State Taxation of Personal IncomesExpands on the author's paper titled "Fiscal Aspects of State Income Taxes," which appeared in the American Economic Review for June, 1920, along with a description of the background of these taxes. |
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... ment are satisfying only when they are illuminated by the long history of the successes and failures of the attempts of the states to tax income and property . 1. Early faculty taxes 1 The earliest examples of taxes which may be said to ...
... ment are satisfying only when they are illuminated by the long history of the successes and failures of the attempts of the states to tax income and property . 1. Early faculty taxes 1 The earliest examples of taxes which may be said to ...
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... ment with classified property taxes , with inheritance , and even with income taxes , as possible avenues of relief from the unsatisfactory state of affairs in which the fiscal system of nearly every state was found . As a result of the ...
... ment with classified property taxes , with inheritance , and even with income taxes , as possible avenues of relief from the unsatisfactory state of affairs in which the fiscal system of nearly every state was found . As a result of the ...
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... ment of property , nevertheless laws have been passed repeatedly which , if properly administered , would have distributed the burden with unusual justice . But these laws have failed quite as com- pletely as those with provisions less ...
... ment of property , nevertheless laws have been passed repeatedly which , if properly administered , would have distributed the burden with unusual justice . But these laws have failed quite as com- pletely as those with provisions less ...
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... ment of the situation . In the first place , great progress has been made in the direction of a centralized state administration . In New York we now have under the law of 1915 at all events a distinct step in the direction of more ...
... ment of the situation . In the first place , great progress has been made in the direction of a centralized state administration . In New York we now have under the law of 1915 at all events a distinct step in the direction of more ...
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... ment of the commission by several years.1 A progressive income tax plan had appeared in the platform of the People's Party in the early nineties , but no legislation had resulted . The movement which culminated in the passage of an ...
... ment of the commission by several years.1 A progressive income tax plan had appeared in the platform of the People's Party in the early nineties , but no legislation had resulted . The movement which culminated in the passage of an ...
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Page 221 - Gross income" includes gains, profits, and income derived from salaries, wages, or compensation for personal service, of whatever kind and in whatever form paid, or from professions, vocations, trades, businesses, commerce, or sales, or dealings in property, whether real or personal, growing out of the ownership or use of or interest in such property...
Page 240 - If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Page 225 - In the case of mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, and timber, a reasonable allowance for depletion and for depreciation of improvements, according to the peculiar conditions in each case...
Page 224 - Whenever In the opinion of the Commissioner the use of Inventories is necessary in order clearly to determine the Income of any taxpayer, Inventories shall be taken by such taxpayer upon such basis as the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, may prescribe as conforming as nearly as may be to the best accounting practice In the trade or business and as most clearly reflecting the Income.
Page 224 - ... 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 223 - When property is exchanged for other property, the property received in exchange shall for the purpose of determining gain or loss be treated as the equivalent of cash to the amount of its fair market value, if any...
Page 225 - ... based upon cost including cost of development not otherwise deducted: Provided, That in the case of such properties acquired prior to March 1, 1913, the fair market value of the property (or the taxpayer's interest therein) on that date shall be taken in lieu of cost up to that date...
Page 219 - ... shall be construed according to the method of accounting upon the basis of which the net income is computed under section 212 or 232. The deductions and credits provided for in this title shall be taken for the taxable year in which "paid or accrued
Page 224 - ... (e) LOSSES BY INDIVIDUALS. — In the case of an individual, losses sustained during the taxable year and not compensated for by insurance or otherwise — if incurred in trade or business ; or if incurred in any transaction entered into for profit, though not connected with the trade or business...
Page 224 - Losses sustained during the taxable year of property not connected with the trade or business (but in the case of a nonresident alien individual only property within the United States) if arising from fires, storms, shipwreck, or other casualty, or from theft, and if not compensated for by insurance or otherwise...