Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-26
.LAsT-MINUTE RUSH TO
INCOME TAX OFFICE
any People Have Deferred Making
Returns, Notwithstanding EN-
tension OF Time.
per BRANDS pELlNQUENTs
nmissioncr Says Those Failing to
axe Returns Are as Much Slack
as Were Those Who Failed to
cgistcr Under Draft Law.

rms have been flied at the Office OF
Q l.. Moncure, Collector Of Internal
VENUE for the Eastern District OF
irsnia II is expected that more than
5000 additional returns Will be filed
before April when the period al
lowed for the fling OF income tax re-
turns expires.
a, the present time the Office Q; the
collector OF interNa! revenue is, at
least. one of the busiest Offices in
Richmond From morning until night
yesterday his Office was thronscd with
taxpayers. most Of them experiencing
for the first time IN their life direct
government.
Many OF the people now Crowding the
Office OF the Collector OF Internal Reeve
nue. have never before felt the hand OF
the Federal government on thir pockt-
books. True enough they have con-
tributed revenue to the government by
way OF tariff on imports, and excise
taxes tobaccos and whisky. but
now the government is placing part
Of the national burden ana debt on al
most every taxpayer III the country.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Daniel G. Roper, of Washington has
emphasized the fact that the man who
fails to file his income tax return on
time and thereby assume his just share
Of the national burden Is just as much
Stacker the man who failed TO
register under the seicctive service
act, and. accordingly, will be prcsccut-
ed as reicntlcssly.
MANY HAVE DELAYED
UNTIL LAST MOMENT
All returns on incomes should be
flied at tho Office OF the Collector OF
Internal Revenue before the close OF
business on April !. TO DISTINGUISHED
onlookcr scanning the various classes
OF people entering the office TO ask 70!
assistance in filing their returns IL Is
surprising 10 note the number OF i'm
Dortant business men who have delay
cd making their returns until the pres
ent time, or the last lap allotted for
making the returns.
The practical democracy OF the
American government has never been
better expressed than by the various
classes OF the men filing income tan
returns M!llionarcs. the yer!
wealthy, the wcl-tp-do. and the day
laborer. together with Il large number
OF women, rubbed elbows in the Office
o. the collector patiently awaiting
;hcir turn to gain assistance in making
mp their returns. All are patriots do
y their bit 10 assist their govern
ulent In this great international crisis
although the taNes OF the different
Classes will differ materially in
amounts all arc quietly and patriot
rtllT shoulderinS their fair and proper
nate share.
According 10 The former income tax
Jaw, only single men having an in
conc In excess Of $4,000 q year and
married men having an income IN en-
'icss OF $1,000 a year made returns
and paid income taxes. However II,
accordance with tho recent war rev.
cnuc act, all single men having an I'm
como In excess Of 81 600 and married
men with incomes III excess Of $1,000
must make returns. In the case OF
'hc married man or woman having Il
aepcndcnt child under eighteen wear,
or age, An exemption CT an additional
500 is allowed. Married men or WON,
en- not living Win their wives or hus-
hahdS must pay in the same ratio ae
single men and women. Individuals
OF hrms paying as salaries or rents
Hu,hS IN excess Of $500 are also re.
CURED TO make returns
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
TO ROUND tP DELIN0IESTS
beginning with t4vipril t., a national
campaign for rounding up dclinouents
ana money slaCkcrs will DC inaucu
rated by specially trained men. Every
person who has been reported rs rc
ceiFlhg an income in excess of $1,000
year and who has not made hIe 70
turn Will be interviewed, ana ,sl,c,
why he has not filed his income r,v
return No excuse Offered pv IN. ,nr
son REQUIRED by law TO make r,,I,rns
VIII DC accepted for failure 10 mix.
pIonci i%turhs Regardless of how
much Collector Muncurc NAV, rc~r
impose penalties foi failurc rs -, ="
!"turnS within III" period required 10
law, ne mas no authority TO -,,co,I,,
pcnaltl Penalties ranging from S5n
20 si'ooV VIII %" imposed upon In