The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
PEOPLE 10 MAKE
 OWN TAX RETURN
In No Case Win Government Take Iniliathe-All Receiving More Than Si.000 Year Are Af-
 fected by New Law.

N NaShlngtnn QCt. lh.-~Notitt tp lht public to make it's tax returns to the government under the war reye- nue law has been issued by Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper. Warning was given that in no ease will the government take the initi- ative in getting in returns, altho re- turns will be verified, and that ev- erybody should communicate with the nearest revenue office.
 Persons failing to make returns will be regarded as tax slackers and penalties will be enforced against them. As outlined in the statement the following persons are affected and must make returns Go the gov ernment:
 Those Affected.
 All individuals receiving incomes of more than Si,000 year.
 All corporations, joint stock com panies and associations.
 All distillery, rectitiers, wholesal- CTS and retailers, holders of dis titled spirits intended for sale or to be used for manufacturing purposes. All dealers in fermented liquors. or malt liquors. wines, eordials, liquors domestic and imported
 All dealers in soft drinks, table waters and carbonic acid gas.
 All manufacturers of and dealers in cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, snuff and cigarette papers.
 All carriers of freight, express or passengers and all operators of pipe lines.
 All dealers in life, marine, inland, fire and casualty insurance.
 All manufacturers and wholesale dealers in motor vehicles O evfery kind, musical instruments, motion picture films, iewelry, boats, sport ing goods, perfumes, cosmetics, medicinal preparations, chewing gum and cameras.
 All proprietors of amusement places. including caharets.
 All persons executing legal docu- ments Of any type.
 All traders on Produce or Stock Exchanges and Boards of Trade.
 All importers of merchandise.
 All manufacturers or importers of playing cards.
 The statement continues.
 Returns Must Be True.
 s'The law makes it the duty of ey- sery person, firm or corporation whose possession or incomes are taxable, to make true and correct returns upon which the tax may be assessed and collected
 Severe penalties are provided for failure on the part of any person firm or corporation to make the correct inventories and returns rec uuifed.
 To List Taxable Goods.
 "in the collection of the tax that will apply on articles or commod- ities in stock on October i, 1917, it is the purpose of the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue to make thru it's field force preliminary inquiries of every person liable to tax to ascer- tain his possessions in the way of taxable goods and the amount of tax be Is liable Co pay.
 The preliminary Inquiry will he conducted over a period of probably week. Within 30 days from the date Of enactment of the new law, every person. firm or corporation liable 10 floor tax must file with the collector of internal revenue a true and correct inventory, under oath, of goods in his possession subject to this tax Attached to the inventory must be a synopsis of the inventory and statement of the amount of tax to be paid on the goods cov- cred by the inventory.
 This is known as taxpayers regulation Upon the basis of this return and an analysis of the mfor- lnasion disclosed by the preliminary inquiry and the taxpayers inven- tory the proper amount of tax will be determined Payment of the tax must be made Co the collector of in ternai revenue at the time of filing the return. hut payment may be ex- tended to date not exceeding seven months from the passage of the act