The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-09
YOU HAVE TO|
FILE It WITH
us. BY MAR. |

IL you, Mr.. Reader, or Miss
reader, are unmarried and
had an income last year of
900 or more, yOu must
file an income tax return be-
fore March 1, or stand to
suffer heavy penalties.
II you are married and
either you or your combined
family Except children over
49, had an income of $1,000
or more, an income tax re-
turn must be filed.
Even if you figure that be-
cause of your exemptions you will
not have to pay even one penny
of tax. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR
TAX RETURN, if your income ex-
ceeds the amounts named above.
If YOU don't make the re-
turn before March I, the PEN
atty is not less than $40,
and, in addition, 80 per cent
of the amount of tax due.
The payment of your income
tax is a patriotic duty. The in
come tax is Americas economic
draft on her individual citizens.
The man who doesn't file his re-
turn is Just as much of a Stacker
as the man who lodged selective
service registration.
Don't Try to Dodge.
The man who kicks against the
income tax or urges others to
evade it, is as much of traitor as
the man who breaches resistance
to the draft.
Here is a word of warning to
those who may be tempted to
dodge the tax by failing to make
a return:
DON'T TRY 1T! YOU CAN'T
GET AWAY WITH 1T. UNCLE
SAM WILL GET YOU IN THE
END AND MAKE YOU SUFFER.
You have no more chance Of
beating the system of detection
the treasury department is build
ing up than rat has of escaping
from a burning barn with 40 ter
riers waiting outside.
Many Reports Made.
You may not know it, but the
new bill requires every employer
to furnish a list of every person
to whom he paid as much as $500
last year in the form OF wages,
salaries, interest, rent, or any
other form of income.
Brokers are required to furnish
. full account of all their trans
actions of any size that have any
bearing on the amount of income
which every individual in the
United States receives.
No excuse will be accepted this
year. 1t will cost you $40, maybe
more, this year, to say: II for
got l had to make my return be-
fore March l."
Do it now! And save the
twenty.
The Times today prints the
official form, 1O4O-A, on
= which net incomes OF less
than $4,000 a year are to be
reported.
Can Use This Blank.
The government has assured
us that returns made on this
blank will be legal, as it is a
fac-simile of the regular forms.
However, you probably will pre-
fer to use this merely for refer
ence and information and to get
one of the official blanks, on
linen paper, for actually making
your return.
You can get the lat
ter by applying to the cOllec-
tor OF internal revenue, the
postmaster or your bank.
!, The Times will not publish
forms for returns of net incomes
of more than $4,000 a year. We
figure that anybody making more
than $4,000 can we'll afford the
time and trouble it takes to get
the official blanks (Form 1910
elsewhere. The collector of rev.
enue, postmaster, or banks will
supply these, too.
Lawyer Unnecessary.
Don't hire a lawyer to make 1t
out for you. With the aid of the
instructions printed on the form
and the question and answer col
umn and other tax information
We have printed and will print,
you ought to be able to fill it out
yourself. But il you can't master
it, the internal revenue office will
assist you.
Don't put it off. You need not
pay the tax until June Is; but
you must make the return before
March 1. February will pass be-
fore you know it, and then you
will have to fork over a $40 fine
rs penalty for dilly-dallying.