The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-03-08
EVERYBODY IS
NOW 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 Taxes
only a few weeks away, the collection
OF this far-reaching tax on 1918 in.
comes has started of with q 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 Louisiana are required to
make their returns and pay their taxes
to John Y. FauntlerOy, Collector of In
ternal Revenue, New Orleans, La, o,
to any of his deputy collectors who
are now doing free advisory work on
Income Tax.
PAY your Income Tax BY March
15," is the slogan of the Internal Reve-
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 Must Make Return.
1t is estimated 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 be made
between now and March Is by persons
who come under the following classifl-
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.
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 be considered,
together with the earnings Of minor
children. il 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 q
blank Form 104O A for reporting net
income up to $1,000, or Form 1O4O IL
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 correct return can be prepared
at home. II person needs advice or
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 with
the public to get the tax and the re-
turns in. With active cooperation,
every tax 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 a 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 a family who has
the same exemption as IL married.
A married person, who lives with |
wife or husband. is allowed a personal !
exemption of $1,000. The head Of a
family is entitled to claim q similar
personal exemption.
An additional exemption Of $500 Is
allowed for each person under eighteen |
or incapable Of self support, who was
dependent upon and received his chief
support from the taxpayer.
A husband and wife living together
are entitled to but one personal ex-
emption of $1,000 II they make sep I
arate returns, the exemption may be
claimed by either or divided.
Accuracy Required.
Absolute accuracy Is necessary In
up income figures. Any per.
son who is working for wages should
find out exactly how much he received
during the whole year 1918 Fees,
bank interest, bond interest, dividends,
rents received, and all other items
must lie reported correctly. Mere
guesses are not accepted, for. they are
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