Abbeville progress., 1918-03-23
APRIL | LAST DAI.
FOR FEDERAL nzTv...u.J..
Penalties for Income Dodgers Arc
SeVere--Get Your Return
in if You A.e Liable.

tax returns Persons who are g'4uIr-
cd to Tile ryluU, under the prov Visions
of law and who faH to grt their re-
turns in on .mo are subject to Sc
we're penalties. is follows:
For paku. false or fraudulent re-
;urn. uuj exceeding $1,000 or not cx-
cecdjn- one year, Imprisonment. or
both, Ia tine discretion Of jhc court,
and, in #lauion, 100 Per cent OF ihe
tax cya1ad.
For failing to make return ON time,
not less than 500 uor more than ST.
600, and. in addition, 80 per cent. Of
the amount OF tax due.
If 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 if a request therefor is filed
with the collector of your district be-
fore the due date Of the return. In
,his request You must state the rca-
son why tie return cannot be ti,cd
within the time prescribed 10y law.
Collectors of internal revenue are
not authorized to grant extensions Of
more than 30 days, hat The commits
sioncr of internal revenue has author
ity TO grant a reasonable extension
beyond 80 days in mcritorious eases.
If YOU desire an extension of more
than 80 days yoJr request should be
addressed to the commissioner and
should contain q detailed statcmcnt
covering the reasons which make il
impossible for yea to alc your return
on or before April /
The internal revenue men are now
completing their tour of the country,
during which they were in touch wit
the people of every city and town II
YOU failed 10 GrJ in touch with the
deputy which wished your section il is
not too late to get advice. Consult
your postmaster as 10 where the near
est deputy is now. Get your blank
form, study the directions ana The re-
quiremeUts as shown thereon and
make your rcturn without fail If your
income was sufficient to come within
The bounds named i'm the law.
II is pointed out by Commissioner
Roper that it is important that the
people cowply with the federal laws
as fully a> they are complying with
the drafts for men and the conserya-
tion of foods and fuel "The war must
he 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
all persons who are In financial posi-
ton to bear portion of the heavy
zoxarp raept expenses can he Assessed
In proportion TO their abilityto pay.
'The man who is barely making
living or barely supporting a family
Is not affected by the 1917 law But
the man who is able 10 bear share
Of the burden has been reached by
the new law. and he should accept his
responsibility In the same patriotic
spirit that our young men have shown
In offering themselves for this great
purpose Of the country Ia make the
world safe for people Of al kinds to
1--we in and 10 govern themselves"
This IAN is oHc which recognizes
women as on au ,uIat basis with men.
The unmarried WouHu or The married
woman with salary must make taX
return just the same a. an! man. only
the woman SUPPORTING her nothcf or
other members of Gcr family may take
out $1,000 exemption
Under The law the head OF the fami,
ly is the one who's. earning power con-
tributes {" the famiy support
Similarly widow with small chill.
dren to s.ifori ,HH take ou' S2MN
exemption and $40 addilionul pXcmp-
ton for each pi aeT rhiltIeH under
vighteen Thus r. - lutvhtirl that
the law shall wcrl ar hArl>hlp 10 wo-
men hayio- 10 ~.I4@-tp to get along.
But each musJ ulr return if her in.
come is $1,000
\ man whose wife dies and who ID
left with small children to support
upon moderate income may also take
full exemption unlpI rhc nrw taX law
and also claim 500 exemption Tor
Ch of his children under eighteen
The wid0Wer under The law is
single mau and must make taX re-
turn accryGHgly Married men need
not file returns uhicss they are earn
ing $1,000 AZ more.
This is as mach a national ohiiga-
ti0n as the repairing for duty of a man
drafted fer service with The coi0rs."
says -. { Roper, commissioner of in
tcrnal revenue As il stands. Il is
much a matter of the man or wo-
mans GOWN conscience. II is for him
or for her To determine Just huw far
he is liable 10 HE iaN. lie must hcure
his own IA, ONE and II 1t reaches the
figures named in the law must make
faithful report upon ii 10 The proper
authority
This tax is distinctly waI meas
ure and ~Ill he in effect during the
war.
This Is a peoples tax--i' reaches
right dOwU into the pockets Of the
small waGp Garner; II makes him
partner IA the iob of winning the
war"
Nv. .s.s.-
Cut Ti's 7ut-It Is Worth Money.
DAN r MISC THIS INT out fh;s