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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS FISCAL AGENT O F THE UNITED STATES Dallas, Texas, August 18, 1961 SPECIAL H A N D L IN G O F TA X PA Y M EN TS To All Banking Institutions and Others Concerned in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District: The Treasury Department has announced that the procedure customarily in effect during periods of heavy tax payments, with respect to the special handling of large payments of income taxes, will be effective for the September 1961 corporation and individual income tax collections. This arrangement will be applicable only to the extent of 50% of the amount of checks of $10,000 or more, representing pay ments of corporation and individual income taxes. During the period from September 1, 1961, through September 29, 1961, (1) Directors of Internal Revenue will make special deposits with the Federal Reserve banks of checks representing tax remittances of $10,000 or over covering payments of corporation and individual income taxes, (2) Federal Reserve banks will prepare daily a “Special Draft for Credit in Treasury Tax and Loan Account” in an amount not to exceed 50% of the aggregate amount of such checks drawn on each Special Depositary, and (3) in accordance with conditions set forth on the face of the special draft. Special Depositaries may exercise their options to accept for deposit in their Treasury Tax and Loan Accounts funds in an amount equal to the amount of the special draft. The Treasury Department has indicated that it may be necessary to either increase or decrease the percentage amount of such checks for credit in the Treasury Tax and Loan Account from time to time during the period, if such action is required to prevent undue fluctuations in the amount of the balances in the accounts of the Treasurer of the United States with Federal Reserve banks. No distinction will be made between these special credits and other credits to Treasury Tax and Loan Accoimts. Calls for withdrawals of balances in Treasury Tax and Loan Accounts will 1^ made as required by the needs of the Treasury. The Treasury will take steps to deny credit to depositaries for customers’ tax checks arising from sales to the depositaries of customers’ Tax Anticipation Bills maturing September 22, 1961. As previously stated, the Treasury does not look with favor upon such transactions, and if it learns that any depositary is following this practice, credit will be withheld for tax checks which grow out of such transactions. Additional copies of this circular will be furnished upon request. Yours very truly. Watrous H. Irons President This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org)