Author: U. S. Committee on Banking and Currency

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-09

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780260628978

Excerpt from State Taxation of National Banks, Vol. 1: Hearing Before the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House of Representatives on H. R. 9579, a Bill to Amend Section 5219 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; Thursday, January 26, 1922, and Friday, January 27, 1922 Section 1: Under this section provision is made that all shares of stock in all banks in the Commonwealth shall be assessed to the owner of said shares in the city the bank is located, whether the owner is a resident or not, and are assessed at their fair cash value on April 1 after deducting the proportionate part of the value of the real estate belonging to the bank, at the same rate as other moneyed capital in the hands of citizens is by law assessed, namel at the city rate of taxation, which in 1920 would be per thousand dollars 0 assessed valuation. Section 2: This provides that the bank shall pay the tax assessed to the city col lector when other taxes in the city are due. Section 3: This provides that the shares shall be subject to the tax paid thereon by the bank, and the bank shall have a lien on the shares. Section 4: This provides that the cashier of every bank shall deliver to the assess ors on or before April 10 in each year a statement on oath showing the name of each shareholder, with his residence and the number of shares belonging to him on April 1 last, and upon receiving such list the assessors shall forthwith deliver a copy to the 'commissioner of taxation, and immediately upon determining the tax rate for the year give the commissioner of taxation written notice thereof and the amount assessed upon the shares of the bank. Section 5 provides that the commissioner of taxation shall inform the assessors in the city the amount of money credited to it on account of the tax assessed on said shares of stock. Section 6 provides for the payment to the city by the State treasurer of such amount as may be credited to it on account of such tax. Section 7 provides that 1 per cent of the amount assessed and collected by each city shall be allowed to it for the expense of assessment and collection of nonresident tax. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.