Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-02

YOUR INCOME TAX
Men Will Come Around to Help You
Figure Out the Amount.

In communication received by thi
paper. Collector of Internal Reveun
E. b. Craig announces mat a Fedora
Income Tax Officer will be sent int
this county on January lS. and will
be here until January rs. He will
have his office in Crossville, and vii
be there every day ready and wlllln,
to help persons subject to income ia,
make out their returns without an.
cost to them for his services.
How many income tax payers will
there be IN Cumberland county? |.
you can guess how many married per
sons living with wife or husband will
have net Incomes of ~, 600 over anc
how many unmarried persons will have
net inclmes of $1,000 or over this
year, then you know. The Collector
of Internal Revenue estimates that
there will be 1856 taxpayers In this
county.
Returns Of income for the year 1917
must be made on forms provided for
the purpose before March lst, 1918
Because good many people don t
understand the law and won't know
how to make out their returns, the
Government is sending In this expert
to do 1t tor them. But the duty is on
the taxpayer to make himself known
to the Government. If he doesn't
make return as required before March
1st, he may have to pay a penalty
ranging fire , 500. to 81, 900, pay fine
or 60 to Jn,l. So II you don't want to
take chance on gong to Jail, you bet
ter call on the Income Tax Man. If
you are not sure about being subject
to the tax. better ask him and make
snre. Whether YOU sec the. income tax
mar Z. net ss.' 'sitst j,ass .,;,s-..-' =
OF course. persons resident in other
may, if they want to, come
AMI see the Income lax man at this
point.
''It Will be we'll for every unmarried
person whose net income for 1917 IS
81, ,00O or over, and every married per-
,on living with wife or husband whose
act income for 1917 Is $1,000 or over,
TO call on the income tax man and
earn whether or not they have any
tax to pay" Collector Craig said re-
,ently. "The person subjet to tax
vno doesn't make return in the time
prescribed, is going to regret 1t. The
will get after all income
AK slackers.
"There's hardly a business man,
merchant or professional man who
Won't have to make return of income.
Farmers, as a class, will have to pay
he tax. The safe thing to do is tor
very person who had a total income
i $1,000 or 1000. as the case may be,
md who is not sure about what deduct
ons the law allows him, to play it
afe by calling on the income tax man.
1he nan in the field Will have forms
or everybody and persons who expect
o call on him need not trouble them-
elves to write the Internal Revenue
)ffice for ,hem.' |
The Collector suggests that every
ody start figuring up now his income
nd expenses SO as" to be ready with !
he figures when the expert arrives.
Expenses, however, don't mean family !
expenses, money used to pay off the
rincipal of a debt. new machinery,
uild,ngs, or anything like that.
hey mean what you spend in MAX
,g your money-interets. taxes paid,
lred help, amount aid for goods sold.
eed, stock bought TOR feeding. rent.
except for your dweIling). etc. In
,me includes about every dollar. you
ct.