The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04

Necessary expense of carrying on
business not including personal, living
or family expenses.
Interest paid out of Indebtedness.
National, state, county, school or
municipal taxes paid within the year.
Trade losses, or storm or fire
losses, not covered by insurance.
Worthless debts charged off during
the year.
A reasonable allowance for the de-
probation of property.
Dividends from companies whose in
comes have already been taxed.
Interest from state, municipal or
government bonds.
Must be Entire "Net lncome."
1t is clear provision of the law.
however, that the taxable person must
make return to the internal revenue
collector for his entire net income"
and exemptions claimed under the law
must be submitted to the federal Off
GERS for them to determine upon their
reasonableness or legality.
The amount. of the income tax, as
finally agreed upon, follows:
From $4,000 to $4,000, 1 per cent;
from $4,000 to $4,000, per cent.
from $4,000 to $4,000, per cent.
from $4,000 to 100000, per cent;
500. 900 to $25O,0O0, per cent; $780,
900 to $500,00O, per cent; above
100000, per cent.
A single man with an income of
$25,000, for example, would pay 1 per
cent on $4,000 and per cent on $500,
a total tax of S270. If married, the
first tax of 1 per cent. would apply to
only $4,000 of the income.
Ready to Answer Questions.
The treasury department is prepar-
| ing for flood of questions about the
new income tax, realizing that this
| feature of the tariff bill about to be-
come law strikes more, intimately at
the tax paying citizen than do the
indirect taxes collected through the
customs duties.
One of the first steps taken to get
general information before the public
will be to distribute income tax blanks
through postoffices, internal revenue
officers, and other federal agencies.
However, the fact that he does not re-
ceive blank or request to pay the
tax will not exempt a taxable person
/ from the penalties of the law.
Representative Cordell Hull of Ten
nessee, who drew the income tax pro-
| vision of the tariff bill which will soon
become law, made public a detailed
explanation of the tax plan as 1t will
| touch the individual citizen.
THE treasury regulations soon to
be prepared will make clear to every
taxpayer the requirements of the law
and its application to income derived
| from the various kinds of business"
Mr.. Hull said. ANY person who keeps
familiar with his business affairs, dur
ing the year should have no difficulty
in executing his tax return.
How Tax Is Divided.
THE income tax is divided into two
phases, the normal tax of one per
cent. on the whole income above
$4,000 and the additional tax that be-
| gins with an extra one per cent. above
$4,000 and is graduated to six per
cent above 100000 Wherever the
income tax is paid at the source by a
corporation for it's employees or in SINH
| lar cases, only the one per cent. nor
NAL tax is SO paid.
The. individual has to pay any a.
ditional tax himself. The provisions
of the law requiring the tax to be
withheld at the source does not take
effect until November l, 1913.
For the first year the citizen will
make return to the local internal reve-
nue. collector before March l, 1914,
as to his earnings from March /, 1913,
to the end of this year. The collector
| will notify him June 1 how much
he owes and the tax must be paid
by June go. After next year the tax
will apply on the full calendar year
'If the income of a person is under
| $4,000, or If the tax upon same is
withheld for payment at the source
or If the same is to be paid elsewhere
in the United States, affidavit may be
made to such fact and thereupon no
return will be required.
Covers Incomes of All Citizens.
The tax covers all incomes of citi-
zens of the United States, whether liv-
ing here or abroad; those of foreign
ers living in the United States, and
the net incomes from property owned
or business carried on in the United
States by persons living abroad
The net income includes all in
come from salaries or any compensa-
tion for personal services; incomes
from trades, professions, business, or
commerce.: from sales or dealings in
personal property or real estate; from
interest, rent, dividends from securi-
ties; for all business carried on for
gain.
Requests Will DO. be considered in
come, nor will life insurance paid to
a beneficiary or returned to the in
sured person as paid up or sur
rendered policy be taxable. Interest