Evening star., 1930-12-08
revenue
PAID BY D. c. HIGH
Receipts From Local Sources
Surpass Those of rs States
and Three Territories.

l SAtIN u tu " u tIkOl IOOs
The District of Columbia last yeal
paid into the Federal Treasury NOR;
internal revenue taxes than most of tho
States of the Union, and with only AZ
per cent of the total population of the
country 1t paid So per csnt of the tota
internal revenue collections, according tC
the annual report of the collector oi
internal revenue, made public today.
Twenty-Five States, Alaska, Hawai-
and the Philippine Islands each fell be.
low the District in their total payments
There was a 3 per cent increase ir
total collections from the entire coun.
try for the fiscal year ended June 80
1880. over the previous fiscal year. ac-
cording to the commissioners report
but the District of Columbia, to th,
contrary, showed decrease of about
! 6 per cent during the same period.
Despite this decrease, the Nationa
Capital turned in a total of internal
revenue receipts of $15,724,6 ,675.72 fol
the fiscal year 1880. including $14,784,-
1881 income tax, and $940, 1904 mis-
cellaneous taxes. This compares with q
total OF $1,000, 1900 internal revenu;
receipts from this city in the previous
year, 1929.
Payments From States.
This city's contribution of more thar
$15.000000 for 1880 was larger thar
contributions from 25 States and Terri
tories, as follows:
Alabama, $7,161 ,o54 90; Alaska, $l3s,-
1861; Arizona. $2,965, ,710.O1; Arkan-
sas, $3,156, ,507.34 Colorado, $12,468,.
45O.77; Georgia, $12,52O, ,6I8.54; Hawaii
$5,515, 5,914.45; Idaho, $S68, ,067.52; Iowa
$13, ,358, ,6S548; Louisiana. S12. .199, ,672 .94
Maine, S8,670,813 09; Mississippi, ST.
099,915.16; Montana, $2,610,T39.32: Ne
brsska, $5,705, ,779.81; Nevada, $1,879,-
60888; New Hampshire, $3,753,97 rs;
New Mexico. $924,647.51; North Dakota
$S56, ,2s2.4s; Oregon, $5.744, ,794.79;
Rhode Island, $l5,307, ,49416; South
Carolina, $3,018,204.30 South Dakota
$SS7. .6l1.S8: Utah. $3.225, ,694.42; Yer
mont, $2,229, ,514.73: Washington, $14,-
303, ,28o.31; West Virginia, $l2, ,139, ,82O.-
81; Wyoming, 752,334.55, and Philip
pine Islands, $324,8I5.
The total internal revenue collections
| for the entire country for the fiscal
ysar- 1890 amounted to 3,040, ,145, 1871
compared with $2,939 ,054, ,37543 in the
! previous year. The income tax collec-
| ton showed an increase of per cent
from $2,311, ,274, ,428.64 to $2,410,259,-
230.28.
Tax Refunds for Year.
Tax refunds during the year totaled
| $241 ,526,816, the commissioner reported
Rejected claims for tax overassess-
ments totaled $l64,093.902.
| OF the overassessment granted
! $124,019.820 represented amounts not
collected. A total of $35 5,819, ,633 was
| credited against taxes due in other
years, while $87,687, 1858 was refunded OF
paid in cash.
Interest aggregating $3e,515,s74 was
paid on the amounts refunded OF
| credited.
During the year, 44,166 claims against
the Government were adjusted. OF the
number, 81 1877 were allowed in full OF
in part. while 12,849 were rejected.
The miscellaneous tax collections dur
ing the fiscal year 1880 amounted ia
1929 1886, ,502.89, as compared with $607,-
| 779, ,946.79 collected during the fiscal
year 1929, an increase Of $22 LOG, $50 10
or 4 per cent. The principal increases
in the revenue from miscellaneous taxes
for the fiscal year 1880 were from to-
bacco manufactures and documentary
stamp taxes.
| Costs Of Operation.
! The amount expended and obligated
| in administering the internal revenue
tax laws for the fiscal year 1880 was
$S4, ,352 ,063.4l, not including the amount
expended for refunding taxes illegally or
enormously collected, which is in no
sense an administrative expense. The
| aggregate receipts of internal revenue
were $3,040, las, 1917, which makes the
cost Of operation for the fiscal year 1890
Sl.l3 for each 500 collected, as COM
pared with SLIT for the fiscal year 1929
During the year a reduction of l49
employees was made in the personnel in
the income tax unit, of which 1O4 were
from the Washington force and As from
the Held. This reduction was made
possible as the work has been brought
TO a more current condition, and was
| accomplished by the unit not being re-
| CURED TO fill all vacancies caused by
resignation and separation.
| The work of the Special Advisory
| Committee over a period of approxi-
mately three years has proved con-
clusively the contention of the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue that Federal tay-
atlon is matter Of administration and
not litigation" said the report.
| AT the close of the fiscal year ended
June 50. 1925, there were pending be-
1ore the Board of Tax Appeals more
than 10000 appeals. The number of
new appeals filed was considerable in
excess OF the number disposed of. TIC
meet the situation. there was adopted
in 1927 an aggressive settlement policy
particularly with respect to cases which
appeared destined for litigation rather
than settlement through administrative
processes. The activities of the COM
mittee in this direction have been Or
derly. with the settlement procedure
! given effect so that the result in each
case disposed Of by the committee shall
have been consistent with the proven
facts and the law thereto applicable
with every endeavor to maintain the
completed work on the highest possible
standard of excellence The results Of
the committees intensive efforts IN thi,
direction are shown by the fact thai
cases comprising 1920 docket number.
which had been carried to the Board Of
Iax appeals were recommended fol
closing by the committee up to June
so, 1880. Following negotiations witt
the petitioners, settlements were OBJ
tanned by the committee in 9,840, o,