New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-12

AND FILING RETT'RNS-COIbECIolt S'l'ihN An >
1~--UCrIoxs FROM WASHINGTON.
The work of supplying income-tax blanks and re-
ce.vng and filing returns OF incomes 'on''''u'n ~
be brisk IN the Offices of the collectors OF internal
Revenue in this city yesterday. The oinceS were
opened about a. IN. and kept open uh'il p H. III
obedience to instructions from WASHINGTON II Was
said that the orders were to Keep the oiH''S Ope"
between those hours on every DAY 'AceP' sum
day, until Monday evening
A new system OF delivering blanks was ADOPTED
yesterday at both Offices TO prevent 'he uSeieSs
waste of blanks. Every applicant was required 10
pass a Civil Service examination, as one man cN-
pressed it, before he could obtain blank 'Ierhs
were kept busy taking the names and addresses OF
everybody who wanted blanks, and requiring theih
to give satisfactory evidence of their Intention 10
make returns "You see" said one OF the clerks III
explanat:on people have been getting all the
blanks they could carry away and then using them
souvenirs to paper their walls with.
The PEOPLE who wanted blanks seemed To be i'm
pressed with the idea that there were only three
more days remaining in which returns could he
made without sUbecting the taxpayer to the % per
cent penalty.
INSTRUCTIONS FROM WASHINGTON.
In response to a request for Instructions. Internal
Revenue Collector sullivan received dispatch yes
terday from Washington telling him 10 require all
persons In making returns. to show clearly that
rents included and deducted were received only
from real estate. and to include nothing whatever
paid for rent use of personal property or fran
chise.
These were the first Instructions on the subject
that had been received from Washington since the
rendering Of the decision 10y the supreme Court on
Monday. Collector sullivan was somewhat relieved
upon receiving the dispatch, although IL dil not an
the main question, to whether or not it is
compulsory for rentals from real estate 70 hc IN
cluled in the returns The collectors have advised
everybody making the returns to include rentals
from real in the declaration Of their gross in
come, and then to deduct from the total the amount
received for rents. The blanks supplied by ne
Department, however, Wer" drawn ny before IN"
supreme Court decision Was rendered. ana th.t
rentals Many people omitted entirely to make re-
The hstruc,ions received by Collector sullivan
were taken by him t. apply especially IT, notes ana
apartment houses, the income of when IS derived
Collector sullivan ala not undertake 20 interpret
The best / can dG' he Tll, - 20 let people see
the law AMI tho decisions and the instructions. and
then decide for Themselves"
RUSH AT COLLECTOR SJIIIVAN'S OFFICE
The rush at the Offices 80. ia Nassau-st.. and ~
Fourth-ave. and Fourtcen;h-si.. was not quito a.
great during the afternoon as IL was during the
mornirs Many people who had procured their
blanks the day before sent their returns III by mail
Collector suIy3n anl Collector Cross ., eoih n, re-
titles that they were carried y in oiE h'sk.is re-"
dresses Of the sonjers printed upon them
In ;h4 Office Of the Third District collector Crosse
was al his desk and spent his TN" J" o'gr; H.nt
,ha returns which were sent IN hY mai The COZ
iec.or said that his Office vs. a daily receipt "
about 1860 returns of income. tn. great majority
80 ,hes. come through the mails. some OF tn To-
turns contained the nc5nl. derived from real state,
,bii. others lid not. Mr. Crosse estimates that
3oGo individuals ana Operations must make r.
mems =, him That b. estimate OF per cent IN
,h. r1,,tI,tlon which IS 10000 "a his district.
Wbai the aggregate would he ne had no means of
determining. OnY three more days remain Tor 'hc
fling of income blanks. a. the tine is mp on Mon
day Those who called personally a. IN" t'-
~, .ri can sod
- me clerks The questions flow thick AMI fast.
ana there was remarkable thrsi ior Know, iEe
- me provisions ~ tn. I,hltahl- law. Aii'r Mon
dav me hardest work Of the Collectors Office VIII
have - b. done. Then IN" returns VIII Do" sorted
.r3 r,norta1 and any returns that are suspicious
viii have - De investigated and passed upon by
the Collector. This work Wi" require hni""er Oh
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