New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-01
TAX RETURNS FLOOD
REVENUE OFFICES
President Wilson DELAYS
Filing His-N. Y. Collec-
tors Overwhelmed.
TIME UP TOMORROW:
THEN FINES BEGIN
ChicagO'S WealthieSt Business
Woman Will Pay $4,000
on SS00,000 Yearly.


The Office staffs of the four internal
revenue collectors Of New York City
and vicinity quit their desks at g
O'Clock last night. their brains awhrl
and their legs weary with the hardest
days work in the history Of their
offices. They were the receiving end
Of terrific bombardment ot income
tax returns.
Yesterday. which ordinarily. if March
! did not fall on Sunday. would have
bcen the last day for filing returns.
proved to be the Banner day Of the in
come tax season,
Although not in this district it be-
came known here yesterday that Presi-
dent Wilson had not filed his return
Collector Charles d. Anderson, Of the
Manhattan district kept his office
open until 6 o'clock. the clerks there
by being deprived Of their half holi-
day. Returns came from all directions.
Tho mails were laden with them. not
only from New York, but from all
parts of the United States and foreign
countries where New Workers happen
10 be soiourning The law makes no
exception. and citizens must file their
income tax returns with the collector
Of their home district.
Collector Anderson will keep his
cflicc force at work to-day tabulating
the returns already made 10 the office.
Ir sc estimated that yesterday 5000
we're fled in person and about 10000
by mail
1t has also been computed by statis-
ticians that New York Will pay between
$4,000. 600 and t15.00OoQQ Of the total
income tax. which is expected to yield
approximately sll5.OOo0Oo. Twenty
nine citizens of the city; the wealth.
est I'm the country-are expected 10 pay
taxes aggregating several millions.
Collector William H. Maxwell. Of
Brooklyn. viii keep his Office open all
Of tomorrow, but his clerks will get
a rest TODAY. II is expected that there
viu be 1000 returns mad, 10 1nat
office.
The office Of Frederick n. Marshall
collector OF the Sd New York District
AT 18th street and Third avenue. will
be kept open until o'clock tomorrow
night 20 receive returns by the last
mail. The office will be closed 10 call
e,-.- H., ,.oreof, of o'clCcis
Midniaht Fatal Hour.
How many returns Of the total num-
Der have been filed in New York can
not be foretold 10y tho officials. The
returns have not been counted. and
Judging from the experience Of other
offices. it will take DAYS to determine
what proportion of the taxable citizen
ship is delinquent.
Under the ruling Of w. II Osborn,
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, re-
turns may be fled all Of tomorrow up
until midnight With that hour the
penalties may be eXacted for failure
TO comply with the law.
What the policy Of the government
will be toward those who fail 10 make
return promptly remains 10 be seen.
u is generally believed that if invest-
CATION shows there was no intent TO
evade the tax there will be no prosecu-
tons
While New York was struggling with
the biggest income tax list Of all other
cities Of the United States report SIM
liar rushes.
President Wilson has not yet avaiied
himself Of the new laws provisions,
and unless he submits his return to the
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