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Show ILICTIGN OF- INTERNAL REVENUE. i tiuw Law not to- Itaaiilt la m Dunreasa in ttia 2Ftluilr of Dmcr'fits. ruHWJTO;. Oct. t(). The opera-i opera-i -if the internal revenue sections of new tariff law is a subject of consid-hie consid-hie interest at thii- treasury depart-nt.. depart-nt.. Internal Eevenue Cora.iiiasion.er nn stated that the reduction in rev-:n rev-:n caused by th cutting of the to-cn to-cn tax from 8c to 8c per pound will l imit .14,000,000. aad the reduction ped by the abolition of the special es will amount to It.-'iOO.OO!) rci. The total revenue eollect- hy the bureau: will not fall short of what . it reached, t ha fiscal year, w hici was nearl y I 1(10,01)0. Wen? it not for the new 1 it is probable this revenue would enin up during the current fiscal r.m li.lO.nOO.OOO.. The present cost milection is about 2.9 per cent of the Dunt collected. This percentage will halily not be materially altered. A ement has been published that the r law will result in a decrease of the nher of internal revenue districts jnghont the cruntry. This, the commoner com-moner says, is an error. There will is many collectors of internal reve-s reve-s as before. The- abolition of the t:al taxer however,, may cause a til reduction of the clerical force, h in the collectors' offices and in Ellington.. |