Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-03-07
THIS TELLS HOW TO
FIGURE INCOME TAX
Square'y Up to Every Individual
to Get Busy by March ID
or Suffer Penalty.

!. Tax and making your return. Avoid
the last minute rush. Any person can
~fgure out his liability today as well az
he can next week, and IL there is any
pOint on which he needs advice he can
now get in touch with a Revenue man.
This word of advice Is being given
out by Internal Revenue men. Re
turns and payments are being col
lected in Missouri by the following
Collectors of Internal Revenue:
George Moore.
George f. Crutchley.
Every aid Of their Offices and field
forces is being given freely to the
public.
But the Income Tax men will not
pull YOU door-bell or your %cOat-tails,
according to the Collectors announce
ment. 1t Is squarely up to every indi-
viduaI to figure out his W case and
to get busy If he comes within the
scope Of the new Revenue law.
Did You Earn This Mueh7
Every unmarried person who re-
ceived income averaging S19.25 a week
during 1918 and every married couple
who Jointly received income averaging
$3.50 "a week should secure at once
from the nearest Deputy Collector or
the nearest bank a blank Form 1910 A.
That form contains the Information he
will need to enable him to figure his
correct net income and any tax that he
owes the Government.
The law requires that every m
ried person who had Il net income of
1000 or over and every married per-
son whose net income was $1,000 or
over (including the income of husband
or wife and the earnings of minor
children, If any must make "a return
on or before March 10Th. And this re-
quirement does not hinge on whether
the person owes a tax.
Taxable Income.
An individual must include under
gross income all gains, profits and in
come derived from salaries, wages or
compensation for personal service of
whatever kind and in whatever form
paid or from professions, vOcations,
business. sales or dealings in property
Of all kinds. interest, rent, dividends
Or profits derived from any source
whatever. Very few items of income
are exempt.
Deductions include ordinary and nee
essary business expenses, interest paid
or accrued on Indebtedness, taxes of
all kinds except Federal income and
excess profits taxes and assessments
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tanned, debts ascertained to be worth
less and depreciation on buildings, ma
chinery, fixtures, etc. used In business.
A further deduction Is allowed for con
tributiOns to corporations operated for
religious, charitable, scientific or edu-
%cational purposes or for the prevention
Of cruelty to children or animals to an
amount not exceeding Is per cent Of
the taxpayers net income as computed
without the benefit of the contribution
deduction.
The taxpayer is not allowed to de-
duct any personal, living or family N
pensc, any amount spent for improving
property or making good its exhaus-
ton for which an allowance Is claimed
under depreciation.
Figuring the Tax.
Before figuring the normal tax the
dividends are deducted as credits from
net income, together with the personal |
exemption. AS in previous years, divi.
dends of domestic corporations are en-
empt from normal tax when received
by the stakeholder.
The normal tax rates for citizens
and residents are as follows: On the
first $4,000 Of net income in excess Of
the credits the rate is 6 per cent on
any further taxable income the rate is
L. per cent.
The surtax rates apply to net in
come of each individual in excess of
$4,000. The personal exemption and
the dividends are not deductibIe before
computing surtax. IN the case Of re-
turns by husband and wife, the net
income of each is considered separate-
ly in computing any surtax that may
De due. Form 1910 should be used for
making returns of net income exceed
ing $4,000, and the instructions on that
form Will show how to figure the sur
tax.
Business House Returns.
Employers and others who paid
wages. salaries, rents, interest or SIM
"ar ceterminable gains in an amount
OF $1,000 or owe during 1918 to any
person must file an information return
win the Government. Blanks may be
secured from the Collector.
Every partnership must file a return
showing its income and deductions and
'he liame and address of each partner,
with his share Of the profits or losses
ouring the past year. Personal service
corporations will file similar informa-
ton for 1918.
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