Show INCREASE SHOWN IN U S S. S TAX BILl GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS BILLION AND HALF DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR In First Full Year of Prohibition Era There Was Net Reduction of In Taxes on Distilled and Fermented Liquors Washington Americas America's Americas America's tax bill forthe forlie for forthe the lie fiscal year jear ear ending June 30 amounted amount amount- ed to approximately a n billion and azid a half dollars J more ore titan than was paid into the federal treasury Inthe In Inthe the lie previous twelve months The figures were contained In the lie preliminary prelim prelim- inary hoary r report port of the thin commissioner of internal revenue made public October Octo October ber bel 10 It shows that lint from Income and profits taxes tuxes the the- government receIved received re re- re- re approximately three three fourths fourths of till all Its revenue In these two 1 items there was an Increase of over the fiscal fi year of 1919 1910 receipts for the two years jears ears being 1020 1920 1919 uno From multifarious sources of miscellaneous miscellaneous mis taxation the levy produced an Increase over the previous year of Internal revenue revenue receipts for all states and territories was In the first full year jear ear of the prohibition tion era there was a net reduction of in taxes on distilled and fermented liquors the report shows From distilled spirits the government received In the last fiscal y year nr while the taxes from the same source in lOW 1919 were Taxes on on- fermented liquors for the last fiscal flit fis cal year jear aggregated 41 and for the fiscal year of 1919 1910 The transportation tax tar which had be been n estimated to produce about annually rea reached bed for the last fiscal year This included taxes on freight passenger express telephone and telegraph and transfer of oil by pipe line Excise and special t taxes res Including the luxury tax brought about Into the treasury One of the chief Items in this list was the tax on motor cars which netted Taxes on jewelry cosmetics and other so-called so luxuries produced another another another an an- other 56 The special corporation corporation corpor corpor- tax on n the value of its stock yielded The lOW 1919 consumption of cigars was and In the fiscal year jear of 1020 1920 ranged slightly above The report showed that taxes had been paid on on cigarettes in 1918 1018 In lOW 1919 and 50 0 in the fiscal year ended June 30 Commissioner Williams reported the years year's expenditures of the bureau of Internal revenue at This included an expenditure of for foi enforcement of prohibition for enforcement of the lie narcotic I laws vs a and used in enforcing the laws against t child labor The actual cost of tax collection Mr Will Will- lams hams estimated at 50 cents on each collected un an expenditure of about 1 per cent more than In 1919 1910 I |