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- Title
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CHARITY. RELIGION, AND EDUCATION OF DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, INCOME TAXPAYERS IN 1922.
- Authors
Gillin, J. L.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the provision for contributions for charity, religion, and education of Dane County income taxpayers in 1922. The Wisconsin income tax law provides for exemptions on account of contributions to charity, education and religion. A recent study of 27,000 state income tax returns in Dane County, Wisconsin, shows 5,317, in which a definite contribution was listed. There were others in which only the total to these three purposes was indicated, and hence, they were not used in this study. The total taxable income of these 5,317 taxpayers amounted to $6,709,932, the total contributions to $358,810. Of the contributions, 72 per cent was given to religion, 18 per cent to charity, and 10 per cent to educational organizations. Of the amount given to religion ($258,476), 92 per cent was contributed to the churches, and 8 per cent to other religious organizations. Of the $64,127 given to charity over one-third (37 per cent) was given to the hospitals, and the remainder to the organizations listed as charitable.
- Subjects
DANE County (Wis.); WISCONSIN; INCOME tax deductions for charitable contributions; CHARITY laws &; legislation; INCOME tax; RELIGIOUS institutions; INTERNAL revenue
- Publication
Journal of Social Forces, 1925, Vol 3, Issue 4, p665
- ISSN
1532-1282
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3005065