The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11
COLLECTION OF ALASKA TAXES
 SHOW INCREASE

Alaska taxpayers increased near ly one-fourth during the last year.
 Exactly $4,944,678.A in all forms of internal revenue was collectel in the Territory during the 1943 fiscal year end ing June 30th. That is five times the amount obtained in the ifs cal year 1940.
 These figures were disclosed today by Clark Squire, collector of Internal Revenue for the dis trict of Washington and Alaska They do not include Victory tax, which for the first three months amounted to $326, 986. Figures for the second three months are not available because reports for that quarter were not made until after close of tn fiscal year.
 For the fiscal year 1922 total collections for Alaska were 64,- 015, 5,53493. The increase for 1943 was $929, 14331, or 23.1 percent. The increase for the entire coun- try was TIA percent total col lections having jumped from l3 billions to g billions throughout the nation.
 For the state of Washington alone the increase was 127.4 per cent. The amount collected there advanced from 126 millions to 287 millions. The total for the dis trict Washington and AlaSka) for the last fiscal year was $291,- 970, ,440.31.
 Reason for Drop
 Principal reason why Alaska showed such a small percentage increase is that corporation in- come taxes dropped half a mil lion dollarSfrom $73O,859 to $227 ,3l2, a decrease of 689 per cent. Washington, however, showed an increase of 41 percent, making a net increase of 38.3 per cent for the district. Only one collection district showed any loss Pittsburgh district in Pennsyl- vania, for 7.8 percnt. 3
 Alaska's decrease in this kind of tax was due to the fact that some large corporations have ceased operating during the emergency and others have moved their offices Outside and are filing returns elsewhere.
 Individual income tax collec- tions here increased 19.5 percent (from $2,463, ,7O6 to $2,943, ,572) but not quite enough to offset the corporation loss, so the in come tax collections showed a decline of less than one. percent.
 Alaska Is Sixth
 From the standpoint of miscel- laneous internal revenue includ- . ing excess profits, only five dis tricts had larger percentage increase than Alaska. These tax . es in the Territory scared from $442, ,36O to $1,332 ,887, or 2O1.5 percent. The increase nationally . was 882 percent.
 Employment taxes in Alaska ad vanced from $378,608 to $40, ,906 or 164 percent. The national in. : crease was 16.4 percent and fol . the whole district of Washington and Alaska, 62.5 percent. These figures, too, were affected by the . filing elsewhere of returns GOV . ering employment in Alaska. Percentage increases for Alas. : ka were heaviest last year and two years ago. Total collection: here went from $975, 799 in 194( to $1,550,680 in 1941 and to $4,- , 015,534 in 1922, for successive increases of 59 and 159 percent AdmiSSiOn-DueS Taxes on general admissions . and club dues in Alaska jumped from $60,93O for the 1942 fiscal year to $172,454 for the 1943 ifs. : cal year, ending June 30. The increase amounted te III, ,524, or 183 percent. Through. , out the nation the increase was 32 percent.
 Figures on collection of mis- cellaneous taxes in Alaska were . reported recently by Clark Squire collector of Internal Revenue fol the district of Washington ano Alaska, with headquarters in Ia.