Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-10-11
INHERITANCE TAX
LAW OVERLOOKED
Executors of Estates Coming
Under Statute Not Filing
Necessary Data.
TEN PER CENT. PENALTY
GOES ON AFTER ONE YEAR
Appraiser Anderson Demands
Information by October n or
Subpoenas Will Be Served.

John ID. Anderson, tax appraiser of
estates. is busily engaged in sending
out notices from his office in the Es-
sex building requesting executors
and administrators of estates sub
ject to collateral inheritance tax to
file with him not later than October
21 information that win enable him
to report the cordition of the estates
subject to such taxes. 4AI
Mr.. Anderson .,.la today:
Some of these executors and adj
ministrators apparently have gone to
sleep and are lsaving the estates
over which they have supervision to
administer themselves. In a num-
ber of instances they have permitted
more than one year to elapse since
the death. in consequence of which
the State will add 10 per cent pen
atty to the tax. Proper attention to
their duties would have made it pos
sihle to assess and pay the collateral
tax within the year and receive i
discount of per cent. This is net
loss of 10 per cent, and ought to
come out of the commissions of the
tAtCulOi . vi doiiiihioti a dtOi %
I'm some cases the handling of tbs
estates has been turned over to law
yers and a few executors are going
to be surprised gentlemen when they
get the notices. They have supposed
that it had been given by their at
torneys long ago
Mr.. Anderson, in his notices, in
forms the deliquents that their failure
to comply will result in subpoenas
being issued to all persons having an
interest In the various estates, in
Guiding the executors, and where no
inventories and accountings have been
filed with the surrogate such rerodrs
must be filed, also.
The estates tn which notices have
been sent are: Frederick D. Brewer,
Marie Veth, William A, Waelther,
John Moran, Isabella Huggan, Sarah
w. Kent. Charles Otto, Austin Nor.
| ton, William Mackle, Della NJ.
Rooney. Mary C. Sparks, Margaretta
Turkes. Lottie Hartshorne, Edward
j. G. Hamilton, John Kerner, Chris
| tina Eberling May l.. Barnicle.
| Thomas Fines, John b. Horn, Ann
McGann, Bridget Cassidy. Sarah q.
Gray, Leonidas o. Bancroft, Michael
A. Heavey. John p Schotield Julius
Gemeinert, Henry B. Mum. Mary
Augusta Schmidt and Charles Fl.
Morehouse
| No notices have been sent excepting
in ca5es wrere the deaths occurred
more than six months ago, drl in
cdses where no satisfactory expltna-
tions have been given for the DELAYS.
fi.e data required by the appraiser
m each cast IS a copy Of the will.
C, py of the inventory, an itemized
lsst of the bills and debts of the de-
ceased person. the location of the
real estate, and If mortgaged, the
amount of the mortgage. back tax,
| liens and assessments.
In some cases additional informa-
tion showing If legatees have died
before the testator and the ages OF
| persons who take contingent inter-
ests in estates is required to be sup
piled. All information is given under
oath.
| "What is to happen on October
u ?" Mr. Anderson was asked.
| Every executor or administrator
| who is then in default will be cited to
file his inventory and accounting and
will be served with a subpoena to ap-
pear and give testimony In each Of
| these estates there must be very
speedy performance of duties neglect-
| ed or overlooked"