Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-27
INTERNAL REVENUE
SLUMP IS REPORTED
Decline for Fiscal Year From
1927 Record Is Placed
at $75,147,592.23.

Internal revenue receipts of the coun~
try from all sources declined in the
fiscal year ending June 30 last SIS, 14T,-
1928. dropping from S2,865 .683 1891
for the fiscal year 1927 to $2,790 ,535,-
53T68. and receipts i'll the District of
Columbia kept pace with the Nation
wide downward trend, slumping from
the 1927 figure of $l8,227 1892 03 to ST.
1876, 454.1l, although income taxes here
increased. The general decrease here
is attributable to the great drop in mis-
Cellaneous tax receipts from $2.207,-
400 SIS to 1924, 708 in the District
While the Nation showed a drop of 2
per cent in receipts from income taxes
for the fiscal year ending last June from
the 1927 figure Of $2,2l9,952, 443.72 to
S2.t74.573. 1902 SO. the District showed a
2 per cent boost. going from the 1927
figure of $16019, 1922 80 to Sl6.360 745 95.
III the income tax column. while Mary
land registered a decrease of per cent,
dropping from 500 $40, 632 80 to $28, 253,-
900 30, Virginia showed gain of 5 per
cent, advancing from the 927 figure of
$50. 780, 578.76 to $21 $50, $4,000
Drop i'm Maryland District.
In the Maryland collection district, in
which Washington is located. internal
revenue receipts dropped 4 per cent
for the fiscal year, sliding downward
from the 1927 figure Of $50 ,706,307.9l to
S48. 496 1888, Looming prosperouSly ON
the other side of the picture, the Viz
ginia collection district showed gain
of per cent. advancing from the 1927
figure of $40, 100, 328.6l to $83, 694 ,87l Sd,
These figures were made available
today at the Treasury Department, with
the publication of the annual preiim-
nary statement of the Bureau Of In
ternal Revenue Income tax receipts for
The District for the fiscal year 1928
showed that of the $1,000, 1885 gatn-
cred in by Uncle Sam. $3.37l .68404 was
from corporation sources and $7989.-
06l 81 from individual returns. Income
tax receipts for the District for the
fiscal year 1927, showed that $9,2l5,~
322.87 was for corporations and $6,804,-
599.41 was from individuals
Maryland and Virginia were among
the States reporting the largest coli
lections from manufactures Of tobacco
for 1928. which accounted for the prin-
cipal increase in the revenue from
miscellaneous taxes. The increased
manufacture and sale of small Gig
arettes was responsible for the jump
In the levy ON tobacco manufactures.
which amounted to S20,279, 1895 80. al
though the collections from miscel-
laneous taxes. which include all sources
of internal revenue except income tax.
fell $29, 1868, 25l 40, slumping from the
1927 figure OF $645 1870 ,686.19 to $6l5,
962. 43479.
Under the manufacture of tobacco.
Maryland reported collections of 1913,
620.66 for cigars, $l78.03 for cigarettes
and $441.72 for manufactured tobacco
and snuff In this category. Virginia
collections of s1,034 092.90 for
cigars. ST., 793,029.54 for cigarettes
the second largest figure in the Nation
and topped only by North Carolina with
Si82. 052 ,936-and for manufactured to-
bacco and snuff. the Old Dominion re-
ported collections of $2.654, 034 Sc
Pennsylvania paid the largest tax on
cigars, 1t amounting to $6.850 900.
There was a decrease of Sl4.809,65
in collections from tax on automobiles
and motor cycles. which amounts to
$51 1913 1855 in 1928. with Michigan lead
ing the States with S3T ,372 .668
Collections from tax on admissions to
theaters and other places Of amusement
decreased $2l5.684 to $l7.724,952, while
the tax on distilled spirits and cereal
beverages decreased S5,947 ,098 to SIS
AT ,034. The tax collected from docu-
mentary stamps increased Sll.2l5,4l2.
while that on playing cards increased
$268, 242 bringing the total OF stamps
taxes to S,829 .208.
Of the income tax collections In 1923,
81 ,29f ,845 ,989 was from corporations
and $685., 727, 1873 from individuals The
individual income tax for the year 1927
amounted to $9i1.839.9l0.
During the fiscal year refunds for
taxes Illegally collected in 1926. 1927
and 1923 and prior years, amounting To
$l42, 1913 .567, were made, while interest
allowed on refunds amounted to
$28,258.l70
Collections by States.
The internal revenue tax collected By
States was.
Alabama, So, SAT $3.50 50; Alaska. $780,
108.02 Arizona, $l920. i61 81; Arkan-
sas. S4,332, 02l so. California, $l37,2i8,-
1893 Colorado. Si1 1875, 30033, Con-
necticut. $36.ll4.l39.76; Delaware. S2l, :
OH, 64403: Florida. S23, ABA, 500 10:
Georgia. Slabs, BAT 60: Hawaii, 1924. :
1928 Idaho, $l,144 .43I.5l, Illinois,
1922. oil &. 66l So: Indiana, $34. 694, 1856 81 !;
Iowa, 81 1892, sos. 80: Kansas, $l9,30G,-
282 So; Kentucky, $24 OH 1850; Louisi-
ana. $l4,2l4,433.67: Maine $8,469,-
500 81. Maryland. $3I 81 .205 27, Massa-
chusetts, $105,4l7.386 %, Michigan,
sta ,978,227 Minnesota. $27, 844. 872,53.
So. 1869. 1887; Missouri, sos
084 ,979.76; Montana. S2,978, 439 40; Ne
braska, $5.732 668.22 Nevada, $8o2,~
B49.32. New Hampshire. $4,000. 449.81:
New Jersey. sos. sol 1851 SO.
New Mexico, 88,57693. New York
$753, as .02314; North Carolina. S225-
15.303.53: North Dakota S788, 492 Al:
Ohio $3.50. 500, 998 81: Oklahoma. $40
514,B87 So; Oregon, SO, 100 3832l Penn
sylvania, s246, 742 .684 go; Rhode Island
$f4.7T0. 434 AZ; South Carolina $3,897,
4il.79 South Dakota. $745. 39i 20:
Tennessee. $i7835. ISL SO. Texas, SAT,
332. $1,000; Utah, $3.77l ,438g3: YER
mont $4,000, 70303. Virginia, $50, 694. :
1853; Washington, Sl2 738, 997 OF: West
Virginia, $i5,882, 220.46; Wisconsin
SAB, ISL 58617; Wyoming. So, l66, 1893 72;
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