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...