The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-14
THSsIEHS H0Ml0
'FgDaEaNCoMEs1M
squarsiy % IN Every lndlyidda
'ts ylslby Mafs6
III 'WSGfsf Penalty"

Ms SlA ~
Don, val. sssstn tie asst ID. dass,
March 18th, for paying your Incoms
= Tar and making your return. Avoid
the-last inmate. rush. SAny,person can
Inquire on ,hia MA iiity to-day - VEN N
he can next week, and II therfi 2 any
point on which hesheeds sdvicsstslcsn
now get IN touch with a Rsvenus NAH"
THIS WORD Oh advice As froms yshd<l
Cofrey, Collector OF Internal Reysnue,
Absrdeen, 81 Ds who Ii. eoliestHs me
Income Tax In North Dakota and
South pakotG Cclfector COrefts gv'
!, ing wtth6uts charge every aidS6f hia
once and his enlarged field f6fce ITO
held theazpsople get their payhfents
and their returns IN by March ,lStK.
But the Income tag men VIII not
pull your door-bell or your coattails,
according to the Collectors anronrce-
sment. tits sduareIy up TO everylfiidi-
yiduai to figure out his own, casesAnd
to get busy II ne Gomez WITHIN che
scope Of the new Revenue law.
old,'vou Esin rhl. M1ssts
Every Unmarried person who feceiv-
"a income averaging $i9.25 aFweek
during 19iS and every married couple
who Jointly received income averaging
$3.50 . week should secure at once
from the nearest Deputy tCp,lxStor or
the nearest bank a blank Form 1910 A.
That form cpntafns ne infoffdktionah he
Wall need Ito enable him to hgure his
correct net income and any tax that he
owes the GovertfrIent.s 81 @.'
The lave requires that eyerx. unmar,
rfed person who had a net income OF
$1,000 or over and every marrfedsRe Q
son whose net income was t2,O00S or
over (including the income OF husband
OF wife, and the earnings Of minor
children, n any must make . return
on or before March 18th. And this re-
quirement tdoes not hinge on whether
the p~ersonHowes a tax.
Taxable Income.
An individual must include under
gross income all ssreoAtSs aid M
IN, derived from salaries, wages, or
compensation for personal service or
whatever hind apdsiRi whatever form
paid, or from professions, yocatto1S.
business. sales OF dealings In property
Of: all kinda, interest, rent, dixidehdS.
or profits sderived from any. soufce
whatever. Very few items Of Income
are exempts $ q
Deductions include ordinary andsAe&
esSary business expenses. ihterest.pald
or accruedt on Indebtedness, tstaxea of
all kinds except Federal income and
excess psonts taxes and assessments
for local benefits, losses actually sus-
tanned, debts ascertainsd to ,Rs worth.
less, and depreciation on buildinfS ma
chinery. fixtures, etc., used MFbdiStness.
A further DEDUCTION 10 allowed for con.
tributions" 70 cdrpofationS oparated for
religious, charitable. scfstitncser edpr
cational p~urposes0r for the prsvsnti0n
OF cruelty toichildren or animsisrt 10 ai
amount net sxessdineNl6 epsfsesat "os
the taxpeyer'ssnet income ~ scoFhtntsd
without the benefit OF the contribution
deducttan. ! La y J,sSt+ ~ f9sKE .
The taxpayer = not allorA4fto de-
duct any personal. living or family ex.
penSe,, any amount spent for iRprpvins
property. or any expense Of reqtorins
property a. making good its .sxhaus-
lion for whlrh9nn allowance 10 ylatmed
under dsbrscsGtion.
y ess, Figuring the Tax
Before figuring the normal&tAx, the
dividends are .dSdActed assctedaHf gfrpstu
net ihcsmes together with the Nlefsonai
exempti0nct A 81 previous yeaf1. .divL
dends OF dcmestie corporation w ex.
smpt from gnOFnkai wax when Steived
BY ths!StA6k holder. ~
THE n0FTnal tax rates for Sstttzens
and residents are ~ follows :t94aasthe
FIRST 5000 f net. income IN exHeRs ,9f
the crsditssthe srdte1&e per tceDtSS on
any further taxable Income thssSate n
II ~perieeKtE tsl%asa =
The suftax rates apply to net In,
Come Of each Individual In excsbAtSa0f
$4,000 The personal exemption aud
the divtbeAds are not deductible before
computing sSgTtax. In the cAseeof,re
turns by hdsbAnd aHA VIE. ms net
Income OF each II considerAa separate
" In COMPUTING any surtax thStSMay
be due. Form 1910 should b. pan1-fes,
making returns Of nee tncosS9 S$tskA'
iWS &xOOOlIAhd the instruetlohs 90 TINT
form,SM blow how t. figure the iSsf>
tax 80 a ksN
l1uslness Hsvss. Nstpse4
Employees and otkAf6s fyfSy1t8M
wages balAf1es, rents, interest OF. lin.
liar .detersniHdol4sf taIhS sldS91Ee1atlfl
OF $1,000 or over durins 1911 any
eerspA MUST aix Id ffiofin1fi5n }Sfur1
wiAstAt Goysrnmept.e Raan&S he
seeuSs1 4esSp the Collector.
Every RaftR1asAap imhst NE IIstsrs
showing tts tocnme nNx dkd6eV6a4 end
the nAhesand ADDRESS ef'sSSHs inner
with ahls share Of the PROFITS eVs3osssi
dnrin9Sth past year. PerponS4 syeryics
c0sp4ssfidns will NE Gtnilar 44KKf0rmx-
tion UeaiStS. ss str c.,
..4..tsVTV<4*s