New Britain herald., 1923-06-06
INCOME TAXES IN
 CONNECTICUT DROP
Number of Persons Having As' sessable Incomes Down by 25,OOO
BY GEORGE F, MANNINa


 Washington, D, C., June 6, - In
 come taxes paid hg the citizens O
 Connecticut for the year la2l shaWel
 a dFap Of practically onertRiTd from
 those paid in ias0l the total net n,
 come on which taxes were paid de
 slined about ss per cent and Inc
 number Of persons having taxable in'
 comes was decreased by aa,f0h, nl
 about i6 per cent, The average iaA
 raid by each person reporting fell
 from slnR for 1890 10 sk6 for 1881
 while The average per capita income
 tax for each resident Of the state in
 1891 was sf,70
 The total amount paid into the treasury Of the United states by Con neetient citizens for 1891 in income taxes was si0,s2s,0ih-l,tA per cent Of the total tax paid in the entire country, The net income reported by the i2s,269 persons making returns was sa43.0tT,is6 or i,7b per cent ot the total income reported for the United States,
 Hartford led the cities of the state in the number Of persons making in- como tax returns with lT,faa, New Haven was second. with lT,h7i; while the other leading cities of the state were Bridgeport, ii.i6T! Waterbury, T.i3s: Meriden, 2,99b. Stamford, 1.sss: New Britain. a.ss6; Norwich, AS6t: Greenwich. 2.ts7; New London, z.t8i and Norwaik, 2.as0.
 By counties. the number Of returns 0led was as follows: New Haven. 3e,. 1as; Hartford. 3b.29i: Fairfield, 97,- III; New London. 7.ss3; Litchheld, <.667; Middiesex, 3.s0b; Windham. s,7it. and Holland. l.769.
 The total number of personal re- turns filed in the country at large for the calendar year 1921 was 6,s62.i7s, according to preliminary report Of statistics of income issued by the bureau of internal revenue. The total amount of net income reported by these was s1e.577,2i2,52s. and the tax. (normal and surtax) amounted to , $7i8,3S1, 106: as compared with 1920, Ehese figures show a falling off of Ee1,76S in the number of returns filed, . reduction in the total net income reported amounting to s4.15s.416,655. and a decrease fin the total tax of ' s3S66.666.5s0.
 Tho average net income per return for 1921 was $2,93s.56. the average amount of tax S1o7.as. and the aver age tax 3.s7 per cent.
 The proportion of the population filing, according to the population re- ported by the 14th census G920,) up- on which all the figures are based, was 6.2s per cent. The per capita net income reported was slS4.65 and the per capita tax was s6.79 For the preceding year the proportion of the population filing returns was 6.s5 per cent, the per capita income reported was s223.s7 and the per capita tax was s10.14
 There werere ceived 21 returns of | incomes of $1.0o0,00O and over for the calendar year 1921; 63 of income from s500.000 to s1,000,0 900: 162 of | income from s3oo,o00 to s500,00o; | T39 of income from s150,000 to $300,- | GOO; 1867 of income from s1O0,o00 to s150,000; and SHY of income from s5o,ooo to s10o.000. Fluctuations in incomes of million and over are shown in a table which gives for the year 1920 the number of such incomes as 33; 65 in 1919, 67 in 1918, Al in 1917, 206 in 1916, 120 in 1915 and SO in 1914.
 The largest number of returns was from New York, 1,066,637 or 16.o1 per cent ofthe total, the tax amount Ing to s210,76s,379 or 2s.so per cent of the total Pennsylvania was next, Inc number of returns received being s21.1o3 or e.32 per cent of the total, and the tax $s4,660,220 or 11.76 per cent of the total. Illinois was third.
 The number of husbands and wives, with or without dependent children, md of husbands whose wives though lying with them filed separate re- turns was 3.477,592. The number of wives making separate returns from husbands was S9,634. The number of nen filing returns as heads of fam lies was 401,662 and the number of women filing returns as heads of fam lies was 115,356. The number of re- urns from II other men was 1,945,- |09 and from all other women 60S,- 29. The amount of net income report d from dividends and therefore not X ub1ect to the normal tax was so,- E 76,952,399. These included by far he larger part of all incomes of 100000 and more. Net income ex- mpt from normal tax because of per onal exemption and credit for de- amounted to s14, 191, S55s.- DO, and from interest on government bltgations not wholly exempt from Ix to s46.994.406.
 Income from personal services llaries wages, commissions, bonuses, rectors' fees, etc, amounted to s13,- ls.169,165. About three -fourths of I incomes between s2,000 and slO,- 100 per year were in this class. In- 'mes from business trade. com cree, partnership, farming and 'of1ts from incidental sales of real tate, stocks, bonds and other prop ty. and income from fiduciaries, mounted to s4,170.363.591 Income om property-rents, royalties, in- rest on bonds. notes, etc., and divi-