Word: taxes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tokyo the rich were madly spending to avoid tomorrow's tax, and the poor were madly striking to pay tomorrow's bills. No one knew what tomorrow's yen might be worth...
...Japanese Government, with the approval of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, increased its efforts to check the mounting inflationary trend. To supplement a stiff war-profits tax ordered by SCAP (Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Pacific) last fall, the Government has prescribed a set of anti-inflationary measures which one U.S. correspondent dubbed SCAPitalism: 1) restriction of cash incomes to a monthly maximum of 500 yen (about $33 at the present arbitrary rate of exchange); 2) freezing of bank accounts (individuals may not withdraw more than 300 yen a month); 3) collection and distribution of essential...
...press gossip, he has found homes for 50,000 minnows, 76,000 other animal, vegetable and mineral objects including baby alligators, pianos, crutches, white mice, a skunk, an artificial leg and four corsets. Once he asked his fans to help a widow who had lost her $37 income-tax payment. More than 57,000 responded, each mailing a penny to Cedric. Last week, the Pied Piper casually asked his public for a solution to the nylon shortage. He got 3,000 replies in three days. Sample suggestion: limit stockings to women who contribute $5 to any church...
...Down. Thanks to its high operating rate in the first half of 1945, the steel industry made up for its sales slump in the second half. And in steel, as in most other industries, the drop in gross was largely made up by a drop in the tax bill...
...Graham stock, boosted it as high as $16 a share. Last week, Joe Frazer reported to the Securities & Exchange Commission that he had sold 15,000 shares (or one-third of his holdings) of G-P stock on Jan. 16. His profit: $215,575, less 25% capital-gains tax...