The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-02-28
PAY and FILE :.
INCOME TAX
: BEFORE MAR. IS
U. S. internal Revenue Bureaus
Gives Warning That Severe
Penalties win BE Enforced
WOMEN WITHIN LAWS SCOPE;
HOW THEY REPORT INCOME

The Income Tax drive comes to .
close on Saturday night, March ID
The payments and returns due o.
that date under the provisions OF tfse
new Revenue Law must BE In the hands
of local Internal Reveaue Coliet1o0
before their offices close that hight
The Income Tax 10 being collected u
meet the var expenses. Every person
Who shouted and rooted his horn on
Armistke Day - sOw called upon -
rOntrlbute his sha,e Of the cost OF VIZ
alag lae war.
The isygartia and the hodgers wM
face severe dnee a,.d jati -senseDceA
The Internal Revenue Bureau -
novssces that ,ss Oti1cers will cheek %
all op 10 zee That every person we
comes within she scope OF the Incooo
Tax law did Ais share.
Where 70 Pay and File.
Residents of Alabama and 2snstH
sfppl are required TO make their -
tarns and pay their taxes to Jsem d.
EcNeel, Collector ef Internal Fse~S-
nue, Birnsingham, Ala. or IN sny Of
Ihis deputy collectors who are nov do
ing free advisory work on tns,sme TAx
Payments sent by mail shcoid be At
tached 20 the returns and sAeuid 4s In
the form Of check, money order or
draft. Cash payments BY inaii are
sent ut the taxpayers risk 0f loss
II you are unable to saase yrur re-
turn personally because ~ fIlueeh, ab-
sence or inrapacity nv xEeHt tsr foEal
representative may maSe *Sur return.
IL there ane any lOubstnl peints a
to weur items Of insvaBe or ShOwaole
.,ietivctions ,ysou should yet I'm sssach at
once with Revenue ssaaaer or = bank
ser kor advice. s-.-.-~ &. ~ s.,
@emen Pay T~x.
WIOmen are subjsss u" sh the r.
,er "'nyle.Oy married = -es,nans income
from all sources mLSt Re considered.
II unmarried ar if Isving ,Hfart fr0'n
her husba0d she In,lxt make her return
for 1918 ;r her net asscHme was &1,OW
tOr over
az married and ItsiUE with her hus-
brad her income sal,st he considered
with the husbands SIS dfstermining the
liability for u return Their JOINT IN
come, ,ies.; the cretii7s allowed by law.
IL .sul}ecFe 10 nOrn1i! TAX. The wifes
net income is cOnsiss~red separately in
computing ahy snrta1 tist may he
due Husband and w9fe f1fe Jointly, as
"a rule. II the husband does not in
s.tude bis wife's Income in 3liS return
Severe Penalties.
The n.es Revenue Law places severe
;,,s.Iratti.-> on PerSsn u;he fails 10
make retplrn on time. refuses Ia make
ntturn .ur renders fraudulesit return.
Ysxr failure 10 make neturn and pay
Iax am tmne u fine Of net nf0re than
81 400 IL Xsamed and :sss per 't'efat OF the
ts1 due Is added 10 the assessment.
Ser nt.f,s.tug wiIlfuijy 80 make return
o.. Far 'nnak ing false sx fraudGient re-
ts,e'n there is Il fine of not exceeding
Ssss,0ao Rad imprisonment 'f ssOt ex-
css1iing Grse year. or bG<1i.
Farmers Income Taxable.
ksery farmer and rxnchman who
ha6 q ia e4r a good ye4s in 1918 snust
heed the Income Tax this year He
innxt consider all his innnne 'as tax
able IL, * entitled to deduct fFOm
his xwoss incUuIr all amounts expended
in casr, INK on his farm. The cost OF
farm rcsehmery. farm buildings, snd
improvements cannot be deducted. The
cost of iigf stoeG, either for resale or
for breeding purposes, is also regarded
RS inNes, sSienf
Overtime and Bonuses Taxed
Salary and wage earners musr con-
slider as taxable every Item received
from employers and from other
sources. Bonuses and overtime pay
are te he reported a. we'll rs the re2u-
lar payments.
Allowances fer Losses.
Isssses sustained in 1918 snd not
covered by insurance xre deductible
items il incurred in the taxpayers
business az trade, in any transaction
undertaken for profit ar arising from
fre, storm. shipwreck or sfber casu-