Evening star., 1950-08-06
District Revenues Up
S24 Million in Year
To S108 Million Total
By Horriet Griffiths

New taxes and increases in old
levies contributed to a $24 million
rise in the Districts revenue for
the year ended June 80 over the
previous year.
The city had nearly $108 million
in receipts to add to the $12 mil
lion Federal share of it's costs.
Budget officials point out that
the city needed this increase to
meet higher costs. including the
pay raises granted by Congress,
and to catch up on some of the
backlog of construction needs built
up since World War II.
The two pennies per dollar which
buyers contributed in sales taxes
during the first 10 months it was
in effect added up to nearly a
tenth of the 1850 revenues. or
$11,304,048.
Realty Tax Largest.
Largest single source of revenue
was the realty tax, which was in
creased from So to $215 per $100
valuation. This levy brought in
S35 5.205 1886. a rise of $3,l20,41l
over the figure for the previous
year
Alcoholic beverage taxes, in
creased SO per cent and totaled
S622 TOT more than the $3.50, ,O1O
collected in 1949. and beer taxes.
increased 100 per cent. went up
S226, ,470 from the $299,276 in 194s.
Licenses and permits, reflectlng
a 65 per cent increase for liquor
and beer licenses. brought in
S3,151,754, or $597,075 more than
the previous year.
Individual income and unincor-
porated business leyies were not
increased but brought in more
money through wider coverage.
The individual income figure was
S5,O43,84O, or $400,517 more than
in 1949, and unincorporated busi-
ness taxes yielded $1,206,171. or
S543,367 more than in the previ-
Gus year.
Estate Receipts Rise.
Inheritance and estate taxes
brought in $1,314,896 more than
the $1,756,536 collected in 1949.
Altogether, taxes going into the
general fund were S21.696. .506
above the $65,581 ,089 collected in
fiscal 1949. The highway fund
showed an $838.609 jump. of
which $67O,501 came from gaso-
line taxes and $75,174 from the
automobile registration tax. Gas
tax receipts totaled ST ,439,677 and
auto registration, $1,711.6 .649.
In the water fund, water rates
produced $4,594,981, or S402,865
more than in 1949.
The new taxes. besides the sales
tax, were the cigarette levy. which
produced $1,267,958, and the
motor vehicle excise tax, which
brought in $1,603,200.
Sales Tax Administrator Allan
F. Brooke has compiled break
down on sales and use tax re-
ceipts, which show that depart
ment stores collected $2,216,925 Of
the first 10 months receipts, or
1851 per cent.
Clothing Sales Cited.
Next came liquor concerns, tav-
erns and night clubs, with ST.
030, ,444, or 9.12 per cent.
Womens clothing sales brought
in $650,620, or 5.76 per cent of
the total.
Other leading types of business
in sales tax yield were: Hotels
and rooming houses. $532,074 or
All per cent; restaurants and
lunch rooms, $524,513 or 4.64 per
cent; light and power companies,
$499.162 or 4.42 per cent; furni-
ture stores, $323,359 or 2.86 per
cent; mems and boys clothing
firms. $317,155, or 2.81 per cent;
variety stores, $316,560 or 2.80 per
cent; electrical and plumbing con-
Germs, $300,042 or 2.65 per cent.
Shoe stores, $288, 1898 or 2.56 per
cent; lumber and building mate
rials. $285,704 or 2.53 per cent;
grocery stores, $264,929 or 2.34
per cent; drug stores, $250,417 or
.2.21 per cent; family clothing
stores, $238,578 or 2,11 per cent;
jewelry. leather and sporting
goods, $233,107 or 2.06 per cent;
fuel dealers, $227,888 or 2.01 per
cent and music, radio and tele-
vision stores, $223,042 or 1877 per
cent.