Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
AID TO FARMERS
IN LISTING INCOME
COLLECTOR MURPHY SENDING
OUT FORMS TO ASSIST IN
FIGURING TAX
FEDERAL FIELD OFFICERS
SWAMPED WITH BUSINESS
People Turned Away and Must Wait
Their Turns in Gaining Assistance in
Determining lncomes-Questionn
Shows Sources Of Income and Meth
DDS Of Making Deductions.
Special 10 Times Republican.


Special TO Times Republican.
Dubuque. Jan. 14.-Interest in the in
come tax for the moment overshadoWs
| interest in the war. The forty seven
/ federal officers in the field in Iowa as =
1 sisting taxpayers in the execution or
| their returns Lave been meeting daily
! from 80 to 80 people. Hundreds have
been unable even to gain admittance
to Them To meet the emergency need
! Collector Murphy has devised and is is
suing through the income tax officers
in the field form on which the farmer
may figure his income and cNpendi-
lures. For the convenience and infor-
nation Of those who have no SUCH
forms here are the questions for winch
YOU should have answers and the items
for which you should have figures when
you call on the income tax man:
Name: address: wifeS name Gf llV-
ing): children under IS If single. have
YOU any one dependent on you for sup
port? if so. give name and relationship
of each such dependent. Have SuCh
dependents any income? Amount;
number acres owned by You; number
Of acres rented; number acres under
cultivation: number acres owned ny
wife; wife-s income. If you sold any
land, put down here: Year purchased;
cost. date sold. price; was deed deliV-
cred? If contract for deed was given,
how much did You receive down? II
the land sold was bought before March
!. 1918, set down here the value OF the
land on that date If YOU made any
permanent improvements on the prop
e-ty since March !, 1918, drainage.
new buildings, etc., put down here how
much they cost. Put down here value
OF buildings. and state whether frame,
brick, tile. or concrete. If you fled re-
turns Of income for previous years.
state total amount Of depreciation on
these buildings which you have claimed
in the returns OF income already fled.
Income.
Received for: Interest. rents (other
than crop share rent); hire Of man and
horse labor off the farm; hire OF
threshing outfit; machinery hired out;
crop rent Gf the crops have been sold);
service OF animals; road work; wages
or allowance from other business; val
ne Of premiums won: dividends. Re-
ceived from sale Of oats; what, corn;
barley; fax, rye; silage and rougnage;
clover seed: alfalfa; timothy seed; po-
tatoes; fruit; wool: meat; cheese; gar
den truck; plants and nursery stock;
hay or straw; bees or honey; poultry;
hides: hogs; cattle; sheep; horses;
mules: butter, milk or >cheese; eggs;
lard: posts, ties. cordwood; royalty or
mineral lands. Value Of produce trad
ed at stores for merchandise. Income
from any source not mentioned above.
Explain.
Deductions.
The following must actually nave
been paid in cash or its equivalent 10
be deducted: Interest Estate amount
of your Indebtedness; rate OF interest)'
taxes (but not income taxes or taxes
for special improvements; insurance
on farm buildings (but not on home
stead): and on crop and live stock;
hired help (Wages paid your own minor
children may not be deducted): tools
used I'D in a year or two; blacksmith
expense; veterinary expense; pald lor
service Of breeding animals; FOR nlllhs
silo: for grinding feed: for threshlng;
cash rental paid for land: medicines
for stock; stock regulators; rent PAID
for buildings (but not for dwelling
house,; cash rent paid for cows re-
pairs to farm buildings and machinery;
but not on dwelling house tf claim Tor
repairs is made, the amount claimed
must be deducted from the amount
of depreciation estimated 10 have oc-
CURED during the year, and the re-
mainder will be allowed as deprecia-
ton CHARGE; depreciation on farm
buildings and machinery, but not on
dwelling house. Value Of buildings and
machinery. Rate Of depreciation claim
ed. other expenses not listed above
write down amounts and explanations
here or on separate sheet OF paper
Fought and paid for during the year:
Feed: seed; salt for cattle; horses LOT
resale; cattle for Feeding; hogs; sheep'
silage and rouShage bought; ice
| bought for milk: fertilizer; tWlne'
grease. oil, and gasoline bought Tor
| farm machinery; Cottonseed on ol'
| meal. Losses: Buildings destroyed
| live stock lost (dO not include stoch
raised on FARM, less insurance or other
compensation received. If you included
| vour wifes income in your return, en-
ter any expense connected with sucn
| income. Explain each item. Cohtrl-
buttons or gifts actually made within
the year to corporations or assocla-
-iors organized and operated exclu-
sively for religious. charitable, sclen-
| tific. or educational purposes, or 10 So
| cfeties for the prevention of cruelty to
children or animals, to an amount not
in excess of Is per cent OF your taA
able net income (write down names ana
| amountS).