Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-09-13

SCISSOR for the Tenth Massachusetts, Dis
irict. says, In his ~InieTnal Revenue
Guide" al page IS: Lawyers and
physicians may return either the erectU-
al actual fees received during the year.
without regard 10 the time when they
accrued, or the amounts due TO The bus
ines Of tho year. But when ihe tax
i payer has heretofore adopted one method,
he cannot be allowed 10 make Use Of the
other"
Commissioner Lewis decided that "A
merchants return % income should Gov
er the business OF the year 1862. exeiud-
ing the previous years. Uncollected
accounts must be estimated and that
physicians and lawyers should include
the actual receipts sor services rendered
in 1859, together with an estimate o, TIRE
unresl.zed or contingent income due
that year fRedaeids Handbook Of
the United Siates Tax Law, p. SEQ
An examination q the internal rev
euue law VIII satisfy any one that thee
Official interpretations were fully war
r2n'od- II i plain conmoa sense, also.
that no man ought 10 have beea CON-
PEELED 20 Tsy an income on receipts FOR
services rendered before the act went In.
q eject. That would have heen TO
compel every man who had zIlsd 20 re-
ceive Is dues Tor series Of years 20
pay an income tax thereon. while the
grca; portion Of the public only paid for
gains o, tie year
Il viii be observed that the portion OF
lr. Tii6ea'S srslavi, in the Terre H=a,r
sSair CuO,ei By TIE Tines, SAYS thai
payment was made FOR 4 part % his .
services Bu; the i.5eious TINES has
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e sFeci5c, tssy had beea rendered, SC
coriin- 20 the sHs5avi,. during the years
ls57. 1855. 1889. 1850. 1851, 1852.
Vow according 20 Commissioner Lew
= decision. Dir. Tilden was required TO
include in his statement only "Gs az
tai receip. FOR services rendered in 1852, /"
excluding the previous years. together
with an estimate OF the unrealized or
contingent income due 20 that year
THIS HE DID. liz FULLY COMPLIED
WITH TuE LAW.
The libellious Times insinuates that
Air. Tilden received during the year 1862,
Ind as part Of the income Of that year,
1913 coo OF bonds which he did not in q
.lnde in his return. II was not until i
sG4, however, the opinion became en- ,
ertained that there might be surplus ,
4 bonds at some future time, and the =.
piniou was first expressed in the re-
ort Of the company. Nor is this all $
n the report OF the committee Of d. r
sctors published in the Times the other y
ay, August ~, it is specifically stated I,
nat the bonds in question remained in
he hands Of Sir. Robert Bayard up TO
Iarch Il, 1870. That is, eight years a
fter the period when the Times claims Q
he bonds ought 10 have been included
J the income returns, they were in the
ands Of another party; and the very
lct Of there being such a surplus Is I
tin in controversy, so A,1f tie J0Rds oan- o
81 esss mar Is c'aimed 10 be In situation n
firm part ef anyJodys income. b
The libelous New York Times is liable p
, Samuel ]. Tilden in heavy damages
" its wicked. wanton and infamous :
Of him as a perjurer.
very depraved sheet OF like characterj II
ghich repeats the statement now that &
IS wickedness IS exposed will part with Ii
very remnant OF characteGit has LEFT.
We very much mistake the nature Of
be American people If the villainous
ssault upon fearless statesman, made
D the Interest Of public plunderers and !,
roflgates, does not secure for Mr.. Til +
en- hundreds OF thousands OF votes
mong fair minded r iblicans. :,