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Internal Tak IV Last Year as 65407 251000
Washington D C Dec 3 Collection of 5 407 580 251 in taxes and efforts to control liquor under prohibition formed the principal work of the internal revenue bureau during the last fiscal year Commissioner Williams said in his annual report The tax collection was the greatest in the history of the nation while prohibition enforcement created an organization spanning all states and territories The report shows total revenue from income and profits taxes 3 956 936 003 with additional tobacco liquor and excise taxes The bureau's total expenditure was 29 647 489 including enforcement costs leaving actual tax collection at 27 037 134 at 50 cents per 100 The report notes gallons of distilled liquor held in bond 55 863 745 and taxable gallons produced 99 615 792 with withdrawals 28 220 909 The highest production and withdrawals were in 1916 and 1914 saw record storage The government issued 62 759 permits for various alcohol uses including 11 561 to prescribe for nonbeverage purposes