The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-27
I AK COLLECTIONS
GREATLY DECREASE
DURING PAST YEAR
Aim o S t 100000, 900
Less Paid Into Government
by Citizens, Blair's Re-
port Indicates

eral tax collections during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1922, fell off al
most 81 100 00Q, 900, or 80 per cent as
compared with the previous year.
according 10 the annual report OF
the internal revenue bureau issued
&c night bS Commissioner Blair. liz
come ana profits taxes collected dur
ing tue year showed decrease of
s1.ffl.QOo, QUO or So per cent.
fetal tax collections for the year
, aggregated s2,197.451.OSS. compared
with $3.50. sa7 .oGi for 1874. while in
come aud profits taxes for 1922
amouhted t. S-.0S69lS, ls4 against
sS,22s1S,.G5s the previous year.
Miscellaneous collections arising
from taxation other than That ON IN
comes anu profits amounted to Sill TO-
532.bts tor w.. a decrease of S2o6.
6Se,i,t, or II per cent, This slump.
Mr.. Blair declared, was accounted Tor
mostly by the repeal or reduction III
rates of various 1aNes provided Tor in
the revenue act of f921. effective Jan
uary /, 1927.
Collection Costs Higher
The net expenditure Tor collecting
taxes for 1922 was s34, 2S6, SOL when
was equivalent to st.V1 for each 500
&C llceted. as com pared with - cents
for each 500 the previous year.
The difference in the relative cost
of collection for the fiscal years 1921
and 1922" Mr. Blair said. us due
mainly to the large reduction in The
revenues of 1922, incident to the
shrinkage in business and incomes
the repeal OF certain miscellaneous
war taxes and various provisiC MS OF
the law such as the Amortization of
wartime facilities and the increase I'm
individual exemption contained in the
revenue act Of 1921, with the conse-
qnent reduction in the income tax liza :
bilitY of corporations and indvid-
uals.'
Other Taxes
OF the various revenues. e baeee
and fermented liquors taxes only
showed increases over 1921. Collee-
lions other than income and profits
taxes for 1922 az compared With the
preceding fiscal year were; Distilled
spirits. including wines, s45.563, 00t
against 82.59s.U0v: fermented liquors
$4,000 against $4,000; tobacco man
ufactures, s27o,75s,000 against s255,-
219,000; oleGmargine. S2.12l, 900
against s2.9S6.000; capital stock tax,
including other special taxes, $780,
544,000 against s91. PSI. 900; mlseel-
laneous. including war excise taxes
since 1917, 1886. SSf,000 against s9l4,-
$4,000, and sales Of internal revenue
stamps by postmasters, s14,616.0 900
against s20,sS0,000.
Approximately 1.250.000 Income tax
returns are received in Washington
"a, 11..
the last fiscal year 954.731 income and
excess profits returns were audited
OF which 717,s79 were individual and
partnership returns and 1,2S6,s32
were corporation returns.
Claims Allowed
On audit without field examination,
S227S6, 900 additional tax was as
sessed ON individual and partnership
returns and s56,943,00O on corpora :
ton returns. Revenue agents reports
on 24,S6S individual and partnership
returns were reviewed in Washing
ton during the year and S28,SS5.00O in
additional tax assessed. while review
of 1903 corporation reports resulted
In an additional assessmentof SIS
7l7,00O. OF 1914 claims adjusted
during the year, a total of l39,63f
claims. involving s1s2.371 900, were
allowed. and 27.174. involving $780,
10000. were rejected while during
the preceding fiscal year 1875, 1887
claims. involving st65 .s29, 600 were
received.
A complete reorganization OF the
activities q the prohibition unit was
effected during the year, resulting in
greater efficiency and expedition In
the handling Of work, Mr. Blair re-
ported. A total OF 2,o36 cases, Gov
ering violations of the prohibition
laws, was reported by the new force
OF general agents, and taxes amount
ing t. s31a.51 5000 We're reported for
assessment. The total pay roll of the
prohibition unit for 1922 was $1,000
900. an increase of s2.000.O 900 over the
previous year.
Alcohol Reduced
Production Of alcohol during the
year t1taled 100000 gallons. while
Withdrawals Of distilled spirits other
than alcohol from bonded ware
houses aggregated 2,724.ooo gallons. a
decrease of 100000 gallons.
Summary OF the income and profits
tax receipts during the year by
states showed New York far in the
lead in amount. with Pennsylvania
second and Illinois third. collections
by states included:
Y iapaind, S9'vV3,sou.bos ARKANSAS,
50. 336, $4,000: Florida, sS.433, 500. II !:
Georgia. s14,210. 04e.S2; Illinois. si7a.-
633,3fS.Sf; Indiana. s30,715.32S.17
Kentucky, A6.2s5,s9s.TS: Louisiana,
slo,477.SoS; Mississippi. s3.s05, 262. OF:
Missouri. s55.035.012.6l North Caro-
lima, s2S.1T9559.Sf; Oklahoma, sl4.-
216,549.lf: pennsylvania. s245.7ss.-
os7,82, South Carolina. ss,s99.041.7s
Tennessee, s14,f74092.5i Texas. ss4,-
97S.o09.s2; Virginia. s1S.s77 ,3S0.52. and
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