The Federal Income Tax Law Act of September 8, 1916, as Amended: Act of October 3, 1917, with a Summary of Law and Regulations Relating to Individuals, Fiduciaries and Partnerships |
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Act of October Act of September allowable deductions amount of tax annual ascertained assessed beneficiary business or trade capital stock centum per annum certificates citizen or resident claimed collected collector or deputy Commissioner of Internal company or association compensation computing dends depreciation deputy collector distraint district dividends duction excess profits taxes expenses fair market price farm fiduciary file return fiscal foreign corporations gross income hundred and seventeen hundred and sixteen hundred and thirteen income derived income exceeds income received income return income tax law indebtedness insurance company Internal Revenue joint-stock company liable ments net income exceeds nineteen hundred non-resident alien individuals normal tax obligations partnership payable payment Philippine Islands place of business political subdivision Porto Rico premium prescribed price or value purpose reasonable allowance return of income return on Form Secretary tax imposed Taxes paid thereof tion total net income Treasury United
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Page 116 - ... in any manner whatever not provided by law any income return, or any part thereof or source of income, profits, losses, or expenditures appearing in any income return; and any offense against the foregoing provision shall be a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both...
Page 123 - 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 83 - Income received by estates of deceased persons during the period of administration or settlement of the estate; and (4) Income which, in the discretion of the fiduciary, may be either distributed to the beneficiaries or accumulated.
Page 85 - The fact. that any corporation is a mere holding company, or that the gains and profits are permitted to accumulate beyond the reasonable needs of the business, shall be prima facie evidence of a purpose to escape the surtax...
Page 93 - ... return and that the same is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, true and correct, and be subject to all the provisions of this title which apply to individuals...
Page 104 - Any amount paid out for new buildings or for permanent improvements or betterments made to increase the value of any property or estate; (3) Any amount expended in restoring property or in making good the exhaustion thereof for which an allowance is or has been made...
Page 102 - Income derived from any public utility or the exercise of any essential governmental function and accruing to any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or any political subdivision of a State or Territory, or income accruing to the Government of any possession of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof.
Page 98 - Khali be assessed by personal return under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 120 - Every collector to whom any .payment of any income tax is made shall upon request give to the person making such payment a full written or printed receipt, stating the amount paid and the particular account for which such payment was made...
Page 126 - ... shall be deemed to have been made from, the most recently accumulated undivided profits or surplus, and shall constitute a part of the annual income of the distributee for the year in which received, and ahull be taxed to the distributee at the rates prescribed by law for the years in which such profits or surplus were accumulated by the corporation...