The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-03-05
EVERYBODY '|s!::,..''
'.iN0Ws FIGURING.
INCOME TAX
In Order to Be Helpful to Public
Internal Revenue Bureau
Has Every Available /,
Officer in Field. +!
SEVERE PENALTIES IF you
DELAY BEYOND MARCH IS

With the due date for Income Iaxes
only, few weeks away, the collectioh
of this far-reaching tax on 1918 H.
comes has started off with bang
Everybody is figuring income tax.
Payments and sworn statements OF
income must reach Internal Revenue
Offices on or before March 10, and there
are severe penalties for delinquency.
Residents OF North Dakota anu
South Dakota are required 70 make
;1eir returns, and. pay their taxes 10
james Coffey, Collector OF Internal
Revenue, Aberdeen, S. D., or to any OF
his deputy collectors who are now do
Ing free advisory work on Income Tax.
, "Pay your Income Tax by March
49," il the slogan Of the Internal Reve. i
nue. Bureau which has sent every
available officer into the field to help
the public to understand the require
ments and to.prepare the returns.
- Who Mvst Make Return.
1t Is. estimated that many thousands
Of single and married persons in this
section Of the United Stntes VINO have
never De1Ofe 0aue NluuAI Ictu1uS 2iS
required to do so this year.
Income tax returns must be made
between now and March Is by persons
who come under the following ciassi6-
cations: -,.,..,. .,.:
Any unmarried person whose 1918
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
purposes Of the Income Tax classed
as unmarried. .a,, a,.a..E '@..naI
Any married person living with wife
or husband whose 1918 net income was
$1,000 or over. Tie income Of both
husband and wife must he considered.
together with the earnings Of minor
children, II any. t1' 'A~t
i Revenue Bureau Offers Aid.
Each person in the United States
who is in either of these cIassifications
must get busy at once If penalties are
to be avoided. He should secure
blank Form 1910 A, for reporting net
income up to $1,000, Or Form 1910 1t
his net income exceeded that amount.
Forms are. being. distributed by COflec'
tors and their Deputies, also by banks.
BY Following the instructions ON the
forms a correct return can be prepared
at, home II. a. person ,needs advice or
did; the Deputy COLLECTORS in the Acid
/ viii fhrrlshf,thi without CHARGE
The new Revenue law places the In
come FAX duty on citizens and resi-
dents EThe} lnts1iaI sRe1enue Bureau
II sending IT'S men 10 work right with
the public to get the tax and the re-
turns in, With active, cooperation.
every Tux due March Is will be paid
and every, return required by law will
be in the Revenue Offices on time.
Exemptions Allowed. ..,
A single, person is allowed q personal
exemption OF $1,000. II he is support
Ing in his household relatives who are
dependent upon him. he may claim the
status Of the head of family who has
| tie same exemption as II married.
A married person, who lives with
wife or husband, is allowed personal
exemption of 5000. The head Of
family is entitled. to claim similar
| personal exemption. r..
An additional exemption OF $500 IL
allowed for each person under eighteen
| or incapable Of self support, who was
dependent upon and received his chief
support from, the taxpayer. ,}.s.
A husband and wife living together
are entitled to but one personal 'ex-
enrption Of $1,000. Il II they make sep
arate returns, the exemption may be
claimed by either or divided.
90 q Accuracy Required.
| AbSoiute- accuracy is necessary In
making up income figures. Any per
son who is, working for wages should
+ hnd out exactly how much he received
during the whole, year 1918. Fees,
bank interest, bond interest, dividends,
rents, received, and all other items
must be reported correctly. Mere
guesses are. not accepted, for they are
unjust alike to, the taxpayer aud the
Government. and defeat the proper al.
ninistration Of. the law.
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