The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-04
FLORIDA WAY DOWN
In PERSONAL AND
CORPORATION TAXES
Total of $163,522,247, or so
Percent off Country's Net In
come, Reported.
(By GEORGE H. MANNING.)
washington Correspondent of Pen
canpIo TOnvnaIN


sacola JournaD
WASHINGTON, D. c. Oct. 3.-Flor-
ida paid only a small portion,-less
than one third of l percent-of the
total personal and corporation income
taxes collected by the Federal govern
ment for the calendar year 1920. Thir-
ty-five Of the states paid more than
Florida.
For the calendar year 1920 Florida
reported $141, 105, ia net personal in
come, $22,417123 net corporation in
come, a total of $163,522,247, which
was so percent of the total net income
reported for the whole United States.
On this net personal and corporation
income Florida paid $9,161,761, or "a
percent of the total paid by all the
states.
New York led all the other states In
the total personal and corporation in
come taxes paid for 1920, followed by
Pennsylvania and Illinois. New York
paid about one-fourth Of the entire
income taxes paid to the Federal gov
eminent for the calendar year 1920
paying in S9,7s9,se4.
OF Florida's population Of s68,47O,
personal income tax returns were
made by only 42,21O for 1920. They re-
ported their net personal income to be
$141.l05.124 and on this they paid
s5,242,7O5 in taxes.
About four in every 100 persons IN
Florida filed income tax returns for
1920. The average net income re-
ported was $3,342.93; the average tax
paid was $124.21.
Four persons in the United States
made returns on PERSONAL net incomes
of $4,000 600 and over for the calendar
year 1920. Two of the quartet lived
in New York, the other two in Mlchl-
gan, The two New Workers paid taxes
on incomes of s16,473,642; the two
Michiganders on incomes OF $13,4oo'30o'
The highest net personal income on
which return was made by FLORIDA
was between 100000 and S75O'oO0'
One person in Florida made return on
an income between those figures; one
reported income between 100000 and
$500, 900, and one other between $"oo'-
ono and 100000. All three made re-
turns under the group plan, thereby
concealing their identity and the exact
amount Of their income. Between the
three of them they reported, however
net income of $1,4O8,S20, on which
tbev paid a combined income tax OF
s678599 to the government.
There was then a drop to incomes
between 100000 and $4,000. Six
nersons in Florida reported net in
comes between those figures; six be-
tween 100000 and 100000; six more
between $4,000 and 100000; nine be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000; eight be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, and IL be-
tween $4,000 and 100000.
Persons with earnings between $z'
600 and $4,000 composed the largest
group. there being about 5000 sucn
returns made by Florida. The next
Greatest group was those reporting net
incomes between $1,000 and $2'oOo Oh
whom there were about 1880.
Thirty-three persons in the Onlteo
states reported net personal incomes
~ over 100000 during the calendar
,,ear 1920. Of these, four reported
income over $5,OOO,OoO; three between
"a 600 600 and 100000; between
and million; 8 between $1,5OO,OOO ana
90 600. 900, and 10 between $l'oOV'Vo'
and $1,5OO,OOO.