The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-03-28
APRIL | LAST DAY
FOR FEDERAL RETURNS
Penalties for Income Dodgers Are
SeVere--Get Your Return
In II You Are Liable.

N'''"'' 'ciSOhS Wno are fcuulf-
eel 10 HE returns under the provisions
"i law ahd AlO fail to get their re.
Turns ~ on tiine are subject to BE.
'oic penalties, as follows:
For maktng false or fraudulent re.
'Hril, not exceeding $1,000 or not ex.
't'''IIIS one years Imprisonment, or
h"tIi, III the discretion of the court,
'i''' al addition. 100 per cent. OF the
an cNudcd.
for railing tn make return on time,
not less than so nor more than ST.
uo, aud, Ia addition. 90 per cent. Of
Nhu amount of tax due.
II Oh account of Illness or absence
from home you are unable TO render
your return within the time prescribed
by aw you may obtain an extension
or ~ days II u request therefor is hl,N
with the collector OF your diSrict be-
fore the due date of the return. In
this request you must state the rea>
Son why The returs cannot be filed
within the time prescribed by law.
Collectors of internal revenue are
not authorized to grant extensions of
more than 80 days, but the commits
sioner OF Internal revenue has author
lily TO grant d reasonable extension
beyond 30 days In meritorious cases.
II you aesfre an extension OF more
than 30 days your request should be
addressed to the commissioner and
should contain u detailed statement
covering the reasons which make II
impossible for you to file YOU return
on or before April /.
The internal revenue men are now
completing their tour Of the country.
during which they were In touch with
the people OF every city and town. II
you failed to get In touch with the
deputy which visited your section It Is
not too late to get advice. Consult
your postmaster as TO where the near
est deputy Is now. Get your blank
form, study the directions and the re-
~Quirements AS shown thereon and
make your return without fail II your
income was sufficient to come within
the bounds named IN the law.
1t Is pointed out by Commissioner
Roper that II Is important that the
people comply with the federal laws
as fully MS they are complying with
the drafts for men and the conserva-
ton of foods and fuel. "The war must
be paid for" says Commissioner Roper.
Congress has us much right to con-
script u just portion Of income as It
has to conscrlpt our boys. The tax
for 1917 Is designed to reach moder-
ate as well rs large incomes, so that
NIL persons who are In financial posi-.
ton to bear II portion OF the henvy
government expenses ran he assessed
Ia proportion to their ability to pay.
The man who is barely making Ii
living or barely supporting II family
IL not affected by the 1917 law. But
the man who Is able to bear a share
OF the burden has been reached by
the new law. and lie should accept his
responsibility in the same patriotic
spirit that our young men have shown
In u!cring themselves for this great
purpose Of the country to make the
world safe for people OF all kinds To
live In aud To govern themselves"
This TAX is one which recognizes
women ms on an equal basis with men.
The unmarried woman az the married
woman with II salary must make tax
return Just Tho same" rs any man. Only
the wUnan supporting her mother or
other members uf her family may take
out $1,000 exemption.
Under the law the head of the faml.
~ Is the ON whose earning power con.
.tt go. a. H.. ,A..1I,H, ..,..
Similarly II widow with small chill.
dren To- supper can lake out - ON,
exemption and $500 additional excmp.
ton for ,acn Of her children under
eighteen. Thus II is intended that
the law shall work u" hardship to wo-
men having To struggle To get along.
but rnch must file return II her IN.
come II $1,000.
A man whose wife die and who is
left with small children To support
upon II moderate income may also take
full exemption under the new tux law
and also claim 500 exemption for
each of his children under eighteen.
The widower under the law Is n
single man aud must make tax re-
turn accordingly. Married men need
not file returns unless they are earn
Ing $1,000 or more.
''rhls Is ms much u national ohliga
ton rs the reporting for duty al a man
drafted for service with the cOlors, "
says ID. e. Roper. commissioned ~ IN
tcrnnl revenue. "As Il stands, II ID
much a matter Of the man or wo'
mnn's W conscience. II j. for hin
or for her to determine just how far
he IL liable To the tax. lie must figure
his own income and II II reaches IL,
figures named In the law must max,
faithful report upon 1t To the pr"I,'
authority.
"'rhIs lax Is distinctly n war meas
ure and will he IN efIet during IN,
war.
"This IL n peoples tnx-it reaches
right down into the pockets Of the
small wage Garner; II makes him 1
partner In the Job Of winning III,
war"
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