The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-07-27
Personal INCOMES
YIELD Big SUM
South Carolinians Pay Over
Five Millions
FIVE MILLION
MAKE RETURNS

Internal Revenue Collector REPORTS
$1,260,0OO,00O as Collected In Per-
sonal Incomes for Year 1919, an In
crease OF Sill 900 900 over the Pre-.
yiOuS Year.
Washington, July 24.-The govern
ment obtained "a total OF $1,269. .O2O, 900
IN revenue from personal income taxes
In l9l9-an increase of $141,9OO 900
compared with according to a
preliminary report of income tax re-
turns made public tonight by Internal
Revenue Commissioner Blair.
The commissioners report showed
there were 5,332,76O personal returns
filed in the calendar year 1919 rep
resenting a growth Of 07,646, from
1918, while the total amount of income
reported for 1919 VS. $19S59, 900 900.
an increase of $3,934 900 900 over the
previous year.
The average net income per return
for 1919 was $3,724.5O, the average
amount Of tax $23S,Os, and the aver
age tax rate 6.39 per cent.
There were filed 65 returns of net
income of $1,0oO,OO0 and over; 1S9 Of
5000, 900 to $1,OOO,OOo; 1925 Of from
S3O0,000 to 100000; 1864 of $500
to 100000; 1888 of 100000 to $780,
600; 1890 Of $4,000 to 500 900:
37,477 of $4,000 to $4,000; 162,4S5
of $40 900 to $4,000; 1883 of $4,000
to 10000; 1,1S5,4SS of $4,000 to S.
600; 1,569,741 of $4,000 to $4,000; and
l,924,S72 Of 81 900 to $4,000.
Wives making separate returns
from husbands numbered 5S, "a; sin
gle men, heads Of families, 362, ,797;
single women, heads Of families, S.
o95; single men, all other, 1,602,277;
single women, all other 3Gl 900.
New York filed the greatest num-
ber Of returns GS2,OS5, or 1881 per
cent of the total. The amount OF net
income reported by New York was
$3,i@G,3l3,179 or 73l per cent of the
total and the tax paid was $399 1872, ,951
or 3l.i9 per cent OF the total
The next largest number Of returns
filed by states was from Pennsylvania,
539,l72. The net income reported was
81 ,S3S,002, 1884, and the amount Of tax
on individual income was $12S,S95,161
or 1910 per cent Of the total.
The per capita net income for New
York according to the population Of
the census for 1920, was $330.S9.
The District Of Columbia was sec
ond in the per ccntagc OF population
according to the 1920 census, filing
returns, 13.40 per cent The district
reported also the highest per capita
net income per return OF $2,544.5G.
Nevada reporting an average net in
come Of $2,3S9.S3, nd the territory Of
Alaska reporting an average net in
come per return Of $2,000S5, the
lowest. Alaska, however, showed the
largest percentage OF population max
ing returns.
Washington, July 2l.-D. II. Blair,
ports today a collection in 1920 Of
1919 income taxes amounting to ST.
$50 9,G30104 OF that amount South
Carolinians paid $5,192, ,020.40. Thirty
seven thousand two hundred and nine
ty-siX South Caro!inians or 81 per
cent of the population Of South Caro-
lima with incomes amounting to $142,-
GSS,S32 paid the taxes.
Based on these figures the per
capita income in South Carolina was
$S.475. The average net income per
return was $3,S25.S5. The average
tax per return was $139.2l.
In 1916 only 1904 South Carolinians
mado inomc returns. The number.
however, the following year jumped
to more than $4,000 Now 1t is nearly
10000 In 1916 South Carolinans paid
income taxes amounting to $4,000.
The amount now Is in excess Of $5,-
100000.