The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-15
HELPING FARMER
TO FIGURE TAX
Louis Murphy, Collector of Revenue,
Outlines Procedure for the
/ Agriouiturists of
AN IDEA OF QUESTIONS
Income and Deductions Are Explained
and Everything Made as Easy
as Possible for the
] Tax Payer.
AN IDEA OF QUESTIONS

Tax Payer.
/ DUBUQUE, Jan. 15.-Interest in
| the income tax for the moment over
shadows interest in the war. The
forty-seven federal officers in the field
! in Iowa assisting taxpayers In the
execution of their returns have been
meeting daily from fifty to $50 people
! Hundreds have been unable even to
gain admittance to them. To meet
/ the emergency need Collector Murphy
/ has devised and is issuing through
(, the income tax officers in the field
| form on which the farmer may figure
! his income and expenditures. For the
convenience and information of those
who have no such forms. here are
| the questions for which you should
have answers and the items for
which you should have figures when
lyou call on the income man:
Name; address; wife's name Clf
living); number children under eigh-
teen. If single have yon any one DE.
pendent on you for support? Ii SO
give name and relationship of each
| such dependent Have such depend
ents any income? Amount; number
acres owned by you: number acres
rented; number acres under cultlva-
! ton; number acres owned by wife;
wife's income. II you sold any land,
put down here; year purchased; cost;
ldate sold; price; was deed delivered!
IL contract for deed was given, how
much did you receive down? II the
land sold was bought before March
IL, 1913, set down here the value Oh
the land on that date. II you made
any permanent improvements on the
property since March 1. 1913. drain
age, new buildings, etc. put down
there how much they cost. Put down
here value Of buildings, and state
whether frame, brick, tile, or con-
crete. If you filed returns OF in
come for previous years. state the
total amount Of depreciation on these
buildings which you have claimed In
the returns Of income already filed.
Income.
Received for: interest, rents 10th
er than crop-share remit; 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 value of premiums
lwon: dividends. Received from sale
Iof oats; wheat; corn, barley; flax;
Erye; silage and ronghage; clover
iseed; alfalfa, timothy seed; potatoes;
fruit; wool; meat; cheese; garden
truck: plants and nursery stock; hay
Tor straw; bees or honey; poultry;
(, hides; hogs; cattle; sheep; horses;
mules; butter, milk or cream; eggs;
lard; posts; ties; cordwood; royalty
or mineral lands. Value of produce
i.traded at stores for merchandise.
Income from any source not mention,
ed above. Explain.
| Deductions.
4 The following must actually havs
been paid in cash or its equivalent TO
| be deducted: Interest Estate amount
of your indebtedness: rate of inter
est; taxes (but not income taxes or
taxes for special Improvement; In
,surance on farm buildings (but not on
homestead), and on crop and live
stock. hired help (wages paid your
own minor children may not be de-
iducted): tools used up in year or
1.-TWO: blacksmith expense; veterinary
expense; paid for service of breeding
| animals; for filling silo; for grinding
feed; for threshing; cash rental paid
for land; medicines for stock; stock
regulators; rent paid for buildings
| (but not for dwelling house); cash
rent paid for COWS; repairs to farm
buildings and machinery, but not to
dwelling house. Of claim for repairs
lis made, the amount claimed must be
deducted from the amount OF depre-
I citation estimated to have occurred
during the year. and the remainder
will be allowed as a depreciation
charge) Depreciation on farm build
! ings and machinery, but not on dwell
ling house. Value OF buildings and
machinery. Rate of depreciation claim
ed; other expenses not listed above
| (write down amounts and explana-
lions here or on a separate sheet OF
paper).
Bought and paid for during the
wear: feed; seed; salt for cattle;
! horses for resale; cattle for feeding;
hogs: sheep; silage and roughage
bought; ice bought for milk; fertiliz-
| er; Irvine; grease; oil; and gasoline
bought for farm machinery; cotton
| seed oil; oil meal.
! Losses: Buildings destroyed, live
stock lost edo not include stock rails
ed on the farm; less insurance or
Eother compensation received. III you
Included your wifes income in your
: return, enter any expense connected
with such income. Explain each item.
| Contributions or gifts actually made
within the year to corporations or as
sociations organized and operated ex-
clusively for religious, charitable,
scientific, or educational purposes, or
to societies for the prevention of
cruelty to children or animals, to an
amount not in excess of fifteen per
centum of your taxable net income
write down names and amounts.
. Crippled Murderer Hanged.
| CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 15.---F'red-
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