Evening star., 1933-05-19
CAPITAL AREA PAYS
.$1R,a)4 BEER TAXES
Collections for Entire U. S.
Reach Nine Millions
During April.

Federal beer taxes paid in Maryland
and the District of Columbia ~ April
amounted to $178,804, it was announced
by the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
which showed the total beer revenue for
the country amounted to $9,139,687 for
the month.
The S. a barrel tax netted for the
country S6,269,052; licenses, $869,8ll,
and 80 VINE tax only 1924.
In the local collection district, Mary
land and the District of Columbia, the
IS barrel tax brought in $152,850;
the brewers special tax at the rate of
81 900 for a full fiscal year brought in
$500; the wholesale dealers beer license
fee at $50 year brought in s2,483; the
retail dealers tax at $50 year brought
in $22,970.
Run Behind Estimates.
The tax collections were for only %
days, from April 7 when the new brew
became legal. If the collections con-
tinue at the same rate the total for the
year would be about $135, 100000, a fig
ure somewhat under previous estimates
of about $150,000,000.
The Internal Revenue Departments
report for April showed that the grand
total of all taxes for that month was
about $l53,000,000 less than March but
$34 100000 more than collected in April,
1882. The March figure wes swelled by
Sl73,O0O,000 in income taxes.
While the beer tax added more than
S9,000,0OO to the taxes collected for the
month the grand total was approximately
S153 100000 less than in March when
$l76,000,000 was collected in income
taxes. The total, however was S34. .OOO,-
600 more than collected in April of last
year before the new levies in the S. ,O00,-
0oO,O00 tax bill were enacted by Con-
gress.
Other taxes showed unexpected re-
actions to the business increase due
chiefly to the fact that most of the
collections while reported for April
actually were taxes accrued in March
and not turned over to the Government
by banks and dealers until the end of
April
The tax on gasoline dropped from
$l0,547, ,f65 in March to 1882, 100 in
April, on electrical energy from SO ,206,-
ATT to $2826,273, on telegraph and
telephone messages from $2,16l ,594 to
81 ,247, ,305, while the tax on bank checks
decreased from $2,945, 1886 in March to
$2,752, 1913 in April.
Increased market activity, however,
was reflected in taxes on trading, stock
u dIlolclS dllu CdplIdl SLOCk ISSUES. LIE
Government took in ST ,075, ,961 on bonds,
capital stock issues, conveyances, ETC.,
as compared to $1.026,719 the previous
month, and 81 ,525 ,961 on stock trans
fers as compared with $1,462,662 in
March. Future delivery returned tax
of $229,423 as compared with $l49,785.
The tobacco tax showed increased
sales Cigarettes paid $23,921 ,084 as
compared with 1928 GAG the previous
month, but cigars showed 100000 in
crease to a total of $812,923. snuff an
increase of S147,000 to $4,000 and
manufactured tobacco an increase of
S85, 600 to $4574, 056.
The Internal Revenue Bureau in an
nouncing the taxes for April also listed
by States the beer tax received under
the various rates. The fermented malt
liquor tax was SIS per barrel of 81 gal
Ions, the brewers special tax was at
the rate of 1000 for a full fiscal year,
the wholesale dealers beer license, fee
was $50 a year and the retail dealers
$40 a year.