Evening star., 1924-07-07
DISTRICT SHOWS
SLUMP IN TAXES
Revenue Figures Show WASH
ington Fails to Follow Suit
in Nations Prosperity.
DROP is 6.85 PER CENT
Total Net Income for Country in
1922. However. Increased
8.98 Per Cent.

District of Columbia prosperity
slumped substantially below that for
the nation as a whole during the year
1922, according. to preliminary statis-
ties of personal income taxes pub
lished today by Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Blair.
Where the nation showed an in
crease in all items the District not
only fell below that average for the
country, but in some instances indi-
Gated decrease from the year be
fore. A different revenue law was in
effect. however. in 1921.
While the total taxes paid in
creased 1863 per cent over 1921 for
the country, the District of Columbia
increased $50 per cent. Net income
for the country increased S.9S per
cent, while net income in the District
dropped off 6.So per cent. The num-
Der of persons making sufficient in
come to bring them into the income
paying class throughout the nation
increased l.SS per cent, while the same
class in the District of Columbia fell
off by 1893 per cent, by far the
largest decrease of any state or ter
ritory The next largest decrease in
this item was in West Virginia, with
7.67 per cent.
the United States increased from g.
662.176 in 1921 to 6,7S7,4Sl in 1922.
while the taxpayers in the District
dropped from S9,966 in 1921 to 1928
in 1922.
Net Income Drops.
The total income in the United
States increased to $21.336,21 $40,
while the District of Columbia net
income reported fell off from SPAS,
1855 in 1927 to s231.32s.739 in 1872
The average net income for the
country amounted toss3.li3.46. with
the average amount of tax s126 Sc.
while the average net income for the
District rose from $3.50 ill 1921 to
$500 in 1922, with the average tax
at S106.9S.
The total tax paid by the country
rose by 1859 per cent over 1921 to
1861 .051. sos. while the District of Co
lumbia rose by $50 per cent from
S1.104.564 in 1921 To SS.336.5s7 in 1922.
There were 1882 persons in the
District who paid taxes on an income
of $4,000 or over, 4,5o4 who paid on
incomes of $4,000 to 10000 and 1,4S1
who paid on inmoces under $1,000.
The amount paid by Washingtonians
W
of the government.
Nations Net Income Higher.
Based on the 1920 census. 6.2 per
cent of the total population paid
taxes and. by the basis of calculation.
each American citizen, whether man.
woman or child. had a net income
for 1922 of s1af72. just $40 higher
than in 1921. The per capita tax by
the federal government amounted to
1856, almost 81 more than in the
previous year, in which, however. d
different schedule of tax levies was
in effect.
The year 1922 produced returns for
sixty seven net incomes of 81 .O00. 600
and over. the highest for this ella IS since
1918, when a similar number was re-
ported There were twen.v-one such
incomes reported in 1921 In the
class between 100000 and $1,000. coo
incomes there were 161 returns, as
compared with siXty-three for 1921.
There were fewer returns shown z
net income between 100000 and
100000. One hundred and four re-
turns in that class were renorted,
or forty more than in the preceding
year.
There were 1900 persons report
ing net incomes between s50,000 and
100000 a gain Of 1000 over 1921;
All with incomes between 500 900