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Show HOLD FINAL MEETING. Washington, April 3. The Demo-cratlc Demo-cratlc majoritv of the house committee commit-tee on ways and means reassembled today at what was expected to be the I final meeting previous to the tariff revision bill being laid before the 1 Democratic caucus noxt Tuesday 1 With the points of difference be- j tween President Wilson and the com-mittee com-mittee settled by an agreement on free raw wool, chief Interest shifted ' to free sugar and to the details of the Income tux plan Members of the committee were ! prepared to receive a final word from the president regarding, the tariff measure and to devote much of today to consideration of the Income tax. There was a possibility of a change In the provisional rate of one per cent j on amounts above the exempted $4000 I fear, running up to four per cent on I flOO.OuO or more a year. In connection with the framing of the new permanent feature of the uoiernment revenue svstem. a consideration con-sideration of the question of flexibility flexi-bility of the rates so as to meet emergencies in government needs has , evoked an issue as to the constitu-tlonslity constitu-tlonslity or any provision that would permit the president by proclamation proclama-tion or otherwise, io change an income in-come tax rate The Income tax plan will absorh much of the administrative details of 'he present corporation tax law and will be administered b the present, bul enlarged Internal revenue ma-ch ma-ch faery of the treasury department I The law will he based on the incomes in-comes for a single year's operations instead of an average r.r years. The cost or collection of the ' tar It was estimated, would not ex- I coed one per cent of ihe aggre-ate revenue from that source. It is figured that at' least two-thirds two-thirds or the tax revenue can be collected col-lected under the principle of collection collec-tion at the source. The purpose of this method is to minimize the in- I QUisltorial features, and lessen th br.sfs of individual complaint 1h,s Is lanreh based on the workings of tho law In Great Britain, which coun- ! 'try. according to the information laid I . lore rhe committee, has collected 1200.00 from an income tax As j to all Incomes by which the tax is so measured and paid, tho Individual tax payer would not be required to make la personal return The government ' j co-poratlons co-partnerships and persons paying annual earnings to employes or other persons In excess of the minimum taxable Income, now I provisionally $4000, would deduct and I l withhold this tax and turn It over to j the government, a method that would llkewse apph to mortgages and lessees les-sees of real or personal propertv Th I taxpayers, under the proposed system, sys-tem, would not in the bulk or cases come in contact with a revenue of- i final. sr |