Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-29
WARNS AGAINST
PHONY EXPERTS
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All Necessary Advice On Income
Tax Matters WIN Be Given By
Revenue Bureau.

warning against "fake experts
on income tax has been sounded by
the internal revenue bureau, in a
statement received by Collector
McCa-be from Commissioner Daniel
C. Roper.
Business houses and Individual
taxpayers are being cdnvaSsed this
year by numerous o-called income
tax experts who offer to use their
magic wands of income lax wisdom
to relieve the busy taxpayer from
all worries about his tax RESPONSE
bilities.
Il desire to make public an
nouncement, for the Information of
taxpayers that an investigation of
the qualifications of many of these
experts will disclose the fact that
very few have had the training
and experience that would place
them anywhere near the expert
class.
Some of them were formerly
temporary employees of the gov
<Fnment who are attempting to cap
ftaIize this fact regardless of their
personal knowledge of the revenue
soliciting clients on the strength
of diplomas as income tax experts
obtained after taking long distance
courses by means of printed in
structions of doubtful value.
Taxpayers should not allow
themselves to be imposed upon by
strangers who claim to be income
tax experts. They should discrim-
mate carefully between really
helpful, authoritative advice in tax
matters, and the irresponsible
brand peddIed under glittering pre-
lenses.
THE bureau is arranging to fur
nish for the benefit of income tax
payers in every city and town in
the country, a free advisory ser
vice by trained collectors. agents,
inspectors and deputies. At the Of
fees of collectors and their depu-
ties, and at other central points,
free information and advice with
respect to filing returns under the
new revenue bill may be had up to
the final date for filing such re-
turns.
Banks, trust companies and
II
have always co-operated in fur
nishing authentic income tax infcr-
nation, and have generously Of
fered to servo the government and
taxpayers in this respect again this
year.
1T is the aim of the bureau to
bring it's agencies as close as pos
stble to every person and to make
available in official form all neces-
sary information regarding the re-
qutrements OF the law. The bureau
welcomes aid from every response
Bile agency n its effort to enlight-
en- the people on tax matters
Every taxpayer is assured Of a
square deal from the government
based entirely on the tax laws and
regulations and the facts in his
case. No other Influence is al
lowed to enter into internal reve-
uue matters and the statement of
any firm or individual that they
are in q position to exert special
Influence with internal revenue Of
ticers is wholly without foundation
in fact. Painstaking and open
minded consideration is given in ev
cry case regardless of whether the
taxpayer appears In person or by
attorney.
Firms or persons who offer TO
prcsecute claims against the gov
II nm emit can secure no special con-
sideration beyond the merits of the
claims as determined by the facts
and the law.
"Any former government officer
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from acting as counsel. attorney or
agent for prosecuting claims
against the United States which
were pending while he was an Of
ficer or employe and is also barred
from aiding in any manner the
prosecution of such claims within
two years after leaving the govern
ment service"