tions on Payments of Interest ized and required to render a true and accurate return to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, under such rules and regulations and in such form and manner as may be prescribed by him, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, setting forth the amount of such gains, profits, and income, and the name and address of the Returns of Debtor recipient of such payment: Provided, That such returns Corporashall be required, regardless of amounts, in the case of payments of interest upon bonds and mortgages or deeds of trust or other similar obligations or corporations, jointstock companies, associations, and insurance companies, and in the case of collections of items (not payable in the United States) of interest upon the bonds of foreign countries and interest from the bonds and dividends from the stock of foreign corporations by persons, corporations, partnerships, or associations, undertaking as a matter of business or for profit the collection of foreign payments of such interest or dividends by means of coupons, checks, or bills of exchange. on Bonds Owner When necessary to make effective the provisions of Disclothis section the name and address of the recipient of in- sure of come shall be furnished upon demand of the person, corporation, partnership, association, or insurance company Income paying the income. The provisions of this section shall apply to the calendar year nineteen hundred and seventeen and each calendar year thereafter, but shall not apply to the payment of interest on obligations of the United States. ship of Applicable to Year 1917 Tax Sec. 29. That in assessing income tax the net income Excess Profits embraced in the return shall also be credited with the amount of any excess profits tax imposed by Act of Con- Credited gress and assessed for the same calendar or fiscal year upon the taxpayer, and, in the case of a member of a partnership, with his proportionate share of such excess profits tax imposed upon the partnership. Income Exempt Distribution of Earnings Rates of Tax Applicable to Dividends Sec. 30. That nothing in Section II of the Act approved October third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act to reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes," or in this title, shall be construed as taxing the income of foreign governments received from investments in the United States in stocks, bonds, or other domestic securities, owned by such foreign governments, or from interest on deposits in banks in the United States of moneys belonging to foreign governments. Sec. 31. (a) That the term "dividends" as used in this title shall be held to mean any distribution made or ordered to be made by a corporation, joint-stock company, association, or insurance company, out of its earnings or profits accrued since March first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and payable to its shareholders, whether in cash or in stock of the corporation, joint-stock company, association, or insurance company, which stock dividend shall be considered income, to the amount of the earnings or profits so distributed. (b) Any distribution made to the shareholders or members of a corporation, joint-stock company, or association, or insurance company, in the year nineteen hundred and seventeen, or subsequent tax years, shall be deemed to have been made from the most recently accumulated undivided profits or surplus, and shall constitute a part of the annual income of the distributee for the year in which received, and shall be taxed to the distributee at the rates prescribed by law for the years in which such profits or surplus were accumulated by the corporation, joint-stock company, association, or insurance company, but nothing herein shall be construed as taxing any earnings or profits accrued prior to March first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, but such earnings or profits may be distributed in stock dividends or otherwise, exempt from the tax, after the distribution of earnings and profit accrued since March first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, has been made. This subdivision shall not apply to any distribution made prior to August sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, out of earnings or profits accrued prior to March first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. miums Sec. 32. That premiums paid on life insurance Insurance policies covering the lives of officers, employees, or those Prefinancially interested in any trade or business conducted by an individual, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company or association, or insurance company, shall not be deducted in computing the net income of such individual, corporation, joint-stock company or association, or insurance company, or in computing the profits of such partnership for the purposes of subdivision (e) of section nine. Normal Tax Individuals Surtax Title I.-War Income Tax Act of October 3, 1917 SEC. 1. That in addition to the normal tax imposed by subdivision (a) of section one of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the revenue, and for other purposes," approved September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, there shall be levied, assessed, collected, and paid a like normal tax of two per centum upon the income of every individual, a citizen or resident of the United States, received in the calendar year nineteen hundred and seventeen and every calendar year thereafter. SEC. 2. That in addition to the additional tax imposed by subdivision (b) of section one of such Act of September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, there shall be levied, assessed, collected, and paid a like additional tax upon the income of every individual received in the calendar year nineteen hundred and seventeen and every calendar year thereafter, as follows: One per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $5,000 and does not exceed $7,500; Two per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $7,500 and does not exceed $10,000; Three per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $10,000 and does not exceed $12,500; Four per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $12,500 and does not exceed $15,000; Five per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $15,000 and does not exceed $20,000; Seven per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $20,000 and does not exceed $40,000; Ten per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $40,000 and does not exceed $60,000; Fourteen per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $60,000 and does not exceed $80,000; Eighteen per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $80,000 and does not exceed $100,000; Twenty-two per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $100,000 and does not exceed $150,000; Twenty-five per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $150,000 and does not exceed $200,000; Thirty per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $200,000 and does not exceed $250,000; Thirty-four per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $250,000 and does not exceed $300,000; Thirty-seven per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $300,000 and does not exceed $500,000; Forty per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $500,000 and does not exceed $750,000; Forty-five per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $750,000 and does not exceed $1,000,000; Fifty per centum per annum upon the amount by which the total net income exceeds $1,000,000. SEC. 3. That the taxes imposed by sections one and Collectwo of this Act shall be computed, levied, assessed, tion |