The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-03
Work Of Collecting That Tariff Has
Begun and People Should be
Informed as to
Operation.
BACHELORS HIT HARD
They Must Pay on Incomes Of 81 900
Family Heads Get Some
~ what Better
Deal.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 3.-The
great task of gathering income. tax
and excess profits return has begun
with the new year.
Every unmarried person earning
more than $1,000 during the last year
and every married person or head OF
e. family who made more than $4,000
must file with the internal revenue
collector of his district a report any
time between tomorrow and March 1.
He will be notified before June / of
the tax due and payment will be due
by June Is.
The government expects to receive
$1,281, 100000 from income taxes be-
fore July /, including $666, 000, 900
from individuals and S535.000. 900 from
corporations. This is more than one
third of the $4,000. 100000 estimated
receipts under the war event act
passed by congress at the last session.
The Tax Rate.
The rate of tax for a married man
or the head of a family Is 2 per cent
on the amount of his net income ex-
ceeding $4,000 but less than $4,000.
and 4 per cent on the moun of his
met income above $4,000 but less than
$4,000. An unmarried person not the
head of a family will pay 2 per cent
on the amount of net income above
81 900 but less than $4,000, and 4 per
cent on the net income above $4,000
but less than $4,000.
An extra levy, or surtax. in addition
to the normal tax. is imposed on in
comes above $4,000, so that the amount
of income between $4,000 and $500
is subject to a total income tax, includ-
ing both normal and extra, of 5 per
cent, and between $500 and $4,000
|6 per cent. The surtax further in
I~creases with higher incomes, so that
amounts of 81. 00U, 900 are taxable at
65 per cent. with 1 per cen additional
for each half million up to $4,000, 900.
All incomes over the latter amount are
taxable at CT per cent.
lyrical income tax levies on heads
Iof families are az follows: Income OF
$500, tax is $40; income of $4,000, tax
$50 income of So, 500, tax is $50; income
Of $4,000, s4e;; incomes0f $4,000. tax is
$50; income of S., 1000, tax is $50.
Unmarried persons would pay in
this way: Income of $500. tax
lis $40; income, OF $4,000. tax is $40;
Income of $4,000, taxais $50; income OF
1000, tax IS $40; income Of $4,000, tax
is $50: income of $4,000, tax is $50;
income of $4,000, tax Is 800; income OF
$4,000, tax is sll2o.
The 1nstaliment Plan.
Taxes may be paid in four INSTALL
|ments between now and June Is, il
this arrangement is preferred, but the
treasury wiki open a determined cam
paign soon to encourage persons to
ray their tax in full Immediately, and
receive interest on the advance pay
ment.
A small army of accountants, espe-
cially trained. for the work in schools
conducted by district collectors for
the past two weeks, will go into the
field to assist persons in filing their
returns, and will travel on p%rearrang-
ed itineraries for a month or more.
IN addition, federal agricultural agents
and representatives Of state and coun-
ty councils of national defenses, have
enlisted in the campaign Of education.
BY this extensive campaign of educa-
ton. Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper hopes to eliminate the chances
of failure to file a return through ig-
|norance of the requirements.
In fact, officials in charge of the
tax gathering machine expect to
eliminate the usual grudging spirit
of taxpayers. They have called this
a Liberty tax" because IT'S proceeds
go to the same war cause as the Lib
erty bond issues, and every effort
will be made to encourage the spirit
OF willing giving among those on
whom the tax falls.
Army of Taxpayers.
About 100000 persons will pay in
come taxes, it is estimated, and most