The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-03-02
new STATEMENTS SENT OUT
Men Who Work in Factories Must Come
Across With Income Statements Be
fore 18th Of April-Appoint Board
of Review Before First of May.

Just about thousand people in Ke-
nosha city and county are liable to a
fine not exceeding $500 CIR Imprisonment
not to exceed one year. That is, it
looks as if this is the case, as this num-
Der of people have so far failed to file
with Joseph E. Dalton, assessor of in
comes, a statement OF their incomes for
the year 1915. The blank statements
were sent out to all of 5000 people in
Kenosha early in the month and under
the law there is no provision for an
extension Of the time for payment.
However, there is grain of comfort in
the fact that since the income law was
written on the statute books of the
state not one man or woman has been
forced to go before court and tell
why he did not send in a statement nor
has any one in the state ever been
fined the $500 or sent to jail for any
part of the one year period under the
law. This part of the law has been
something of dead letter and the
local assessors and the members Of the
state tax commission have been salts
fed with making arbitrary assessments
against the delinquents. Some of them
have paid the tax so assessed but for
the most part the fellows against whom
such assessments were made have been
among the number not located when it
came time to collect the tax. The num-
Der of delinquents this year seems to
be larger than in former years but the
assessor is hopeful that during today
anG tomorrow there VIII be real flood
of mail into his Office which will take
a lot of people off the delinquent list.
There is going to be an extension in the
time for filing of aome people in Keno
sha city and county. This class in
cluded the men and women who are
wage earners in the factories. The cor
poration eports have shown the amount
canned by these people and statements
will be sent to them at once to give
them chance to make thei own return
as provided by law. If the return is
not made by the 18th of April, they
will be assessed on, the entire amounts
of their salary as returned by the cor
poration by which they are employed.
The income returns for the city and
county have not as yet been examined
but it is probable that a lot of them
will have to be corrected. Within a
few days the state tax commission will
name a board to review these state
ments and this board will probably
hold it's first sessions early in May and
complete its work by the first of June.
The tax will not be assessed until some
time in August Of September.
"There ism It great deal to say
said Assessor Dalton this morning.
We do wish that all of the people
would make the returns themselves as
we have found that the hand made
assessments are lot more satisfactory
than those made by the assessor or the
tax commission later. There are still
some five hundred blanks to be sent
ou5 in this county and we are getting
them out today. These may be return
ed by the 18th of April, but the ones
sent out the first of the month must be
returned not later than tomorrow night.
The law does not give the assessor of
incomes any power for the extension of
the time for the filing Of income re-
turns. -
The assessor declared that the people
of the city and county were getting
better acquainted with the workings of
the law and that on this account the
returns were coming in better every
year. This year there is a considerable
increase in the number of income blanks
sent out. The return of them is about
the same as in other years. It is posi-
BILE that fear Of the O. fine and imprison-
ment' - may awaken some of the de-
linquents to their duty in this regard,