Revenue Revision 1927-28: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Interim, 69th-70th Congresses, October 31 to November 10, 1927, Including Briefs, Memoranda, and Letters Received Up to November 26, 1927 : Indexed |
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... figures the Treasury has not consciously nor as a matter of policy played safe . If tax reductions are made or appropriations voted on the assumption that the present figures understate probable future receipts , responsibility for such ...
... figures the Treasury has not consciously nor as a matter of policy played safe . If tax reductions are made or appropriations voted on the assumption that the present figures understate probable future receipts , responsibility for such ...
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... Mr. MILLS . The estate tax is estimated at $ 65,000,000 for 1929 . Its repeal would mean , according to Mr. McCoy , a loss of only $ 7,000,000 of revenue in 1929 . Mr. BACHARACH . We had his figures , and I GENERAL STATEMENTS 9.
... Mr. MILLS . The estate tax is estimated at $ 65,000,000 for 1929 . Its repeal would mean , according to Mr. McCoy , a loss of only $ 7,000,000 of revenue in 1929 . Mr. BACHARACH . We had his figures , and I GENERAL STATEMENTS 9.
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... figures , and I understood him to say $ 80,000,000 , and that at the end of five years it would be $ 20,000,000 . Mr. MILLS . $ 75,000,000 is what we estimate for 1928 , and $ 65,000 , - 000 is what we estimate for 1929. The repeal of ...
... figures , and I understood him to say $ 80,000,000 , and that at the end of five years it would be $ 20,000,000 . Mr. MILLS . $ 75,000,000 is what we estimate for 1928 , and $ 65,000 , - 000 is what we estimate for 1929. The repeal of ...
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... figures available show that 92 per cent of the corporations reporting net income paid higher taxes in a given year than they would have had they been partnerships . The situation is not quite as bad as these figures would indicate . For ...
... figures available show that 92 per cent of the corporations reporting net income paid higher taxes in a given year than they would have had they been partnerships . The situation is not quite as bad as these figures would indicate . For ...
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... figures down closely ; you have made what you considered , at least , to be a liberal estimate of the receipts ? Mr. MILLS . There is no doubt about that . If anything , these estimates , in my best judgment , are high . Mr. GARNER ...
... figures down closely ; you have made what you considered , at least , to be a liberal estimate of the receipts ? Mr. MILLS . There is no doubt about that . If anything , these estimates , in my best judgment , are high . Mr. GARNER ...
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Page 267 - ... property ; also from interest, rent, dividends, securities, or the transaction of any business carried on for gain or profit, or gains or profits and income derived from any source whatever.
Page 261 - ... rentals or other payments required to be made as a condition to the continued use or possession, for purposes of the trade or business, of property to which the taxpayer has not taken or is not taking title or in which he has no equity...
Page 264 - BASIS. (a) Dealers in personal property. — Under regulations prescribed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary, a person who regularly sells or otherwise disposes of personal property on the installment plan may return as income therefrom in any taxable year that proportion of the installment payments actually received in that year which the gross profit realized or to be realized when payment is completed, bears to the total contract price.
Page 435 - fiduciary" means a guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, conservator, or any person acting in any fiduciary capacity for any person. (7) The term " withholding agent " means any person required to deduct and withhold any tax under the provisions of section 143 or 144.
Page 457 - ... bonds, notes, choses in action, certificates of trust or beneficial interest, or other securities or evidences of indebtedness or interest) is exchanged solely for property of a like kind to be held either for productive use in trade or business or for investment.
Page 280 - For purposes of this section, the term "earned income" means wages, salaries, or professional fees, and other amounts received as compensation for personal services actually rendered, but does not include that part of the compensation derived by the taxpayer for personal services rendered by him to a corporation which represents a distribution of earnings or profits rather than a reasonable allowance as compensation for the personal services actually rendered. In the case of a taxpayer engaged in...
Page 423 - ... because there is accumulated and maintained by it a reserve required by State law or a reasonable reserve for any necessary purpose.
Page 422 - ... for the purpose of purchasing supplies and equipment for the use of members or other persons, and turning over such supplies and equipment to them at actual cost, plus necessary expenses.
Page 422 - Farmers', fruit growers', or like associations organized and operated on a cooperative basis (a) for the purpose of marketing the products of members or other producers, and turning back to them the proceeds of sales, less the necessary marketing expenses...
Page 257 - capital assets" means property held by the taxpayer (whether or not connected with his trade or business), but does not include stock in trade of the taxpayer or other property of a kind which would properly be included in the inventory of the taxpayer if on hand at the close of the taxable year, or property held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business...