The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-04
}. Fletcher Benedict Now at
Federal Building
to Assist
MASSES HAVE TO
PAY THIS YEAR
Single Men Having Income of 81 900
and Married Men Having Income OF
$4,000 Affected-M File Statement
Regardless of Exemptions.

Regardless of Exemptions
Two federal income tax laws arc IN
force covering the 1917 income. aud Ior
! his reason there is more ol less conIu-
>lon among persons affected by the laws,
which reach this wear The incomes OF the
masses. Incomes d, low a. 81 00n, earnr-l
! by mechanics. tanners. small merchants
clerks. etc. ale affected this year Fed
eral internal revenue taz officers point
out that. IN i"nnd, figures. every unm-lt-
ricd man who canned S20 i week IN 1917.
and every married rran who canned $3.50
week. arc affected ay The provisions OF
the new Law.
Ia order "a assist persons in making
out ;heir income tax blanks apd give any
| desired Information relative 20 tho mat
ter ! Fletcher Bcuedici Of BOSTON. in
tcrn.d revenue inspector, income tax de-
Raltment. foi the New Hampshire dis-
trict which Includes Maine, New nanp-
shire and Vermont, j at the federal
building q remain until Jan y lie i.
making headquarters ia the Uuited States
mar-ha.e Office on the second floor. the
liIst room 10 the left a. one reaches the
Top al the stairway
Nj. I"ncdIet will be in the oHie, from
D TO O'Clock each evening, and IN tb,
daytime iIom O'Clock 10 noon and from
shortly after ! r. IN. 10 & p M lie will
fc pleased 10 meet persons from Brattlc
hono and surrounding towns aud il Is es-
peHally desired that they come early ~
is 10 avoid a jnm al the last oil his stay
fram here ne VIII 20 10 Bellows Falls IL
stay 10 days q more
II il dcsIred to place special emphasis
On tie iact that oven though a nerson
max not BE- liable "a an Income tax after
the exemptions arc figured. be is required
t" Ill return il his income is s. 100. ii
married. o. $1,000. il single, regardless OF
exemptions. Failure to do SO may incur
i penalty
With view Of eliminating a.. fas AZ
possible confusion among those affect
rd, hf Eeh"dict cites the act OF Sept
), 1910, which applies to annual In
comes OF $4,000 %, more. stating that
This Ia" is still in force.
The act Of Oct. }. l9i1, invies a wsr
inrame ,aN IN addition 10 the oil law.
and i IS this ncw law which reaches
m"h aud woman cf New England.
In order TO give readers of The Rr
folmer complete information in hrief
form OF The requirements OF the war
Income tax, which IS so far-reae hing in
~ scope. the following tabloid state
monf has been drawn up which Nh
hehtdiet approves.
What Is Taxable
+. WHAT.-A tax on uct income, tnf
The year 1917 Of citizen. aud fcaien,s
81 he t'nitcd States Rates Of tax:
I, Normal tax at , per cent, supestax on
al net income exceeding 5000 at
graduated rates OF | per cent TO 30
per cent
3 WHY To raise additional revcnna
] t" partially defrav war expenses Of the
Gnited States
! WHO -Evofy citizen or resid ent.
male o. female, who. if unmarried. r.
9 ceivcd net income OF s. 900 or more
diiihg 'Pl'; or who. ii married and
: ANhg with wife COR hushand) received
q hrf income Of $4,000 or more dnrinl.
l'i., must III" sworn schedule OF re-,
! TURN of snah net income. Such person
ihast pay ihe tax ii the net income thus
reported exceeds the personal exemp-
tloh allowable by law, as follows:
4 II unmarried or widowed, or if ma
e rcd and living apart from wife (of
! husband the exemption is 81 ,0On. H.
I or she may claim 81 900 exemption Il
r actually supporting one or more Der
' sons entirely dependent. and related b,
: blood marriage or adoption. thus fui
4 hlllhg moral or legal obligation.
II married and living with wife fot
4 hnsband) the personal exemption i.
: T3:ooo plus 5000 for each dcpendcn
q chlid, It under Is years OF age. or ii
n