Newark post., 1919-02-26
EVERYBODY is
NOW FIGURING
INC0NEE: 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

DELAY BEYOND MARCH 10
With the due date for Income Taxes |
only a few weeks away, the collection .
Of this far-reachiug tax ON 1918 IN |
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 Is, and there
are severe penalties for delinquency.
Residents of Maryland and Della
ware should make their returns and
pay their taxes to Joshua w. Miles,
Collector of Internal Revenue, Balti-
more, Md, or to any Of his deputy
collectors who are now doing free ad-
visOry work on Income Tax.
PAY your Income TaN ny March
15," is the slogan of the Internal Rev
cnuc 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 Must Make Return.
It is estimates that many thousands
of single and married persons in this
section of the United States who have
never before made annual returns are
required to do so this year.
Income tax returns must he made
between now and March Is by persons
who come under the following classiti-
cations:
ANY unmarried person whose 1918
net income was 81 900 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.
| Any married person living with wife
J or husband whose 1918 net income was
| $1,000 or over. The income of both
! husband and wife must be considered,
together with the earnings of minor
children, if any.
Revenue Bureau Offers Aid.
Each person in the United States
who is in either of these classifications
must get busy at once if penalties are
to be avoided. He should secure a
blank Form 1O40 A for reporting net
income up to $1,000, or Form 1910 If
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 a correct return can be prepared
at home. If a person needs advice OF
aid, the Deputy Collectors in the field
will furnish this without charge.
The new Revenue law places the In
come Tax duty on citizens and resi-
dents. The Internal Revenue Bureau
is sending its men to work right witt
the public to get the tax and the re
turns in. With active cooperation
every tax due March Is will be pait
and every return required by law vii
be in the Revenue offices on time.
! Exemptions Are Allowed.
A single person is allowed a persona
, exemption of 1000. If he is support
, ing in his household relatives who ar
dependent upon him he may claim tn
: status of the head of family who ha
the same exemption as If married.
I A married person who lives wit
= wife or husband is allowed a persona
< exemption of $1,000. The head of
+ family is entitled to claim simila
+ personal exemption.
-. An additional exemption of 5000
, allowed for each person under eigh
I cen or incapable Of self support VIII
was dependent upon and received hi
= chief support from the taxpayer.
e A husband and wife living tOgethe
o are entitled to but one personal e.
! emption of $4,000. If they make SCI
y arate returns the exemption may b
claimed by either or divided.
., Accuracy Required.
~ Absolute accuracy is necessary
u making up income figures. Any pc
e son who is working for wages shoul
find out exactly how much he receive
# during the whole year 1918. Fee
# bank interest, bond interest, dividend
- rents received and all other iten
must be reported correctly. Me-
~ guesses are not accepted, for they a.
|. unjust alike to the taxpayer and II
20 Government and defeat the proper a
I'd ministration of the law.