Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-06
New Tax Measure Drafted

Of the legislature, was drafted by the
members of the commit
tee and reported to the floor of the
senate for passage with approval of
the nine committeeman present.
The new measure, drawn along the
lines of the Dahl income tax bill, will
produce between $14,000,000 and s15,-
100000 from incomes, the report says.
The finance committee tax bill was
made special order of business Tor
June by the senate.
The finance committee bill, which
grew out of the Progressives' decision
to sidetrack Gov. Blaine's income tax
measure, calls for an increase in rates
on individual incomes from l per cent
on the first $1,000 of taxable income
to 10 per cent on taxable incomes over
$4,000 A fat 4 per cent corporation
rate is established.
Partial Offset Repeal
In an effort to solve the problem
raised by the personal property offset
tC the income tax, the committee bill
provides that individual income tax
payers may still offset their personal
property taxes against their income
tax, while corporations are required to
pay the full tax without any offset.
All mill taxes for state purposes to
support the university, normal schools
and common schools, are repealed by
the bill. This makes it necessary,
committeeman say, to raise an addi-
tional $1,000 900 over the present reve-
nue. from income taxes.
OF the $14,000,000 estimated to be
produced should provisions of the bill
go into effect, SO per cent would be
retained by the state, 40 per cent
would be returned to municipalities
in which collected and 10 ~ cent
would go to the counties-under the
present law cities receive 20 per cent,
the state 20 per cent and the counties
10 per cent of the income tax receipts.
Exemptions allowed by the finance
committee bill are $500 for unmarried
persons, $1,000 for married persons
and $500 for each child or other de-
pendent.
Except for the changed feature of
partial repeal of the personal proper
ty offset, the finance committee meas
ure is almost Identical with the re-
vised Dahl bill, according to members.
The rates on individuals are approx
mately the same as those provided by
Gov. Blaine's measure, senators say.
Auto, Gas Tax Bills Trimmed
The senate revived two highway
committee bills providing for gradu-
ated license fee based upon weight
and a gasoline tax of cents a gallon
to finance Wisconsin's construction
program. After reconsideration and
acceptance of amendments, the meas
ures were sent back to the committee.
Under amendments adopted by the
senate, the 100000 expected to be
realized from the proposed gasoline
tax would go into the same fund with
Sc, 100000 estimated to be produced
from a modified weight tax ranging
from $40 to $26 on automobiles. OF
this total, rs per cent or $6,750,000
would go to the state for construction
and maintenance of 10000 miles of
state trunk highway and $2,250,000
would go to counties to be disposed
of in whatever manner the county
boards decided.
Senator Walter Polakowski offered
all amendment calling for a highway
privilege tax equal to the present per-.
sonal property tax on automobiles,
which would be in lieu of the personal
property tax and returned to locali-
tbs. This proposal was not acted on.
The other amendments were adopted
before the bills went back to com
mittee.
Chiropractors to Be Regulated
Regulation of the practice of chiro-
practors was voted, IA to Is, by the
Wisconsin senate when it engrossed
the Bentley bill establishing an exami-
ming board to determine standards
which members of the chiropractic
profession must comply with to prac-
tice in the state. The senate then en-
crossed the MINER bill to give the
chiropractors representation on the
board of medical examiners in Wis
consin.
Chiropractors opposed the Bentley
bill, after an amendment by Senator
Roethe had been adopted, removing
those now engaged in the profession
from application of the measure.
The assembly went on record as OPP
posed to abolition of the teachers re-
tirement system when it voted ad-!
versely on the Caldwell bill, AZ to 80.
The vote was taken after the assembly