New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-27
Anderson Hats Rush TO
Paw Through Wrong
Channel.
10000 COME TO
OFFICE IN DAY
rour thousand Letters Received
Ready to Probe for Fraud
Under New Law.

,,.,oych the new income tax law
80 Mainly that all assessments first
.u M, made by tho Commissioner Of
- Revenue al Washington. and all
,,e shall be notified Of the amount
~ which they are respectively liable on
before June Of each succeeding year.
.-ses w Anderson, Collector OF In
nal Revenue for this district. has been
49,, during the last few days returning
,,rsreds OF checks 10 persons who have
,.-,.r5cd them 20 him. together with
choir fUcd out returns.
these checks-many 81 the ordinary
numerical kind and others certified
,.ve been hurried along 10 the Collector
" Internal Revenue by persons who IN
,,e,r haste 20 comply with the new law
have taken the responsibility OF eStma'-
rg trcir own assessments.
-oucrfor Anderson has taken the
-.,,,r8 that he has not the rieht 10 re-
Give 20 this time any tax, ami has.
therefore. in all cases returned the sums
to explaining the situation yesterday
AZ Anderson said that at the present
,.re tho functions OF his Office were TO
CORNISH the necessary blanks or returns
.,5 IN give whatever information is de-
sired
Upon the receipt of the returns the
staff under Mr.. Anderson looks over them
+, order 90 ascertain whether they have
been properly made out. and II not an
o1nortuuity is given 10 make the neces-
.srv corrections. When that is done the
returns are fled, and at the close Of this
month an of them will be sent 10 Wash
agton The task OF examining the re-
rrns and making the assessments then
fails on the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue. vs. n. Osborn.
Mr. Anderson also announced yesterday
hat after the assessments have been
designated and when official notification
has been sent out TO persons who are
saectcd by tho new law the department
fll receive only certified checks.
The office of the local Collector of In
erral Revenue i'm the Custom House was
"a busy place yesterday. As there is only
b short time TO make out the returns
nadtr the new law. 10 is estimated that
,te clerical force in charge Of the new
income tax division cared for nearly ten
thousand persons yesterday.
Aside from handing out return blanks
and ausw ering all kinds of questions. a
4rse corps of stenographers was engaged
.n answering queries and i'm opening mail.
More than one thousand special delivery
letters were received and about eight
thousand ordinary letters. Many con-
amcd requests for information regard
ls certain features of the law.
While Collector Anderson and his stan
ire carrying out the local administrative
md. the local division of internal revenue
agents. which is in charge OF Chief John
W. SInsei is being increased and put on a
working basis 10 cope with the task
Which will confront this department after
,he returns have been officially filed
Under the new law the internal revenue
gents form a secret service for the pur-
pose OF Investigation and the discovery OF
frauds 80 the Ming Of returns. Because
of the size Of this task. a number of new
Internal revenue agents have been added
io the staff Of the local office
The income tax law provides severe
|.'.".lt.'" NFi AAA' NaNhiil- VI tolo' VT ~ eAAH
uleut returns. and il will be necessary for
the internal revenue agents 10 make many
secret Investigations 10 determine whether
or not many OF the returns that have
been Med are accurate.
William g. McAdoo. Secretary Of the
lHeasury. under whose direction the new
Income taN is 20 be administered. was a
VISITOR .f fna custom House yesterday
Henry s. Stewart. special Deputy Collec-
Cor. took the Secretary through the build
ne
~ the time Mr. McAdoo entered the
room where the returns were being han
o.cd there were several hundred people
present. and everything appeared to be
running along smoothly Mr.. McAdoo
took occasion TO compliment Mr.. Ander-
son for the efficiency OF his organization.