Revenue to Defray War Expenses: Hearings & Briefs... on H.R. 4280U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 665 pages |
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... posts and place it in the class of direct taxes . " Brushaber v . Union Pac . R. R. Co. ( 240 U. S. , 1 , 19 ) . The amendment merely authorizes a tax on income without apportionment among the several States . It does not authorize a ...
... posts and place it in the class of direct taxes . " Brushaber v . Union Pac . R. R. Co. ( 240 U. S. , 1 , 19 ) . The amendment merely authorizes a tax on income without apportionment among the several States . It does not authorize a ...
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... Post : " Since the excess - profits tax bids fair to be extended , it is imperative that it be cleared of its present mystery . ' Excess ' profits implies some standard of ' normal ' profits , and this at present is set at 8 per cent ...
... Post : " Since the excess - profits tax bids fair to be extended , it is imperative that it be cleared of its present mystery . ' Excess ' profits implies some standard of ' normal ' profits , and this at present is set at 8 per cent ...
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... Post declared in headlines : " War tax will likely set back prohibition a few years , at least - Government can not obtain revenue on brewed and distilled liquors and prohibit their use at the same time - Situation new bulwark for ...
... Post declared in headlines : " War tax will likely set back prohibition a few years , at least - Government can not obtain revenue on brewed and distilled liquors and prohibit their use at the same time - Situation new bulwark for ...
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... post is in competition with the ex- press business , and it seems to me that if a tax is to be put upon the users of express companies a similar tax should be put on parcel post , especially in view of the fact that there is a proposed ...
... post is in competition with the ex- press business , and it seems to me that if a tax is to be put upon the users of express companies a similar tax should be put on parcel post , especially in view of the fact that there is a proposed ...
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... post , which is a substantial competitor of the express companies . Otherwise , the result would be to transfer , as a commercial consequence of the law , the traffic , which might go either by express or by parcel post , to the parcel post ...
... post , which is a substantial competitor of the express companies . Otherwise , the result would be to transfer , as a commercial consequence of the law , the traffic , which might go either by express or by parcel post , to the parcel post ...
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Page 70 - ... life insurance companies issuing policies covering life, health, and accident insurance combined in one policy issued on the weekly premium payment plan...
Page 22 - ... in the case of a bank, banking association, loan, or trust company, interest paid within the year on deposits or on moneys received for investment and secured by interest-bearing certificates of indebtedness issued by such bank, banking association, loan or trust company...
Page 20 - An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes," the Act of October 3, 1913, entitled "An Act to reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes...
Page 613 - grass" and "straw" shall be understood to mean these substances in their natural form and structure, and not the separated fiber thereof.
Page 249 - An Act to increase the revenue, and for other purposes," approved September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen...
Page 53 - An Act to provide increased revenue to defray the expenses of the increased appropriations for the Army and Navy and the extensions of fortifications, and for other purposes...
Page 10 - ... employers, and all officers and employees of the United States having the control, receipt, custody, disposal, or payment of interest, rent, salaries, wages, premiums, annuities...
Page 613 - All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision.
Page 32 - ... paid in or earned surplus and undivided profits used or employed in the business...
Page 179 - dividends' as used in this title shall be held to mean any distribution made or ordered to be made by a corporation, joint-stock company, association, or insurance company, out of its earnings or profits accrued since March first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and payable to its shareholders, whether in cash or in stock of the corporation, joint-stock company, association, or insurance company, which stock dividend shall be considered income, to the amount of the earnings or profits so distributed.