Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-10-25
REVENUE COLLECTORS
AFTER TAX DODGERS
Delinquents to BE Rounded Up by
Deputy Extraordinarily Re-
duced i'm Case of Voluntary
True Return

Deputy Collector OF Internal Rev
enue Collector S. Il. Ratlff, assisted
by William }. Rafferty,, a deputy
from The Seattle office, are in Pull
man today and will remain all day
tomorrow, Saturday, to meet per-
sons who are delinquent in income
tax payments for any year from
1913 to 1917, inclusive. The depu-
ties will maintain headquarters in
the council chambers in the city hall,
where they will be glad to meet any
person who may be delinquent in his
tax returns to Urcle Sam. The work
OF rounding up the dolinquents is be-
ing undertaken throughout the en-
tire state, and this week the collect
ors have turned their attention to
Whitman county.
The Hon. David j. Williams col
lector of internal revenue for the dis
trict of Washington, announces
new departure in he methods to be
employed in the discovery of the in
come tax Stacker and the collection
of the tax he owes Many have
failed to file who are liable, through
ignorance OF the requirements OF the
law; others through neglect aid
some with intent to evade the tax,
believing it to be impossible to dis
hair 1fpl I,aH
filed returns for less than the true
amount for the same reason.
1t is not the intention Of the gov
ernment in this crisis to let any per
son escape payment of what is justly
due, and with that end in view a
large force of trained workers has
been busy for many weeks gathering
and tabulating the names and ad-
dresses of each person in the state
who sold any product of the farm,
the amount thereof and the name of
the purchaser for the years 1913 to
1917, inclusive.
Logs, timber, fish junk, land and
other sources of income are also in
cluded TO get this information the
books of dealers in these various
lines and the abstract affices and
county records have been combed
throughout the state and adjoining
states, with the result that the col
lectors office at Tacoma has the
most complete and comprehensive
data in this line ever assembled.
In order to afford the class of
persons above referred to a last op-
portunity to avoid the most extreme
penalties of the law by making orig
inal or corrected returns Of income,
Deputy Collector S. e. Ratliff will
be stationed at Colfax for several
days and taxpayers can reach him
through any of the Colfax banks
Likewise, confidential appointments
may be made with him by mail, ad-
dressed to him at ColfaX. Concern
ing this matter Deputy Ratliff said:
AS can readily be seen, the work
of scrutinizing the purchase records
of all the grain buyers throughout
the Palouse country has been a la
borious task, but within a few days
this work will have been completed
and the internal revenue department
will have in its possession accurate
figures showing the amounts of
money received by every farmer for
his farm products for the years 1913,
1914, 1915, 1915 and 1917 If all
those who are BILE to income tax
for any of those years voluntarily
seek a representative of the depart
ment and make true returns a con-
siderable sum in penalties will there
by be saved. On the other hand, if
delinquents wait until they are sum-
moned by the department, the full
extent of penalties will be enforced
This is a tax which must be paid at
once, and the department has or
dered all deputies to distrain at once
upon real and personal property of
all those who seek TO avoid such pay
ments."