The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-28
EVERYBODY IS
NOW FIGURING
INCOME TAX
In Order 10 Be Helpful to Public,
lnteraal Revenue Bureau
Has Every Available
officer In Field.
SEVERE PENALTIES IF YOU
DELAY BEYOND MARCH rs

WIN tut uuN univ tHt AbNWiNt aNe"s
only a few weeks away, the collection
Of this far,rcnchinR tax on 1918 in'
comes has started OF With a bang.
Everybody is iisurlng Income tax.
Payments ana sworn statements of
income must reach Internal Revenue
Offices on or before March i5. and there
are severe penalties for delinquency.
Residents Of oregon are required TO
make thelr returns and pay their taxes
10 Milton A. Miller. Collector OF Inter
nal Revenue. Portland. Ore, or 20 Rny
Of his deputy collectors who are now
doing free advisory work on Income
Tar.
"Pay your Income Tax by March
Is" 10 the slogan OF the Internal iieSe'
nue. Bureau. which has sent every
available officer Into the field TO help
the public 70 understand the require
ments and to prepare the returns
Who Must Make Return.
Il IL estimated that many thousands
Of single aud married persons In this
section of.ihe United States who have
never before made annual returns are
required 10 do 30 this year,
Income tax returns must be made
between now and March Is by persons
who come under the following classih.
cations;
Any unmarried person whose 1918
net income was si00O or over Wild.
ows and wldowers. Divorces and mar'
ried persons who are living apart from
their husbands or wives, are for the
purposes Of the Income Tax elassed
~ unmarried.
Any married person living with wife
or husband whose 1913 net income wus
$4,000 or over. TIE income Of both
husband and wife must be considered.
together with tho earnings OF minor
children. II any.
Revenue Bureau Offers Aid.
Each person IN the United States
who In IN either OF these classlilcuiions
must get busy nj once II penalties are
20 be avoided. Hr should secure n
blank Form 1910 A for reporting net
Income up 20 5000, or Form 1910 II
his net Income exceeded that amount,
Forms are being distributed by collec'
tors and their Deputies, also by banks,
By following the instructions on the
forms correct return can he prepared
nj home. II n person needs advice or
mid. the Deputy Collectors In the field
viii furnish this without charge.
The new Revenue Inv places the In
come Tax duty on citizens and resi-
dents The Internal Revenue Bureau
is sending its men 10 work right with
the public 10 get the tax and the re-
turns In. With active cooperation,
every tax due March Is win be paid
and every return required BY law Will
bc In the Revenue Offices on time.
Exemptions Allowed.
A single person Ia allowed personal
exemption Of $1,000 n hc Is support.
ing In his household relatives who are
dependent upon him. he may claim the
status OF the head OF family who hns
the same exemption as II married
A married person, who lives with
wife or husband. Is allowed personal
exemption OF $1,000, The head OF IL
family Is entitled to claim similar
personal exemption.
An additional exemption OF 5000 Ia
allowed for each person under eighteen
or incapable of self support, who was
dependent upon md received his chief
support from the taxpayer.
A husband and wife living together
are entitled TO but one personal ex'
emptlon OF $1,000. II they make sep
arnto returns, the exemption may be
claimed by either or divided.
Accuracy Required.
Absolute accuracy Ia necessary In
making up Income figures. Any per
son who Is working for wages should
find out exactly how much he received
during the whole year 1918 Fees,
bank Interest, bond interest, dividends,
rents received. and oil other items
must be reported correctly. Mere
guesses are not accepted, for they are
unjust alike to The taxpayer and the
and defeat the proper ad-
OF the law.
--------