The Press., 1919-02-27
EVERYBODY IS
 NOW FIGURING INCOME TAX
Tn Order to Be Helpful to Public, Internal Revenue Bureau
 Has Every Available
 Officer in Field.
SEVERE PENALTIES IF YOU
 DELAY BEYOND MARCH Is

N;rh ,he ,iur date for Inc"me Taxes only . few weeks away. the c"i!ect!"h sf rhis far-reaching raN on I91N !h- comes has started off with bang Eyerybody is figuring income l'tN.
 Payments and sworn statements "f income must reach Internal Revenue ,,dices on or before March l., aud there are severe penaltieS for deiiI'cuehc!
 Residents of Connecticut and Rh"de Island should make their returns 'th" pay their taxes [" James J. Walsh Collector of Internal Revenue. tltfC- ford. Conn.,, or 10 any "f hL' deputy collectors who are now doing free ad- visory work On Income Tax
 spay your Income Tax b! March 15" is the slogan of the Iprerpa! Key .uus Bureau. which has SenT every available officer into rhe field 10 he!p rhe public "a understand the require menrs and ro prepare rhe retnnS
 Who Must Make Return.
 II is eSrimared that many Tl"I>:tudS at single and married persons in Thi> section ot the United SrareS Wh" have never before made annual rerurnS are reauired tn do So this year.
 Income taI returns must be made between now and March h hy persons uho come under the following cla>Siti cations:
 Any unmarried person whose 19lS nes income was Si. .(fod or over. Nid- ows and widowerS, divorcee> and mar ried persons ssSS' or sSlVeS>, are tor Gf9I' f2ie purposes of the Income Tax cIaSSed as . unms srried
 Any married person diving tvith wife ar husband whose 1atS nes income was s2,00O or over. The income of both husband and wife must he considered. children. if any.
 Revenue Bureau Offers Aid.
 Each person in the Tinted Srates who is in either 0f these ciaSSificaEions must ger busy at ohce if penalties are to he avoided. He Should secure a blank Form 1040 \ for reporting ncI income, un to S5.OO0, ar Form l040 if his net income exceeded that amount. Forms are heinz distributed hy CoIec- tors and their Deputies. also by banks By following the instructions oH The fl forms correct return can be prepared CT home. If a person needs advice or aid, the Deputy Collectors in the field will furnish this without charge
 The new Revenue law places the h. come Tax duty on citizens and resi- dents. The Internal Revenue Bureau . sending it's men to work right with he public 10 ger The tax and the re urns in. With active cooperation 'very tax due March Ia will be paid md every return required by law will se In the Revenue offices on time
 Exemptions Are Allowed. A single person is allowed personal of Sl,O00 If he is support. ng in his household relatives who gre iependent upon him he may claim the status of the head of family who has he same exemption as if married
 A married person who lives with wife or husband is allowed . personal exemption of S2.OO0. The head of a family is entitled to claim similar personal exemption.
 . An additional exemption of Saoo is allowed for each person under eight .eA ar incapable of self support who wss dependent upon and received his :hSef support from the taxpayer. A husband and wife living together sre entitled so but one personal ex- .mprion of .S2.0OO. If they make sep srste returns the exemption may he 'taimed hy either or divided.
 Accuracy Required. Absolute accuracy is necessary in ; making ap income figures. Any per 'on who is working for wages should Ind. out exactly how much he received turing the whole year 1918. Fees, 'anS interest, bond interest, dividends, 'ents received and all other items susr he reported correctly. Mere 'ueSses are not accepted, for they are 'njusr alike to the taxpayer and the and defeat the proper sd- { of the law. |,