The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-02
AWAIT PRESIDENT
+ INCOME STATEMENT
Must Return Report to Col
lector Hanna at Baltimore
Some Time Today.
Much Speculation as to Amount
OF Income Received by Secre-
tary Bryan From His Lecture
Tours.

announced at 3 O'Clock yesterday after
noon that by the close of business for
| the day he would have on file the
! income tax returns of approximately
IL 900 individuals and 5000 corpora
tons. Under the law all returns must
be in by today. but as this is sun
day one day of grace has been added
However, the individual or corporation
with taxable income allowing tomor-
row to go by without sending in a
statement will have to pay the pen
alty--4io mild one by any manner Of
means.
Since the district in which Baltimore
is located includes Maryland and Della
ware, the two Eastern Shore counties
of Virginia and the District of Co
fiumbia- the Office force in Mr.. Hannas
Office has been kept extremely busy in
the last few days.
Returns From Distant Parts.
/ Returns have come to Mr.. Hannas
Office from almost every civilized coun-
try on the globe and from some coun-
tries not rated as altogether civilized
All of the army and navy officers no
matter where located, send their state
ments TO him, and practically all Amer
leans living abroad address their state
ments to Washington. with the result
that they eventually land in the local
internal revenue office. Among the
countries from which reports have
been received are Germany. France
Canada, Spain. the Bahama Islands and
the Panama Canal Zone.
President Wilson is among those
who are scheduled to make their in
up to late hour yesterday afternoon
his statement had not been received
/ In Washington it was reported yester-
day that Joseph +. Tumulty the pres
! idents secretary. was at work on the
executives statement and that il would
| be forwarded to Baltimore. probably
some time in the afternoon.
The president receives a salary OF
$4,000 a year, but he is expressly ex
empted from the payment of any in
come tax on 1T. What other sources
of income he may happen to have
+ no one seems to know. He has never
been rated as other than poor man
( when his holdings are compared with
those Of millionaires.
President Wilson will probably file
! his income tax statement In Baltimore
early Monday morning. He will mail
lit to John II. Hanna, collector of in
| ternal revenue for the Maryland dis
( trict which district includes the city
! of Washington. according to infor-
nation obtained at the White House
( this evening.
q
! Washington is awaiting with a
great deal of interest the income
statement of Secretary Bryan AL
/ though the law requires such infor-
nation as these statements contain
! to he kept secret by the treasury de-
partment. curiosity among persons in
/ the capital prompts the hope that
some one will leak and disclose what
part of the secretary's annual income
/ Is dependent upon his lecture tours.
( Collector Hanna said yesterday that
a great many persons on whose In
J come the tax is slight have sent
checks along with their statements
The big fellows, however. he assert
/ ed, are waiting for the government
/ To send them statements of the
T amount that they are expected to pay.
| Mr. Hanna further stated that he
has received or heard hut few COM
! plants with reference to the law
which requires the payment of the
! income tax. ON the contrary, he says.
a great many people have expressed
! themselves as being perfectly willing
I to contribute in this way their snare
( of the governmental expenses.
4 Asked what machinery the govern
ment provides for compelling income
tax returns. Mr.. Hanna said that the
penalty for violating the law is a fine
/ ranging from $40 to $1,000. and in
I addition thereto a penalty in the
shape OF increased taxes will he i'm
posed on the delnduents.
/ Under the law the collector o. tn
| ternal revenue is authorized to grant
! extensions of time under certain con-
! ditions to persons who. for one rea-
son or another. cannot make their
returns within the prescribed period.
About three hundred or four hundred
such extensions have already been
granted by Mr.. Hanna to people who
are sick or out Of the country. No
extension can exceed thirty days.
+ Many Questions Intricate.
! According to Mr.. Hanna. some ex-
tremely intricate questions are being
asked by the people with incomes
upon which taxes will have to be paid
He has established bureau of in
( formation for the purpose OF answer
4 ing as many of these questions as pos
dble and for furnishing general In
/ formation to those desiring to know
7 lust how their statements should be
made out. He estimates that he re-
| ceives about five hundred problem let
ters day
Just how many individuals and COR
perations have failed to make the
returns the law requires Mr. Hanna
will be unable 70 tell until all Of the
statements received have been gone
over. He has. howe-or, list of cor
1 porations to check up on. and he
thinks his agents will be able to round
UP any delinquent individuals.