Milford chronicle., 1918-03-15
APRIL / LAST DAY
FOR FEDERAL RETURNS
Penalties for Income Dodgers Are
Severe-Get Your Return
in if You Are Liable.

] of law and who fail to get their re
! turns in on time are subject TO Sc
we're penalties, as follows:
For making false or fraudulent re-
turn, not exceeding $1,000 or not ex-
ceeding one years Imprisonment, or
both, In the discretion of the court,
and, In addition, 100 per cent Of the
tax evaded
For falling TO make return on time,
not less than 500 nor more than ST.
600, and, in addition, so per cent of
the amount OF tax due.
II on account OF illness or absence
from home you are unable to render
your return within the time prescribed
by law you may obtain an extension
of 30 days II request therefor is fled
with the collector of your district be-
fore the due date of the return. In
this request you must state the rea-
son why the return cannot be filed
within the time prescribed by law.
Collectors of internal revenue are
not authorized TO grant extensions Of
more than 30 days, but the commits
siOner of internal revenue has author
ity to grant a reasonable extension
beyond 80 days IN merltOriOus cases.
! If you desire an extension of more
! than 80 days your request should be
| addressed to the commissioner and
should contain a detailed statement
| covering the reasons which make it
impossible for you TO file your return
on or before April l.
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-
qulrements as shown thereon and
make your return without fail If your
income was sufficient to come within
the bounds named in the law.
It is pointed out by Commissioner
Roper that it is important that the !
people comply with the federal laws |
as fully as they are complying with |
the drafts for men and the cOnserva-
tiOn of foods and fuel. 1.-The war must
be paid for" says Commissioner Roper.
Congress has as much right to con-
script a just portion Of income as II
has to cOnscript our boys. The tax
for 1917 is designed to reach mOder-
ate as well as large incomes, so that
oil Vr-hn nn In, Ar,uwngau
tiOn to bear a portion OF the heavy
government expenses can be assessed
in proportion to their ability to pay.
"The man who is barely making a
living or barely supporting a family
is 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 he should accept his
In the same patriotic
spirit that our young men have shown
In offering themselves for this great
purpose OF the country to make the
world safe for people Of all kinds to
live in and to govern themselves"
This taA is one which recognizes
as on an equal basis with men.
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with a salary must make tax :
return just the same as any man. Only :
the woman supporting her mother or
other members of her family may take
put $1,000 exemption.
Under the law the head Of the fami-
y is the one whose earning power con-
tributes to the family's support.
Similarly a widow with small chill
iren TO support can take out $1,000
exemption and 500 additional exemp-
lion for each of her children under
eighteen. Thus II is intended that
he law shall work no hardship to wO-
men having to struggle to get along.
But each must tile return If her In
,Ome Is $1,000.
A man whose wife dies and who is
eft with small children to support
lpOn a moderate income may also take h
ull exemption under the new tax law
md also claim $500 exemption for
,fch Of his children under eighteen.
The widOwer under the law is a
Jingle man and must make tax re-
urn accordingly. Married men need
lot file returns unless they are earn
ng $1,000 or more.
This is as much a national obliga-
Ion as the reporting for duty Of man
rafted for service with the cOlOrs,"
ays D. G. Roper, commissioner Of in
ernal revenue. "As It stands, II is
much a matter Of the man or wO- II
lan's own conscience. 1t is for him
r for her to determine just how far
e is liable to the tax. He must figure
lis own income and II It reaches the
cures named in the law must make III
aithful report upon 1t to the proper
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''This tax is distinctly a war meas
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'This is a peoples tax-it reaches III
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mall wage Garner; It makes him a III