The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-25
$1,269,000,000 in Revenue Is
Obtained From Personal
Taxes in 1919.
FLORIDA RESIDENTS
HAVE PAID S4,363,959
Virginia Led the Southern States
in the Number of Personal
Income Taxes Filed.
(5y The Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, July 24.-The gov
ernment obtained a total of $1,269, ,000,-
600 in revenue from personal income
taxes in 1919-an increase of $141, 900,-
600 compared with 191S-according to
a preliminary report of income tax
returns made public tonight by internal
revenue commissioner Blair.
The commissioners report showed
there were $3.50, go personal returns
filed in the calendai year 1919, repre-
senting a growth of 9O7,646 from 1918.
while the total amount of net income
reported for 1919 was SIS, 100000 an
increase of $3,9340O0,OOO over the
previous year.
The average net income per return
for 1919 was $3,72405, the average
amount of tax $238.08, and the average
tax rate 6.3s percent.
There were filed 65 returns of net
income of one million dollars and over;
1S9 of 100000 to $1,O0O,OO0; 425 of
from 100000 to $500, 900; 1876 of $780,
900 to 100000; 1883 of 100000 to
$150,000; 1890 of $4,000 to 100000;
37,477 of $685. 900 to $4,000: 1852, 2,4S5 of
$4,000 to $4,000; 4s3.S51 of $4,000 to
$4,000; 1.1s0,4S8 of $4,000 to $4,000;
1,569.741 of $4,000 to $4,000; and 1924
S72 of $1,000 to $4,000.
Wives making separate returns from
husbands numbered 5S,534: single men
heads of families, 362,797; single wo-
men, heads of families, SS,595; single
men, all other, 1,602,277; single wo-
men, all others, 361. $50.
New York filed the greatest number
of returns, 6s3.0S5, or 1881 percent
Of the total. The amount of net in
come reported by. New York was s3,-
436. .343,179 or 1871 percent of the total
and the tax paid was $685.. .722, ,351 or.
31.49 percent of the total
The next largest number of returns
filed by states was from Pennsylvania,
539 172. The net income reported was
1888, ,002, ,395, and the amount Of tax
on individual income was $12S,195, ,161
or 1910 percent of the total
The per capita net income for New
York, according to the population of
the census for 1920. was S330.S9.
The district of Columbia was second
in the percentage of population accord
ing to the 1920 census filing returns,
1910 percent. The district reported
also the highest per. capita net income
per return of S2,54456; Nevada. re-
porting an average net income of ST.
3S9.S3; and the territory of Alaska, !
an average net income per
return of 50 .00G .S5 were lower in this
respect. Alaska, however, reported
the highest percentage of population
fling returns, 17.17 percent, with a per
capita net income, $343.5s. the second !
highest.
Virginia led the southern states in !
the number of personal income tax
returns filed in the percentage of state
fling returns and in the to- |
tai 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 in
come tax paid. North Carolina led in |
the average net income of returns |
filed, being second only to New York 1
for country as a whole, and in the |
average amount Of tax per return.
Statistics of income from the per-
sona1 returns to the internal revenue i
bureau for the calendar year of 1919
show the payments made in 1920 for
the previous years income, by states
as follows:
Florida-Returns filed, 31.107, or 3.21I
percent of the states population; net
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