Weekly journal-miner., 1917-12-19
ID 1. HELP FIGURE INCOME TAX
MEN WILL GO TO EVERY CITY AND TOWN IN THE STATE TO MEET THE PEOPLE AND AID THEM IN MAKING RETURNS.

PHOENIX, Dec. H.-You won't have to figure out your own income tax all by yourself hereafter. The government is going to send out men to help you. It will be up to you to hunt up these men, who will be sent into every county seat town, and some other towns besides, to meet the people. Postmasters, bankers and newspapers will be able to tell you when the governments income tax man will be around, and where to ind him. He will answer your questions, swear you to the return, take your money, and remove the wrinkles from your brow. Returns of income for 1917 must be made between January and March 1, 1918.
 "The government recognizes Col | lector of Internal Revenue Lewis I. Carpenter said today, that many per sons experience a good deal of diffl- culty in filling out income tax forms. It recognizes too, that taxpayers resi- dent at points where collectors offices are not easily accessible find 1t hard to get proper instruction in the law. ] Next year, when every married per son living with wife or husband and having a net income of $2,OOO, and every unmarried person not the head of family and having net income of 5000 for the year 1917, must make return of income on the form pre- scribcd, there will be hundreds in every community seeking light on the law, and help in executing their re- turns. My own and every other col lection district in the nation will be divided into districts, with the county as the unit, and government officer informed in the income tax assigned to each district He will spend hard ly less than week in each county, and in some counties a longer time, very likely in the courthouse at the county-scat town. In cities lWherc | there are collectors branch offices he will be there, and in other cities, pos sibly at the city hall My office will will in due time advise postmaStcrS and bankers and send out notices to the newspapers stating when the off ccr will be in each county. It will not be necessary for prospective taxpay- CTS to ask my office for forms on which to make returns. The oficcr who visits their county will have them.
 Tt may be stated as a matter of general information that net income is the remainder after subtracting cx- pcnscs from gross income. Personal, family, or living expense is not ex- pensc in the meaning of the law. the exemption being allowed to cover such expenses.
 The new exemption of 5000 and 5000 will add tens of thousands to the number of income taxpayers m this district, inasmuch as practically every farmer, merchant, tradcsman, professional man and salary worker and a great many wage workers will be required to make return and pay tax.
 The law makes it the duty ot the taxpayer to seek out tho collector. Many people assume that if an in come tax form is not sent, or gov crnmcnt officer does not call, they arc relieved from making report. This Is decidedly in error It is the other way round. The taxpayer has to go to the government and ii he doesn't within the time prescribed, he IS a violator of the law. and the govern mcnt will go to him with its penal ! ties"