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Alabama Income Tax, Amendment 5 (1932)
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The Alabama Income Tax, Amendment 5, also known as Amendment 5, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 8, 1932, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature be permitted to levy and collect a tax on incomes derived from salaries, fees and compensation paid by the state, county, municipality, and any agency or creature thereof. Net income exemptions include $1,500 for unmarried persons, $3,000 for the head of a family, provided that only one exemption shall be allowed to husband and wife where they are living together and make separate returns for income tax.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 5 (1932) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 144,685 | 64.73% | ||
| Yes | 78,824 | 35.27% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1935
See also
- Alabama 1932 ballot measures
- 1932 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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Footnotes
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