Evening star., 1936-12-14
S1,0)0,OOO INCOME
BRACKET DOUBLES
IN THREE YEARS
Tax Figures Show al Re.
ported Million or More
Net in 1885.
$500, 900 TO S25O,OO0
LARGEST IN CAPITAL
14.S Per Cent of D. C. Population
Pays Income Levy, Rank.
ing District Highest.

Persons with an income of $1,000.
900 or more increased from 80 in
1884 TO Al in 1885, it was disclosed
today by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue. At the same time, reports
showed that in the District of Co.
lumbia the highest net income in
1884 was between 100000 and $780,
900. These details on the District
were not disclosed for 1885.
The bureau made public statistics
OF income for both 1884 and 1885.
showing a substantial increase in net
income and tax liability.
The group reporting incomes Of
81 100000 or more was shown now
to be on the steady incline upward.
There were only 20 in 1882 as COM
pared with 513 in 1929
In the District Of Columbia in
1884 the biggest net income reported
was between 100000 and $3.50, 900,
while the next highest was between
s150,000 and 100000. In order
further TO conceal identity of tax
payers" the figures from these two
were Jumped together as having
reported a total income of s824,1S3,
and paying tax of $267,263. There
we're 13 taxpayers here reporting
incomes of between 100000 and
s150,000. They paid a total tax of
s527,53s.
S5,653,864 Paid in ID. C.
The total tax paid by 82,871 indi-
vidualS in the District in 1884
amounted to S5,653,864, which was
the largest since 1929. 1t compared
with S4,625,042 for 1888.
The District was shown to have
14.S per cent of its population filing
returns. This places the Capital In
the lead over all States and territories
in this particular. The next compel.
itor on such a percentage was New
York State with 629 per cent.
The 82,87l individuals filing here
reported a net income of 1924, 1926, $50.
The average net income of those
filing reports here in 1884 was
s2,s34.83, and the average tax paid
was s6822 The personal exemption
and credit for dependents here aggre.
gated s156,022.8 .897.
Returns Increase for 1885.
The report on 1885, based on
returns up to August 81, 1896. shows
that aggregate net income for the
country was s14,656, ,079, ,421, and tax
liability s654,116,061.
The number of returns for 1885
increased by 485.157 or 1872 per cent
as compared with the previous year.
on the basis of returns filed up to
August 81, 1885. The total net
income increased S2.199,816,930, or
1T per cent. and tax liability
increased $l47,634,9 ,938, or 291 per
cent. The average net income for all
returns was $3,276.25. The tax liza
bility averaged for all returns s146.22.
and for taxable returns s316.34. The
average tax rate for all returns was
as per cent in 1885. as compared
with 3.4 per cent in 1884.
Top Bracket Grows.
How the top bracket net incomes
are increasing was shown distinctly
by details for the two years.
For instance, in 1884, of the 80 in
comes over the million-dollar level,
81 had between s1,000000 and ST.
SOC. 900: four between 81, 500 900 and
1000, 600; six between $2,000,0 and
So, ,OOO, 600; one between $4,000, ,000 and
81 900 900. and one sS.000,0 900 or more.
In 1885. as reported up to August
81. 1896, there were % between ST.
600 900 and $l.500.000: eight between
81, 500, 900 and s2,000,0 900: two between
100000 and $3.000.0 900: seven be-
tween s3.O00,000 and 100000. and
one between $4,000, 900 and $4,000 900.
In Virginia the analysis for 1884
showed 13 persons paid taxes on net
incomes of more than 100000.
Pay $792,148 Tax.
Three returns were filed by indi-
viduals in the 100000 to $l50,000
classification; eight in the s150,000
to 100000 group, and two in the
100000 to $25o,ooo group.
These IS individuals, reporting q
net income of $2,123,054, paid taxes
totaling $792,148.
Returns were filed by 1874 Vir-
ginians for the year, constituting 1874
per cent Of the population. They
paid taxes totaling $3.665,S10 on net
income after deductions of $780,
e32, ,355.
Maryland Figures.
In Maryland for 1894 three persons
reported net incomes between $780,
900 and 81 100000 and three reported
incomes between 100000 and $780,
600.
The biggest incomes in the coun-
try were reported in 1884 among in
come groups and States as follows:
Income Of $1.o00.00o to 81, SOC, 600
Florida, /; Illinois, 1; Indiana, 1:
New Jersey, 4: New York, 8; North
Carolina, 1; Pennsylvania, 4.
$1,500,000 to $4,000. .000-Delaware,
/; Illinois. /; New York, 2.
100000 to $4,000, ,000-Michigan,
/; New Jersey, 8; New York, 2.
s3,o0o,o0o to $4.oo0.o0o - New
York, /.
s5,O00,O0O and over-New York. /.