The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-02-03

Get ready to tell the state tax com
mission how much you managed to get
away with in the year ending Deem
Der LIST, 1915. County Income Assess
sor Joseph E. Dalton has them all
ready for the stamps and some three
thousand income statement blanks will
go out to the men and women of Ke-
,nosha county who earn money, within
the next two or three days. The batch
is a little larger this year than it has
been in any former year as the tax
commission has been busy and has
found lot Of fellows who in other
years have managed in some way or
another to get away from paying the
income tax. The big concerns have of
course filed with the commission a re-
port showing the earnings Of salaried
emplofes and this has made it easy
for the local assessor Of incomes to get
a line on the amount that these men
should return in the statements.
The blanks to be used this year are
wonderfully similar to those sent out
in the spring Of 1915. The legislature
met last year and several small amend
ments were made to the income tax
law, but these relate to enforcing
collection rather than to the methods
Of assessment and the list Of exemp-
tions is exactly the same as it was in
the former year. Most people were of
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thrift which had been so apparent
in the demand of the state to assess
the rental value of the home Of man
had been removed, but this is not the
fact The new blank has it there in
black and white and the householder
must estimate the rental value of his
home just as in other years and be pre-
pared to pay taxes on that estimate.
The usual exemptions for the wife and
children, for interest and taxes paid
are still on the blanks.
These blanks must all be returned
to the assessor of incomes before the
first day Of March. If they are not
returned by that time the assessor
will get busy and look you over and
see what he thinks you ought to be able
to earn and this amount will be enter
ed as an assessment against you. Of
course, you will have a chance to pro-
test to the income board of review
which will be appointed by the state
tax commission later, but history does
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9ny great reduction in the returns on
oomes or in the tax to be paid. All
changes made by the board of review
are subject to review by the state tax
commission. The blanks for the return
of the corporation incomes will be sent
out from the Office Of the state tax
commission within the next few weeks.
They are also very similar to those
sent out year ago.
Income Assessor Dalton expects that
there will be large increase in the
amount of the incomes returned for
taxation in Kenosha county this year.
During the last year there was a con-
siderable increase in salaries of men
employed In Kenosha factories and it
is expected that this increase will be
reflected by big boost in the amounts
on which the income taxes will be
assessed for the coming year. The in
come taxes to be assessed on the re-
turns secured at this time will not be
made payable until January of 1917.
Tt is expected that the board of re-
view for Kenosha county will be nam
ed by the state tax commission about
the first of May of this year and its
meetings viii be held between that
time and the latter part of July. This
board will not pass on objections to
corporation income taxes and the re-
port of these corporations must be
reviewed before the state tax com
mission.