The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-30
UNTIL MIDNIGHT ONLY
Have You Time to Comply With the
Special Revenue Tax Law


At midnight Monday all men indi-I
viduals, firms and corporations liable
for the special revenue tax being col
lected by the commissioner of inter
nal revenue, under the act of Octo-
Der %, 1914, who have not made their
returns, and paid as required by the
act, viii be in the class of those whom
is added a so per cent. penalty for.
failure, or neglect or forgetfuIness, or
because of any other excuse they may
offer.
From reports of Hayes Lewis, col
lector of internal revenue, some sof
the people IN this city seem to think
they are fooling with the city Of
jacksonville, and are allowing them
selves to become delinquent so as to
give City Attorney Odom a job for
the next twenty-four years collecting
delinquent taxes" but they viii wake
up with jolt when they realize that
their Uncle Sam is the man saying,
come across, and when he speaks
once he acts afterwards. Then, too
they will find that he gets the money
quick and argues the matter with the
men after.
Never the Plaintiff
The United States government il
never the plaintiff in q suit to compel
payment Of license tax. The govern
ment just seizes and sells property
covered by the tax, and then If the
party is dissatisfied he may bring suit
for redress and the burden of proof
lis on him.
In the meantime Uncle Sam has got
his money and he generally manages
| to hold it.
Positively the adhesive stamp act
must be paid before midnight tonight,
November 80, by all the following
Brokers of all kinds, proprietors of
all theaters, museums, concert halls,
eircuses, and all places of amusement
not otherwise named in the act, pro-
prietors of bowling alleys and billiard
rooms, commission merchants, deal
ers in manufactured tobacco in any
and all shapes, and dealers in tobac-
co leaf.
Collector Making Preparations
The Office of the collector will re-
main open until midnight for the re-
lceipt of returns, and the mail will be
taken from the postoffice at midnight
so that all who deposited returns in
time for reaching the Office by mid
night may be counted in with those
who have paid.
Many other taxes besides the adhe-
.sive stamps required Of the above
will become due and payable after
midnight of that day, as for instance
| . 1-cent stamp on all tickets sold fol-
passage to foreign country, and q
stamp on all telephone messages cost.
/ ing a certain amount and over, anc
la stamp on all papers offered fol
record to a clerk of court, excepi
mortgages and other securities fol
debt.
Chewing Gum Tax
4 The chewing gum tax begins Tues
day, and the ruling Of the commission
er is that the gum must be sold from
its original stamped container, an.
! not transferred to some ornaments
jar or vessel for display and sale.
i Collector Lewis said thai. yesterda,
was busy day in his Office for hun
dreds poured in to square themselve
with the government, and he Wishe
every man due tax to pay by Non
day, midnight, as he does not wan
to be compelled to penalize any on
] in his district. He notifies all, how
ever, that he has absolutely no optic
in the matter, and will follow the re
ments of the act