Revenue to Defray War Expenses: Hearings & Briefs... on H.R. 4280U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 665 pages |
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... burden of taxation . Another serious objection to this taxing of so - called stock divi- dends is that , to say the least , the tax is of doubtful constitutionality . I need not tell this committee that the purpose of the sixteenth ...
... burden of taxation . Another serious objection to this taxing of so - called stock divi- dends is that , to say the least , the tax is of doubtful constitutionality . I need not tell this committee that the purpose of the sixteenth ...
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... burden shall fall heavily upon our industries , which should it become effective in this manner will wipe out these dividends ; our industries , the very arteries and sinew of the country , will be stifled and the means by which the ...
... burden shall fall heavily upon our industries , which should it become effective in this manner will wipe out these dividends ; our industries , the very arteries and sinew of the country , will be stifled and the means by which the ...
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... burden of the war , but it should be remembered that in the case of foreign companies their war burdens are already very large . The position of the companies is not complicated by any question of holding corporations or stock dividends ...
... burden of the war , but it should be remembered that in the case of foreign companies their war burdens are already very large . The position of the companies is not complicated by any question of holding corporations or stock dividends ...
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... burden upon foreign insurance companies , thereby differ- entiating between them and other foreign corporations , are contained in sec- tions 201 and 203 of the excess - profits tax law . Section 201 of the act provides that- " Every ...
... burden upon foreign insurance companies , thereby differ- entiating between them and other foreign corporations , are contained in sec- tions 201 and 203 of the excess - profits tax law . Section 201 of the act provides that- " Every ...
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... burden that is laid upon corporate incomes , you have placed that corporate income with reference to all its future findings . upon a very injurious and difficult basis . If I may venture to point out the practical situation to you , at ...
... burden that is laid upon corporate incomes , you have placed that corporate income with reference to all its future findings . upon a very injurious and difficult basis . If I may venture to point out the practical situation to you , at ...
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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.