Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
DISTRICT TAXATION
FOR YEAR REACHES
$33,484,S25 TOTAL
Increase in Collections in
1929 $971,953 More Than
1923 Revenues.
STATEMENT is PREPARED
FOR D. C. COMMISSIONERS
October Was Best Month for Re-
ceipts, With April Not
Far Behind.

The Districts income from taxation
and all other sources reached an I'M
precedented total of $33,4s4, 825.35 in
the 1923 fiscal year ended June 80 last,
according to report prepared for the
Commissioners today by Chatham M.
Towers, collector of taxes.
The collections, the report showed,
exceeded by 1911, 1888 those of the
1928 fiscal year, which at that time
constituted new record of receipts for
any 12-month period. The revenues
for the 1928 year amounted to $32,-
51287197.
While Mr.. Towers has not yet ana
lyzed the revenues 10 determine the
cause of the increase of nearly 81 ,OO0,-
600 in 1929, he expressed the belief that
the higher assessments on real estate,
coupled with the receipts from the q
cent tax on gasoline, which shattered
all previous records, are principally re-
sponsible.
Includes All Sources.
The $33, 484, 825.35 represents the COL
lectionS from every source from which
the District derives revenue. 1t includes
the tangible and intangible personal
property tax, the real estate tax, the
tax on public utility corporations, banks,
ETC., fees for permits Of various kinds.
water revenues and receipts from the
sale of automobile identification tags
and dog tags.
According to Mr.. Towers report, last
october was the banner month for COL
lectlonS. The revenues credited to that
month totaled s7,793,634 April of
this year ranked a close second with a
total Of $500, 50920
Although September and March are
f0Y-nQVif10 he 70
the receipts for the subsequent months
of October and April, respectively, are
higher, is due, Mr.. Towers said, to the
accumulation of checks and money
orders mailed near the close of the tax
paying periods, which are not opened
until the following months.
Collections by Months.
The collections for the various months
Of the 1929 fiscal year, as shown by the
report of Mr.. Towers, follows
July, s1,02o,254.39; August, $s44.-
874.27; September, $4,356, 43445; Oc-
tober, S7,793, 634.45; November, s1,418.-
10000: December, 81 ,504, 341 so; January,
$1,146,86981; February, $1,878, 7o1 90;
March, $4,503,976; April. $6,920,-
5000; May, sl,o29,44l.3o; June,
$1.066,9 82.
In supplementary report Mr.. Tow
CTS SIlONS IIldJ bAlc ICNCLluCS llOHi OIL
sources have increased more than SILL
10000 in the last five years. The re-
ceipts for 1925 amounted to S22, 206.-
865.14 and have advanced consistently
since that time, reaching the new peak
in the last fiscal year.
1927 Largest Year.
The largest increase, however, is
shown in the 1927 fiscal year, when the
receipts were 1921 ,667 higher than in
the preceding fiscal year. A 10-cent
increase in the tax rate is responsible
for a greater portion of this increase.
The tax levy for the last fiscal year,
however, is the same which prevailed
in the 1929 fiscal year-$1.70 on 500
of assessed valuation.
The tax rate in 1925 when the re-
ceipts amounted to S22, FOG, 1854 was
$140. In the following year the levy
was raised to $1.70 and the revenues
increased to $26, COG, 646.83. With tax
rate of $1.80 in 1927, the receipts
amounted to $30,291 ,66758 The re-
ceipts for the following year were $32,-
512.871 97 with tax rate of $1.70. With
the same tax levy the revenues last year
jumped TO the present peak of $33, 484,-
$685.