Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Pounds, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series 01088 Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data,1915-1954 (2)--Original Data, 1952-1954. Data Represent Tax Paid Withdrawals From Factories And Bonded Customs Warehouses As Well As Imports And Are Computed On The Basis Of Sales Of Revenue Stamps. 1916-1919 Were Computed By Adding Manufactured Tobacco And Snuff. For 1915 They Were Given In Total. Beginning March 1949, The Statement Of Tax-Paid Products Is Published In Combination With "Collections Of Internal Revenue" By The Accounts And Collections Unit Of The Internal Revenue Bureau. Source: 1915-1919 Data Are From Standard Statistics Company, Standard Statistical Bulletin, January 1932, Except For Imports From Puerto Rico And The Phillipines, Which Were Obtained Direct From The Bureau Of Internal Revenue; 1920-1941 Data Are From Survey Of Current Business, May 1922-August 1924, And Supplements For 1932, 1936, 1938, 1940, And 1942; The Data Have Been Cross-Checked With Bureau Of Internal Revenue Releases; 1942-1954 Data Are From A Mimeographed Release From The Bureau Of Internal Revenue.

This NBER data series m01088a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01088a