San Juan Record | 1933-08-17 | Page 1 | Sales Tax Makes Big Increase in Revenue

ashes TAX MAKES BIG INCREASE IN seven classes of business pay two million per year on the 1932 1032 business basis willie while most of the an nual revenue based on tile the 1932 1911 bust ap s la Is derived mostly from the re tall trade all the lines are given be WN 1 retail business pays 2 per cent ll allie likewise lIe amusements while malt mail syrup Is taxed 10 per cent and the other five only 1 percent tile the following gives the type of 0 business the volume or dollar turnover per 1932 laurea figures and the total intal revenue to be derived Is the right land hand column retail trade 7 electric power SO IC gas les telephone 1 files anius cements 2100 2 MOO malt syrup 2 2 12 0 10 6 powei rips and dye ments grand totals with apparent ln increase crease in a business in each division the totals above should become larger producing correspondingly despondingly ly greater revenue the above figures were given to us by representative emil gammeter Gam sa ardent supporter of the sales tax