Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-02
WILL LIST ALL
NEVADA LIQUORS
Government Will Also Enforce
The Income Tax
Law

The following items from Satur.
days Gazette are OF much interest.
Liquor Stocks to be Listed
Every dealer in the entire country
carrying liquors. wines. beer or cigars
will be vitality Affected by drastic
revenue act which is scheduled to go
into effect Monday morning. and in
anticipation of its taking effect at that
TIME five special revenue agents OF
the government are now. in Reno and
twenty more will reach here Monday
morning from the revenue depart.
ment at San Francisco. Immediately
upon receiving advice from Washing.
ton by telegraph that the bill is in
| effect they will begin strict visit
through the entire state To receive
from all dealers of the products men
toned complete inventories OF their
stocks on hand.
Three Days Allowed
Under the provisions of the emer-
l.,
whether a wholesaler or retailer. must.
within three days after the act takes
effect, file with the government com
plete inventory OF his stock on hand or
in transit. Blanks will be supplied
by the government for recording such
| Inventories but 1t is announced by the
revenue department that failure to re.
ceive any such blanks will not exempt
any person from prosecution for fail
ure to make the required report with
in three days allowed.
Dealers Must Pay Tax
The emergency act increases the tax
of whiskey from s1.10 to 1920 n gal
lon. on beer from S1.50 to $500 a bar
rel, and a graduated tax is imposed
upon wines and cigars
In every instance the dealer in pos
session must pay the difference be.
tween the new and the old tax.
I Rigid Enforcement Announced
The revenue department expects
the bill to be effective Monday and
no;.ce was Sven TO the press today
That no temporiEing would be allowed
/ by the government.
Dealers must file their inventories
within the three days allotted and fail
ure to comply, it is given out, will be
followed by prosecution.
| Income Tax Evasions to be Probed
/ A vigorous campaign for the en-.
( forcement of the income tax law, the
levying Of heavy penalties for its
| evasion and prosecution in fragrant
cases of its violation is to be launched
/ by the government according to infor
| nation that has come to San Francis
/ co. Nevada Is not to be overlook ed
| by any means, rs the investigation
which has been under way for several
months by the revenue department
! Indicates that many persons in that
state who are liable for the payment
of income tax have failed to make
proper reports.
Careful Investigation
The filing of income tax reports and
the payment OF the required tax, on
account of the great number OF per.
sons and corporations covered by the
provisions Of the act, had to be. OF
necessity, left to the persons and cor.
porations affected.
The government found II impossible
TO make personal visit and per.
sonul investigation of each case al the
time the law was first applied. but
since then every revenue district in
the entire country has been carefully
investigated by special agents and a
vast amount OF information has been
accumulated that will he used when
|, the government begins It's real activi
ty.
Money Never Reported
, Investigations by these special
agents OF corporation records have
shown transactions involving large
sums II money that have never been
, reported and the offenders will ht
, brought by other corporations and in
dividuals sharply to account and Il
found guilty OF evasion will be sever
/ ally dealt with
II Is understood that the move or
Nevada will take place within shor
time.