The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-30
GET READY TO
MAKE RETURN FOR
YOUR INCOME TAX

The making OF income tax returns
viii begin TUESDAY, with the first OF
the New Year. and must he completed
by March 1. Every person subject 20
the payment Of Income tax must make
return between those dates. The gov
ernment does not hunt the citizen up
and tell him what To do neither does II
send out notices or blanks. but each
person must go to the revenue collector
or his representative and make the re
turn. or send II 10 the collector.
There are In force now three scpa'
rate income tax laws. that Of 1916. that
OF 1917. and what Is known as the su'
per tax. or war tax law. This makes
a complication that Is difficult TO work
out, and realizing this. the government
will send men into each locality TO In
struct people how 20 make out their
returns.
on January !. thirty.four officers from
the office OF Hubert L. Bolen. collector
OF Internal revenue FOR the district OF
Oklahoma. at Oklahoma City. Will leave
his office for various points I'm the
state for this purpose.
Deputy Here January TO ~.
The one TO be sent 20 Ardnore will
arrive here January and will assist
local people from January 3 to January
office in the federal building and will
b. there every day. ready and willing
20 help persons subject to the income
tax law make out their returns with
out any cost 10 them for his services.
The returns for the income tax TO
be made now are for the year 1917, and
the collector suggests that the people
begin at once figuring up their in
comes and expenses for that year and
be ready with the figures when the ex-
pert arrives. The question OF what is
expenses and the exemptions in the sew
eral classes are matters that will be
fully explained by the officer to be sen.
here.
In recent interview Mr.. Bolen, the
collector. said:
"It will be well for every unmarried
person whose net income for 1917 Is
81 900 or more. and every married per-
son living with wife or husband whose
net income for 1917 is $4,000 or more,
To call on the income tax man and
learn whether or not they have any tax
to paw The person subject to tax who
doesn't make return in the time pre-
scribed is going to regret II. The
government will get after all income
tax slackers.
There's hardly a business man. mer-
cnant or professional man WHO Non
have to make return of income. Farm
ers. as a class, will have to pay the tax.
The safe thing to do is for every person
who had a total income Of 81 900, or
1000 as the case may be, and who is
not sure about what deductions the law
allows him. to play it safe by calling
on the income tax man.
THE man in the field will have forms
for everybody, and persons who expect
to call ons him need not trouble them
selves to write to my office for forms"
Severe Penalty Provided.
4 severe penalty, either fine and i'm
>risonmert or both w:'i follow neglect
by those liable to pay the tax who fall
TO seek out the representative of the
government and make their return. II
cases OF this kind do occur it is going
to be largely through ignorance of the
law So many are liable to concluoe
that if they have made $1,000. $4,000
or So 900 during the year and expended
all of it for their living that they have
no income and will not be obligated TO
pa, the tax. There they will make
grave error. For instance. the cost of
living, household expenses and cloth
ing are not classed as expenses.
All these provisions will be exclaimed
by the officer the government will sena
to Ardmore, and the safe way is 70:
every person earning or receiving dur
ing the past year as much as 81 600 10
20 to the officer and state his case hon
estly. find what his exemptions are, and
if he Is liable To pay a tax, ana the-
make out his return.