Highlights from Texas Capitol the Tax Bill Debate
State lawmakers debated a $160 million two year revenue plan with House 74 to 69 approval. The session considered tax changes on many goods, expansion of veterans and education programs, and car dealer licensing. A Trinity River flood control proposal failed in Senate committee. The veterans land investigation broadened with Minnesota connections cited by Cecil E Burney and others.
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Austin
Texas
House
Govrnor Allan Shivers
Senate
Travis County
Trinity Bill
Trinity River
Senate Water Committee
Trinity River Authority
Barefoot Sanders
Dallas
Senate Committee
Sanders
Veterans Land
Minnesota
Cecil E. Burney
John Ben Shepperd
Bascom Giles
Giles
Shepperd
Burney
Veterans Land Program
State Affairs Committee
Judiciary Committee
Complex tax bill advances in House April 1822 session
The omnibus tax bill was engrossed near midnight by a 74 to 67 vote and awaits final passage. It drafts new levies on gasoline liquor gas and tobacco products with several industry penalties and licenses, projecting $51 million in annual revenue. The governor sent three emergency measures for health vaccines livestock indemnities and veterans fraud prosecutions.
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Tradt
State Board of Health
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Attorney General's Office
Veterans Land Program
Rules Committee
House
Farmers Must File Quarterly Report in Central Texas
Central Texas farmers face optional or mandatory quarterly returns based on wages. Social Security official James B. Marley explains only farms with total wages of $2,500 or more by April 1, July 1, or October 1 must file. A farm worker’s wages become taxable when cash paid reaches $100 in a year.
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Texas
James B. Marley
Austin
Social Security Administration
Farm operators must file yearly wage reports for 1955
Farmers with one or more employees covered by the law must file a January filing listing names social security numbers and wage amounts for all workers. Those paying cash wages of $100 or more in 1955 should notify the Director of Internal Revenue Austin Texas to receive reporting forms and guidance. Local operators may request the Social Security booklet Social Security for Farm Families from Austin.
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Director of
Internal Revenue
Austin
Texas
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Office
Bang Up Summer Bowling League Planned Locally
Dr. John Boyce organized a meeting at Cameron Bowling Alley to form a summer league with about 12 teams. Each team will have two men and two women, bowling at 8 p m on designated evenings, with Emil Hollas as contact. A barbecue will close the league season.
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Cameron Bowling Alley
John Boyce
Emil Hollas
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Culpepper
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Euys
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