Internal Revenue. Hearing ... May 9-27, 19211921 - 789 pages |
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... dealer has a record of his sales , and any ordinary bookkeeper in a mercantile house can furnish the total of a month's sales without expert advice . It could be col- lected every month or every quarter through the existing machinery of ...
... dealer has a record of his sales , and any ordinary bookkeeper in a mercantile house can furnish the total of a month's sales without expert advice . It could be col- lected every month or every quarter through the existing machinery of ...
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... dealer because he can not shift it , and that in some conceivable condition it might become a tax on profit . This is not so . Aside from the contradiction implied , an amount that bears alike upon every trader can have no SALES TAX ...
... dealer because he can not shift it , and that in some conceivable condition it might become a tax on profit . This is not so . Aside from the contradiction implied , an amount that bears alike upon every trader can have no SALES TAX ...
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... dealer in an article less essential than bread worse , for purposes of taxation , than you would any other merchant . In other words , I think the present system of taxing what are possibly called nonessentials is an iniquitous system ...
... dealer in an article less essential than bread worse , for purposes of taxation , than you would any other merchant . In other words , I think the present system of taxing what are possibly called nonessentials is an iniquitous system ...
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... dealer whose turnover only amounts to $ 6,000 a year . Our contention is- Senator JONES ( interposing ) . Now , Judge , you say that our ex- emptions here are to reach all those who do not sell in a year more than $ 6,000 . How will ...
... dealer whose turnover only amounts to $ 6,000 a year . Our contention is- Senator JONES ( interposing ) . Now , Judge , you say that our ex- emptions here are to reach all those who do not sell in a year more than $ 6,000 . How will ...
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... dealer has the wool scoured and selle it to the spinner at , say , $ 8 . The spinner converts it into yarn and sells it to the cloth manufacturer for , say , $ 10 ..... The cloth manufacturer weaves it into cloth which he sells for ...
... dealer has the wool scoured and selle it to the spinner at , say , $ 8 . The spinner converts it into yarn and sells it to the cloth manufacturer for , say , $ 10 ..... The cloth manufacturer weaves it into cloth which he sells for ...
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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...