Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1920 — HIGHEST AUTO LUXURY TAX [ARTICLE]

HIGHEST AUTO LUXURY TAX

$21,500,000 Collected at Detroit for First Four Months of 1920. Detroit, June 25. —The highest automobile luxury taxes ever paid In the United States, amounting to $21,500,000, were collected from manufacturers in and around Detroit for the first four months of 1920, according to John A. Grogan, collector of Internal revenue. This sum represented an expenditure of about $417,857,000 by customers. The manufacturer paid this tax and passed it on to the purchaser.