Internal Revenue. Hearing ... May 9-27, 19211921 - 789 pages |
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... collected " ? Mr. SATTERLEE . I mean that it is being collected in the sense that people make their returns and pay what they estimate to be the tax due , but those returns , which are a matter of self - assessment and dependent largely ...
... collected " ? Mr. SATTERLEE . I mean that it is being collected in the sense that people make their returns and pay what they estimate to be the tax due , but those returns , which are a matter of self - assessment and dependent largely ...
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... collected . Mr. SATTERLEE . And not half collected . In fact , to read the newspapers and to hear people in the country at large speak , you would think that sales taxes were an unknown thing , but sales taxes at the present time are so ...
... collected . Mr. SATTERLEE . And not half collected . In fact , to read the newspapers and to hear people in the country at large speak , you would think that sales taxes were an unknown thing , but sales taxes at the present time are so ...
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... taxed and untaxed articles , and taxed and untaxed sales of taxable articles , and must account for the tax collected by the store on articles taxed directly to the consumer . On the other hand , in the case of a SALES TAX - PROPONENTS .
... taxed and untaxed articles , and taxed and untaxed sales of taxable articles , and must account for the tax collected by the store on articles taxed directly to the consumer . On the other hand , in the case of a SALES TAX - PROPONENTS .
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... collected ? Mr. WILFLEY . Yes , sir . The people do not notice it . We all pay it when we buy a suit of clothes . When you buy your tobacco you pay a tax . The CHAIRMAN . Do they wear many clothes in Mexico ? Mr. WILFLEY . We wear a ...
... collected ? Mr. WILFLEY . Yes , sir . The people do not notice it . We all pay it when we buy a suit of clothes . When you buy your tobacco you pay a tax . The CHAIRMAN . Do they wear many clothes in Mexico ? Mr. WILFLEY . We wear a ...
Page 71
... little later . But as a general proposition it is shifted - it can be shifted and natur- ally is shifted and paid by the consumer . It is collected by the mer- chant , who is forced under this Smoot bill to SALES TAX - PROPONENTS . 71.
... little later . But as a general proposition it is shifted - it can be shifted and natur- ally is shifted and paid by the consumer . It is collected by the mer- chant , who is forced under this Smoot bill to SALES TAX - PROPONENTS . 71.
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Page 403 - All of the expenses of the commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the commissioners or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the commission.
Page 536 - In the case of a resident, by deducting from the value of the gross estate — ******* (3) The amount of all bequests, legacies, devises, or transfers, to or for the use of the United States, any State, Territory, any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, for exclusively public purposes, or to or for the use of any corporation organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes...
Page 403 - A vacancy in the Board shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the Board, and three members of the Board shall, at all times, constitute a quorum. The Board shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed.
Page 92 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Page 403 - ... to employ and fix the compensation of such attorneys, special experts, examiners, clerks, and other employees as it may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of its duties and as may be from time to time appropriated for by Congress.
Page 653 - I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
Page 532 - ... any part of the gross income which, pursuant to the terms of the will or deed creating the trust...
Page 532 - The net income of the estate or trust shall be computed in the same manner and on the same basis as provided In section 212...
Page 92 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.
Page 213 - Act of 1918) upon all articles commonly or commercially known as jewelry, whether real or imitation; pearls, precious and semiprecious stones, and imitations thereof; articles made of, or ornamented, mounted or fitted with, precious metals or imitations thereof...