SWEDEN: Incomes

The tale of income tax payments in Sweden is far different from that tale in U. S. statistics, made public last week. In Stockholm, only 150 taxpayers had incomes of more than $50,000. The largest individual income reported was that of A. M. Versteegh, factory owner—$402,354. M. L. Wallenberg, international banker, and Ivar Kreuger, Match Trust head, came second and third.

The largest corporate income was $5,462,424—the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly, with the Swedish Match Corporation and Swedish Liquor Monopoly* coming in second and third place.

-Sweden, situated between two prohibition countries—Norway...

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