The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-25
MUST COMPLY WITH NEW LAW
Second Letter from Department Gives
People Until May list With Under
standing There Will Be no More Ex-
tensions Of Time to File Schedules.

people in Kenosha have failed to
make proper returns Of their incomes
for taxation second letter has been
sent out by the assessor of incomes
and this letter was received on lot
Of desks in the city this morning.
The letter calls especial attention to
the penalty undcr the law for failure
to file schedules and demands that the
schedules be sent to the assessor of
incomes before the first day of May.
The letter also contains little more
information in regard to making out
the schedules. The letter follows:
Income Tax Return Second Notice
''Dear Sir:
The blank income tax return mailed
you sometime ago with notice accord
ing to law, to return the same to the
undersigned properly filed out and
sworn to, on or before April Is, 1912,
has not yet been received, You are
hereby requested to make such return
on or before May frst-the time for
making returns having been extended
10 that date. In case such return is
not received within the time specified
it viii be necessary for the assessor
to assess to you an amount of income
(Which will be final unless evidence
is offered before the board of review
tending to show that it is incorrectly
and you will also become subject to
the penalties prescribed in Section
l0s7m--12 of the income tax law,
quoted in part below:
lsu case any return made by any
person other than corporation,
joint stock company, or associa-
tion is made with false or fraudu-
lent intent, or in case of a re-
fusal or neglect to make a return
as required by law, and an addi-
tional amount is discovered, the
amount so discovered shall be sub
,ltCb W bWlNG buO Ol1SiuGl IdbOs
Any person, other than a cor
poration, joint stock company or
association who fails or refuses to
make a return at the time here
matter specified in each year or
shall render false or fraudu-
return shall upon conviction be
fined not to exceed FIVE hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned not to ex-
coed one year, or both, at the dis
erection of the court together with
the cost of prosecution.
In filing out such return your at
teutiou is called to the following:
/. The essential purpose of the law
is to ascertain and tax net income.
Any method of bookkeeping or ac-
counting which fairly attains this re-
suit will be accepted.
?. The return is necessary even
thought it shows that there is no tax
able income over and above the
exemptions.
8. Every question on pages l and
2 and every question on page 3 which
is applicable must be answered. If
there is no item Conformation to be
given opposite any question on pages
one and two write in the words
none, !" "nothing" or emil As
the assessor of incomes is liable to a
fine of five dollars for every question
which is not answered, no returns can
be received in which any question re-
quiring answer remains unanswered.
4, Separate forms have been print
ed for the following classes of persons:
No Returns for individuals gem
orally. (See also No. 1tY.
No 2-Returns for guardians, trus-
tees, executors, administrators, agents,
receivers, etc.
No. 3--Returns for firms and CO.
partnerships.
No. Returns for domestic cor
porations.
No. Returns for Wisconsin cor
porations doing business within and
without the state.
No. 6-Returns for foreign corpora
tions.
No. instructions (applying to
forms 1-2-3-1I1.
No. 8-Instructiops (for corpora
tions).
No. 9-Blanks for list Of employees
No 1o-Blanks for list of stock
holders.
No Returns for farmers.
No. l@-Afidavit that total income
did not exceed $4,000.
If the blank form previously sent to
you is not the one best suited in your
occupation or business, application for
the proper form should be made at
once to the undersigned
Dated the goth April, 1912.