what are revenues? purpose 1. pay a tax or not 2. pay a fee for service 3. show a credit 4....
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What are Revenues?
PURPOSE
1. Pay a tax or not2. Pay a fee for service3. Show a credit4. Occupational Taxes5. Insure that proper tax will be paid
Fee For Service
New York Customs House
Paying the 30¢ fee for an Export entry from a manufacturing warehouse to be shipped to Vera Cruz
Fee for Service – Consular Service
Multiples of consular fee stamps are scarce and desirable
Stamps were issued in denominations of fees for all common consular services
Fee for Service – Consular Service
Certification of Purchased Merchandise
Fee was $2.50, paid by bisected $5.00 stamp
Fee for Service
Veterinarians were often hired as meat inspectors
Carcass tag Inspection stamp
for carton of meat shipped in interstate commerce
Shows a CreditWith the Government
Savings account with the U.S. Post Office
Card is imprinted with one stamp
Remaining stamps are adhesives added to the card
Annual Fee on a Yacht
Yachts have been a favorite object to tax, although the periods when effective have usually been brief
187 foot length x $4.00 per foot = $748.00
Annual Tax onManufacturer of Oleomargarine
Part of the law to prevent fraud
Amount of annual tax never changed from 1886 until 1950, when all taxes on oleomargarine were terminated
Annual Tax on Wagering
Annual registration and payment of fee
Probably initiated to determine who was gambling.
Annual Tax on Retail Dealerin Wines and Malt Liquors
Did not permit sale of distilled spirits
Most states in 1940 permitted sale of all alcoholic beverages or only malt liquor (beer)
Insuring the Tax Will Be Paid:Lock Seal
Required to be used in Slaight locks to lock bonded storerooms and warehouses
Used by the Bureau of Prohibition
Insuring the Tax Will Be Paid:Lock Seal
In use from 1951-1973
For a new lock that superceded the Slaight lock which had been in use since 1873
Insuring the Tax Will Be Paid:Hydrometer Label
Hydrometer had been certified for use
First used in 1866
Insuring the Tax Will Be Paid:Hydrometer Label
Portrait of Alfred Pleasonton, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Sugar License – A Negative Tax