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Show INCOMES INCREASE BUT TAXES LESSEN ! WASHINGTON, Jun li. Net In-! In-! comes of Inc-omr tax payers renarted to the government during 1920 Increased In-creased by dearly $4,00(MfuO,ooo and I the number of returns by nearly .-j .-j OOO.Ooo oxer 1919, while the taxes received re-ceived fell off by about S195.000.000, according to preliminary statistics Issued Is-sued by Internal Aevenue Commissioner Commission-er Hlair. I Returns for Incomes between $1,000 and $2,000 increased by more than 600,000 In 1920 as compared With 1M;. while those for the larger classes of income dropped heavily, returns for incomes of $1 OO't.000 and over falling fall-ing from Co in 1919 to 33 in 1920. Tho average net income on returns for 1 1920 was $3,209.40, the average .amount of tax 1148.08 and the average aver-age tax rate 4.f3 per cent, while as relating to lh- entire population of tho country, subject to federal Income tax, tho proportion filing returns was C.86 per cent; per capita n t Income report-portion report-portion fill hit returns was 6.S5 per cent, the per capita net Income reported report-ed was $223.87 and the jjer capita income in-come tax was $10 14. |