The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1919-02-27
EVERYBODY IS
NOW FIGURING
INCOME III
In Order to Be Helpful to pIbr.
4 Internal Revenue Bureau
Has Every Available
/ Officer in Field.
SEVERE PENALTIES IF ym
DELAY BEYOND MARcg \

With the due date for Incomo, No
only a few weeks away, the CON- A
of this far-reaching tax on 1qs 4
comes has started off with /. 4
Everybody is figuring income tsv V'
Payments and sworn statpmon..
income must reach internal por y
offices on or before March Ia. and s ~
are severe penalties for delpra,s
Residents of Alabama and N.Y.:
sippi are required to make tbar =
turns and pay their taxes TO Ioh, n
Mcneil, Collector of Internal poas
nue., Birmingham, Ala, or to am
his deputy collectors who are now !,
Ing free advisory work on Income Ta,.
PAY your Income Tax by March 4
49," is the slogan of the Internal Row
nue. Bureau, which has sent pverr
available officer into the field 70 bola
the public to understand the roonira
ments and to prepare the returns
Who Must Make Return Il
1t is estimated that many thousands
of single and married persons in Hi,
section of the United States who bavsg
never before made annual returns aro
required to do so this year
Income tax returns must ba madof
between now and March 10 by persona
who come under the following cassid. a
cations: NJ
Any unmarried person whose 191gV
net income was $1,000 or over Wild
ows and widowers, divorces and mar.
ried persons who are living apart from
their husbands or wives, are for the I
purposes of the Income Tax eaSad /
as unmarried. -
Any married person living with
or husband whose 1918 net income
$1,000 or over. TIE income Of Id
husband and wife must be conslde9H
together with the earnings Of m1E
children, If any. III
Revenue Bureau Offers Aid
Each person in the United S{v'
who is in either of these classified II
must get busy at once if penaltat n
to be avoided. He should seen 81
| blank Form 1910 A for reportigaV y
| income up to $4,000, or Form NtA
his net income exceeded thar aHsl@
| Forms are being distributed by CcsI
| tors and their Deputies, also by balN II
| BY following the instructions on @v
| fo,,rie 81 correct return can be prepaid u
/. al home. If a person needs advice NJ
| aid. the Deputy Collectors in the ne
will furnish this without charge
The new Revenue law places the ~
| come Tax duty on citizens anu ~
! dents The Internal Revenue Burg
is sending it's men to work right &C
the public to get the tax ana ue laH
turns in. With active co-open
every tax due March 10 Will De III
and every return required by law Ii
be in the Revenue offices on time
Exemptions Allowed. ID
A single person is allowed peSA
| exemption of $1,000. If he is sI@''
Ing in his household relatives wna
dependent upon him, he may clam
| status of the head of a family who
the same exemption as if married
A married person, who lives
wife or husband, is allowed peSf
exemption of $4,000 The head
family is entitled to claim SID
personal exemption. Iii
An additional exemption of Wy
allowed for each person under elAt III
or Incapable of self support, who \ II
dependent upon and received his n
= support from the taxpayer.
A husband and wife living toge5
are entitled to but one persona ~
emption of $1,000. If they MAKE
arate returns, the exemption na
claimed by either or divided.
Accuracy Required. II
Absolute accuracy is necessa!
making up income figures. ANY M
son who is working for wages ~
find out exactly how much ne fe' IN
during the whole year l9lo
bank interest, bond interest, dlvo'
rents received, and all othe' VIZ
must be reported correctly i
guesses are not accepted, for u9 "
unjust alike to the taxpayer - II
Government, and defeat the pfVp' H
ministration of the law. III
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