Refunds

Secretary Mellon gave the Ways and Means Committee an accounting of $151,885,415 in refunds for overcollections in taxes. The refunds were for the year July, 1924, to June, 1925. Of the total, $17,777,642 was because of the 25% flat tax rebate granted a year and a half ago. Those receiving substantial refunds were:

California Wine Co...........$1,050,410

Pennsylvania Coal Co .........1,041,019

John D. Rockefeller ..........457,370

Andrew W. Mellon..............404,871

William Wrigley Jr ............37,056

Thomas W. Lament ...............9,710

Frank Woolworth Estate ........66,359

T. Jefferson Coolidge Estate..762,070

British-American Tobacco Co...299,410

Alfred G. Vanderbilt Estate ...12,800

Vacuum Oil Co.................121,755

Minnie Maddern Eiske .............788

Corn Products Refining Co.....176,922

Stewart Speedometer Co. ......124,616

Chevrolet Motor Co ...........110,118

Buick Motor Co. ..............147,217

Joseph C. Grew ................2,167