OQ.
 Wives Number 5s.534
 Wives making separate returns from husbands numbered 5s,534; sin- gle men, heads of families, 3s2.79.; single women. heads of families, sa,- 595; single men, all other, 1,e02,277; single women. all other. ss1,a6O
 New York filed the greatest num- Der of returns, sss,0s5. or 12.s1 per cent of the total. The amount Of net income reported by New York was $3,4as,sts,17e. or 17.31 per cent of the total. and the tax paid was {3ss.7s2,s51, or 31,4s per cent of the total.
 The next largest number of returns filed by states was from Pennsyl- vana, 539,172. The net income re- ported was s1.s4s,oo2,ss5. and the amount of tax on individual income was sl2S,195,161, or 10.10 per cent of the total
 The per capita net income for New York, according to the population of the census for 1920, was $3S0S9
 Highest Per Capita
 The District of Columbia was sec ond in the percentage of population. aecotdins to the 1920 census, filing returns of l3.40 per cent. The dis trict reported also the highest per capita net Income, $3so.27. It's aver age net income per return, however, S2.s3s. .S0 was low.
 While only 1 45 per cent of the population of North Carolina filed re- turns the average net income per re- turn sf,S46 20 was second highest of all the states following New York.
 Virginia led the southern states in the number of personal income tax returns filed, in the percentage of in the total amount of net income. Louisiana led in the total amount of tax paid for personal income in the per capita net income and in the per capita income tax paid.
 Statistics of income from the per- sonal returns to the internal reve nue bureau, just made public for the calendar year of 1919 show the pay ment made in 1920 for the previous years income, by states as follows:
 Income by States
  "A per cent of the states popula- tion; net income reported $1SS,470,965, an average of s56 S4 per capita and s3 6S6 per return. total tax, S4.231.- 4e5. an average of s1.99 per capita and s114. 45 per return.
 Arkansas: Returns. 33.556, or .9l [ per cent of the states population; net income reported, s123,704,361, an of $70. 60 per capita and s2G86 per return total tax, st,237, 673 an average of s2.42 per capita and s126.2 20 per return.
 Florida: Returns filed. 3l107 or 3 21 per cent of the states popula- ton; net income reported. sl07,362, 976 an average of sl10.S6 per cau1 and s3.45f per return; total tax. 1e 363 ,0S9. an average of S4 51 per cap. lta and $40 2G per return.
 Georgia Returns filed. 5s930 or 2. .03 per cent of the states popula- ton; net income reported. s219,471,- 959. an average of $75. I9 per capita and s3,724 per return; total tax, s9,- ls1, ,092, an average of S3 15 per cap- lta and s155 per return.
 Louisiana; Returns filed, 52,S71 or 9f per cent of the states popula tion: net income reported. S201,53 sos an average of si12.11 per capita and s3S16 per return; total tax, s12.- SsSs an average of SLY per cap- ita. and s243.13 per return.
 Mississippi: Returns filed. 2sso+, or i .5S per cent of the states popula- ton: net income reported Sl0l.26e, 053. Average of s5s.55 per capita, and s4s294 per cent return total tax. $5sS4901 an average Of $3.1o per capita and $2S6.73 per return.
 North Carolina: Returns filed. B.. 1855. or f.45 per cent of the states net income reported an average of os3i5 per capita. and N,s4s per return; totel tax, s10.01034s an average Of s3.9l per capital and s269.20 per return.
 South Carolina: Returns filed. ST. 2ss. or 2.21 per cent of the states net income reported. an averaFe of ss4.T5 per capita. and s3,S26 per return total tax. $5,1a2.020 al average of s30s per capita and s139.21 per return
 Tennessee: Returns filed. 50.7ss, or 2.13 per cent fthe states population; net income reported. s1s5.909S53. an average of sS2.64 per capita. and Ss.s1s per return; total tax. s9.ose.- 054. an average of $3.SS per capita and st7s.s2 per return.
 Virsinia Returns filed. 7s.ses. or 5. % per cent of the states pcpu1A- fion net income reported, s247.s5s.- s7a an average of $t07.2s per cap ita and ss.96o per return; total tAx. SC o9O, ,237. an average of sS,9l per capita and s1is.74 per return.
 
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