Evening star., 1938-01-07
PAYMENTS Of US.
TAXES BY DISTRICT
| EXCEED 24STATE{
$23,O48,450 Paid by Cit!
With .48 Pct. of Nations
Population.
GRAND TOTAL HIGHEST
EXCEPT FOR YEAR 1920
Internal Revenue Report Shows
$4,653, 1875, 5,315-virgima's
Income Levy $21, ,150,937.

The District Of Columbia pays a
higher percentage Of internal revenue
payments than any one Of "a State
and Territories, 1t was disclosed today
by the commissioner of internal rev.
enue, Guy T. Helvering.
In his annual report on collections
Of internal revenue taxes for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1887, the COM
missioner showed that total payments
from the District of Columbia to the
Federal till amounted to so per cent
Of the total paid by the States and
Territories. There were "a States and
Territories which paid q smaller per-
centage each.
Generally for the entire country
Commissioner Helvering disclosed,
payments during the fiscal year ex-
ceeded those Of any previous fiscal
year in the history Of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue except 1920. The
total was $4,653,195, ,3l5, a. compared
with $3.50, ,208, ,3S1 for the fiscal year
1896, an increase Of 1922 per cent.
Income Taxes Exceed 80 States.
In . breakdown Of the figures for
the District Of Columbia, 1t is shown
that this city, with only .48 Of the
population, exceeded 80 States in pay
ment Of income taxes, % States in
payment Of miscellaneous internal
revenue and 10 States in payment of
pay roll taxes under the Social Sc
curity and Carriers Acts.
This is based on the Bureau Of the
Census estimate of population as of
July /, 1886, amounting to $4,000
persons for the District Of Columbia,
consisting of .48 per cent Of the total
population of the United States, which
was estimated at that time At 128,-
16,400.
The District of Columbia paid in
the last fiscal year $15,754,241.30 in
income taxes, including excess profits
taxes, which was .73 per cent Of the
total collections for the country on
this item, Of $2,173,76S .4s3. This Dis
trict contribution to Uncle Sam was
greater than that from each Of 80 of
tAAC N9tdVCC S14o tCA lIA4
In miscellaneous revenues, the Dis
trict paid $3.50, ,769 so, which was .27
per cent of the grand total Of $2,213,-
681, ,523 for the country. Here the Dis
trict paid more than any one Of %
States and territories.
$1,4z3,440 Pay Roll Taxes.
Pay roll taxes, including collections
under the Social Security and Carriers
Acts, amounted to 81 ,423, ,44o.o6, which
was .54 per cent Of the grand total
Of $265, ,745, ,307 for the country from
this purpose. Here the District paid
more than any one Of 10 States and
territories.
The total internal revenue payments
from this city to the Federal till dur
ing the last fiscal year amounted to
So, ,048, ,4509 90, which was so per cent
Of the total Of 1858, ,195.315 for the
country.
Virginia, with 2.07 per cent of the
population, paid s176, 1865, ,4so, which
was 379 per cent Of the total revenue
taxes, q large part Of this contribution
being in miscellaneous taxes from to-
bacco. Income taxes in Virginia
amounted to $21,650,937, which was
100 per cent Of the total; miscellane-
GUS taxes were $152, 2,49s,71e, or $50
per cent Of the total; pay roll taxes
amounted to $2,217,s27, Of 80 per
cent Of the total.
In Maryland, with $50 Per cent
Of the population, total internal reve-
nue collections amounted to $S9,57S,-
996, or 1893 per cent of the total. This
was broken down into $35, 1884, ,o93; in
come taxes, which was 1.65 per cent
of the total: $50, sos, ,912 miscellaneous
taxes, which was 2.29 per cent of
total, and $3,136,09 in pay roll taxes,
which was 1.l8 per cent Of the total.
The commissioner in his annual
report showed that the intelligence
unit during the year made 8S4 investi-
cations of alleged evasion Of income
tax, resulting in the recommendation
for prosecution Of 202 cases, involving
295 individuals. There were 81 con-
victions on this charge and 6 acquit-
tails Investigation Of these cases re-
suited in recommendation for assess
ment Of additional taxes and penalties
aggregating $26, ,702,728.
During the year 1875 cases Of charges
against employees Of the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue were investigated,
resulting in the separation from the
service Of 103 employees and the prose-
cution Of IL, Of which number 10
have been convicted and one indict-
acouittals.