New Britain herald., 1922-06-14
1920 INCOMES FOUR
 BILLIONS OVER 'l9
Big Increase in Small Taxpayers
 Is Disclosed

Washington, June l4.--Net incomes
 Of individuals reported 10 the govern ment during 1920 increased by neaerly
 $d,000, 100000 and the number of re-
 turns hy nearly 2,0o0,o over 1919,
 while the taxes received fell off by
 about sl95, ,OOo, according 10 pre-
 liminary statistics issued by Internal
 Revenue Commissioner Blair.
 | Returns for incomes between $l,000
 and s2,0o0 increased by more than 7oo,o0o in 1920 as compared with | 1919, while those for the larger classes
 of incomes dropped heavily, returns
 for incomes of s1.ooo,00o and over falling from sixty-five in 1919 to 3S in 1920.
 The average net income on returns for 1920 was s3,269.40, the average
 amount of tax sl4S.0S and the aver
 age tax rate 453 per cent, while as relating to the entire population of the country, subject to the Federal in come tax, the proportion filing re- turns was 6S5 per cent, the per capita net income reported was s223.s7 and the per capita income tax was $l0.14.
 New York Pays Largest Share.
 Official figures show that New York state largely because Of the financial preponderance of New York city, not only paid by far the largest share Of income and other Federal taxes in the calendar year 1920, but paid the greatest per capita tax and the second largest average amount on ln- dividual returns.
 For the calendar year 1920 there were 7,259,944 personal income tax returns filed representing. total net income of s2S,7s5.629,1s3 and yield ing a total tax of s1 1.075. .o5S,6S6, as compared with 5,S32,76O returns for a total income of s1o,S5a,491,44S and a tax yield of s1,2sa, a,6So,1o4 in 1919
 There were 2,671,950 personal re- turns filed in 1920, against l,924,o'2 in 1919 for incomes from s1,0oo to s2,oon from s2,ooO to s3,Oo0 there were 2.569,31e returns in 1920, against l 1 .569.741 in 1919; from s3,ooo to 5000 there were 1,337,116, against | 1 11so,4sS; from s5,ooo to s1o,ooo 455,442, against 42s,S51; from s1o,ooe to s25,0oo, 171,S3o, against 162,4S5; from s25,o0O to s50,00o. 3S,54S, | against s7,477; from s5o,ooo to s1oo,- GOO, from 12,930, against 13,92o; from s10o. .00O to S15o,0o0, 2,191, against 1 2 .9S3: from s15o.0oo to S3oo,ooo, 1 .o63, against 1864; from sSoo,ooo to l $500, 900, 239. against 425, and from $500, GOO to $1,ooo,000, 123, against 1so
 New York led the states in the number of returns filed, the amount of income reported and the tax yleid, while Pennsylvania was second ana Illinois third
 The income reported for Connecti cut is s451,737,7o2.
 Many Joint Returns.
 Of the total net income reported for 1920 there were 3,775,261 joint re- turns of husbands and wives and sep arate returns of wives living with thelr I, ,usbands for a total income of $l4,- wives making separate re turns from their husbands number ed 77,55S for total income of s534,- S40,4o5; men, heads of families, filed 474,574 returns for s1,3S4. 46S, ,654; we men, heads Of families, 132, 1S1 re- turns for s3Ss,354,530; all other men, 2.256,565 returns for s4,SS6, ,603,4 ,493; all other women, 503,69O returns for and 40,115 returns for property income of S2S7,- ;54,9S0.
 Of the total net income Of s23,735,- ,29,1S3 reported, personal exemptions otaled s12.S34,6S4.529 dividends ;2, ,735, ,795. and interest on govern nent obligations not wholly exempt rom tax s61, 1,549575, leaving a net in 'ome subject to normal tax of sS,- .c3,549,2S7.
 Of the total tax yield of s1,o75, 053,- 's5 the normal tax amounted to against s46s,1o4,S01 in .919, and the sur-tax to s596, 6,sO3,767, against sS01,525,303 in 1919.