Evening star., 1949-07-20
Tax Collection Drop
OF Il Billions Under
R Total Revealed
BY the Assoeiated Press

The Treasury Department said
today tax collections for the year
ended June 80 totaled $40,448,-
4s8,370. a drop of $1,416,043,925
from the s41,S64,542,2e5 of the
preceding IL months.
Populous New York, as usual.
led all States by paying a total of
$7,367. .802,70 This amount. how
ever, was $607,711 COT less than the
States 1948 Federal tax bill of
$7,s75,513,716.
Maryland. which includes Dis
trict of Columbia collections,
paid $1,068,838,441, compared to
$1,148,315.806 in 1948. Virginia
paid $769,ss4.e26 as against $768,
646,376 last year.
Illinois In Second Place.
Other leaders with 1948 figures
in brackets) followed New York in
this order:
Illinois, s3,557,241.4S2 (s3,7s5.-
815,37o); Pennsylvania, $3,207,-
9s0,09s ($3,222,7 ,78s,298; Ca1ifor-
MIA. $2,s41.162,262 (s3.1o3, ,679.-
12D; Ohio. s2,623.734,774 S2.-
665, 5,707, ,099); Michigan, $685.
017,o2s ($2,252,2sQ,55D; Texas,
s1,37s.S43.163 (s1,285, ,123,O45);
North Carolina, $1,166.217,593
($1,238, ,661 ,e9D; Massachusetts,.
$l,22s,117,503 (s1.347,0S4, ,o92);
New Jersey, $1,150.378,790 $1,-
272,223, ,662), and Missouri, s1.094,-
1864 ($1,114,993.503D.
The individual income tax COL
lections, including tax withheld by
employers, represented the Gov
ernments largest single source of
revenue - $18,O29,745,504 this
year, compared to $20,997, ,780. 500
in the last 12-month period.
Corporation income and profits
taxes were $11.56S,383,478 ($1o,-
174,409,833); employment taxes,
$2,475, ,980.012 ($2,381,342,352), and
miscellaneous internal revenue,
$8,374,389,374 ($8,311 ,009, ,409).
Delaware Total S306.155,065.
The totals for all other States
were:
Alabama, s25s.oss,57s s27e.-
s43.s20; Arizona. ss2,051,7 ,784
($83,813,69D; Arkansas, $115.-
735,725 (s121,751,193) Colorado,
$276,727,867 1921 ,84s,64s); Con-
necticut, $641,343,140 ($664,93s,-
28O): Delaware, $306.155, ,065
($308, ,240,9 Florida, $341,150,-
o51 $685. ,355,704).
Georgia, s4o3, ,063 ,o23 (s439,033,-
sss; Hawaii. seo,s24,6s3 (s108.-
177,s86); Idaho. $76,323,181
t$7s, ,S6s,935); Indiana. s944,222.-
429 ($1,o11,921,11O; Iowa. $4o7,-
426, ,429 (s446.7 .7s9,96D; Kansas,
$40l.546 SOC ($4O6, ,o84,63D Ken
lucky, $sos. 1913, 800 (s78o.53O,27D. =.
Louisiana, s356,8s3,os7 1884,
272.1sO; Maine, ss$l17,442 .759
, t$l3d,747,1sD; Minnesota. $685.
21s,s4Kls7o6. .23s ,35sl; Mississippk
$10o.6t2,s73 (s1O6.838. 1900.
Montana, $7s,79S,s7s ($S5,1s4,-
1850; Nebraska, $276.045, ,443
($323s448,43S): Nevada. 38,1o2.- :
$40 (t4fsSsS,7sD; WHamp-
shire, $71,75s,2z2 t$e5,44S,95s);
New Mexico. $55, ,267,737 (s55, ,32o.-
140); North Dakota, SCI, ,62s, ,3o3
($69, ,240,059) Oklahoma, $418,-
369,s45 ($368, 1876, ,098).
West Virginia Pays 242 Millions.
Oregon, $2sS, S,26s,4 ,4S5 $685.
$3.50; Rhode Island, $214.666,216
1924 4,082); South Carolina,
$204, 1886, ,943 (s207,471 ,9o6); South
Dakota, $64,055,105 (s76,211,9 $3.50;
Tennessee, 1898, OBS, 1888 ($359, ,osS,-
2S5O; Utah, s90,7o3,343 (s92,246,-
1889; Vermont, s40,143,s44 (s46,-
e0o,540).
Washington Gncluding Alaska),
$505, ,215.967 ($533,126,028); West
Virginia, s242,5oo,251 $236.727,-
119; Wisconsin, $7S7.s71,7 ,731
($79s,502,1o4); Wyoming, $3S,791,-
SIT ($38,958,288).