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Show INCREASE SHOWN IN 0. S. IAX BILL GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS BILLION AND HALF DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR. In First Full Year of Prohibition Era There Was Net Reduction of $343,- 000,000 In Taxes on Distilled and Fermented Liquors. Washington. America's- tax bill foi the fiscal year ending June ItO amounted amount-ed to $5,108,075,108, approximately ft billion mid a half dollars more than was paid Into the federal trensury In thu previous twelve months. Tho figures wero contained In the prelluii Inary report of tho commissioner of Internal rexenue, made public October Octo-ber 10. It shows that from Incnmo and profits taxes the government received re-ceived approximately throe-fourths of all Its revenue. In these two items there was an Increase of Jl.'.triO.OOO.OOO over tho fiscal year of HMD, receipts for the two years being: 1020, ?3,057, 701,000; 1010, ?2,000.000,000. From multifarious sources of "miscellaneous" "mis-cellaneous" taxation the levy produced 51,s"50,.TM,000, an Increase over the previous year of $201,000,000. Internal revenuo receipts for nil states and territories was ?r,408,075, 108, In the first full year of tho prohibition prohibi-tion era there wns u net reduction of $!li:i.009,000 In taxes on distilled and fermented liquors, tho report shows. From distilled spirits tho government received 07,007.000 in tho Inst fiscal year, while the taxes from tho samo snuri'o In 1010 were $:0I5,mi,000. Taxes on fermented liquors for the Inst fiscal fis-cal year aggregated $11,005,000 and for tho fiscal year of 1010, $1 17,8510,-000. 17,8510,-000. The transportation tax, which linil been estimated to produco about $275,-000.000 $275,-000.000 annually, reached $307,803,000 for the last fiscal year. This Included tnxes on freight, passenger, express, telephone und telegraph, and transfer of oil by pipe line. Kxclso nnd special taxes, Including the "luxury tnx," brought about $170,-000,000 $170,-000,000 Into tho treasury. One of the chief Items In this list wns tho tnx on motor cars, which netted $141,000,000. Taxes on Jewelry, cosmetics und other so-called luxuries produced another an-other $50,000,000. The special corporation corpor-ation tnx on tho value of its stock yielded $1).1,000,000. The 1010 consumption of cigars was 7,110,000,000, and in tho fiscal year of 1020 ranged slightly nbovo 8,200,-000,000. 8,200,-000,000. Tho report showed thnt taxes hnd been paid on .10,050,000,000 cigarettes In 1018, :iS,100,000,00 In 11)10 und 50,-400.000.000 50,-400.000.000 in tho flscnl year ended June .10. Commissioner Williams reported tht year's expenditures of the bureau of Internal revenuo nt $27,700,000. This Included nn expenditure of $2,100,000 for enforcement of prohibition, $405,-000 $405,-000 for enforcement of thu narcotic laws, nnd $00,000 used In enforcing the Inws against child labor. Tho actual cost of tax collection Mr. Will-lams Will-lams estimated at 50 cents on each $100 collected, an expenditure of about 1 per cent more than In 11)10. |