Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-15
BIG RUSH AT THE
 INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE

The internal revenue office at Hartford worked all day Sunday talk pouring into the office in payment of the third quarterly instalment of the income tax The tax is due Monday and there will he no penalty for such as place their remittance in the mail before F o'clock Monday night Those who do not file their returns and remittanees on time make them serves liable to a fine of per cent; also forfeit the right to pay on the instalnent plan and will be re- quired to pay the entire amount due for the year, at once
 The rush the local office began Fr,day when the first of the remit : tances came in. There are about fort yclerks working on them and the whole office force will help out until the work is completed Each with previous letters from the same person. the checks must be in speeted to see; that the-r are properly made eut and endorsed and the material must be filed Besides th:s work the office must make up sew eral forms to cover the payment of the tax, and if there is any doubt regarding the amount due. an in entails great mount of labor and each time the tax becomes due the office has to work double time in order to take care of tho business.
 Collector Walsh said that the greatest difficulty found in the york was the result of carelessness on the part of those who submitted remit tances. There have been thousands of checks received by the office with out any accompanying communica ton to say what tax the remitter intended to pay AS there are about fifty diff ferent taxes collectable by the office each month. this carel esSness prevents the office from giving any credit for the tax 70 paid. Sometimes cashiers checks are received which contain not even the name of the man who wishes 10 pay and in these cases it is almost imp 'e to trace the remit in separate classification and form fund known as the unidentified col lections."
 In case the office does not know whom to credit with the payment of taxes. bills arc submitted to those who are liable for them until they show that they have paid taxes by identify ing the cheeks sent in. Collector Walsh says that many such persons have in the past disregarded second notifications and have made them selves liable to fine. The law says that returns must be submitted with remittances and unless this is done the fine of , per cent. and forfeiture y.
 Collector Walsh says that the only way to keep clear of this is to return the statement sent out by the off ice with he check made out to cover the taxes. The office handles taxes from about 58e,aa6 people every manth and unless these people follow the rules laid down by the departr1ent there . bound to be confusion. If there is. the persons So delinquent are the suffer CTS.
 The income taK is the largest one collected by the office and iS the hard est to handle. The first iRsta Ilnaent for 1919 was collected in March and the entire amount for the year will have been paid after December 15. Those whe wish may mako the entire pay ment 3 one time. the instaliment plan being but a special convenience Of fered to those who wish te take ad- vantage of it. In order te 1zeen the privilege however. they must have their returns in the mail before mid night of the fifteenth