The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-27
EVERYBODY IS
NOW FIGURING
INCOME TAX
In Order to Be Helpful 10 Public,
Internal Revenue Bureau
Has Every Available
officer in Field.
SEVERE PENALTIES IF you
DELAY BEYOND MARCH 10

0e6NS 49, WV
with the due date for Income Taxes
only few weeks away, the collection
OF this far.reaching tax on 1918 m
comes has started off with bang.
Everybody is figuring income tax.
Payments and sworn Satemen's OF
income must reach Internal Revenue
Offices on or before March 10 and there
are severe penalties for delinquency
Residents Of Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont should mike their re-
turns and pay their taxes 10 Seth W.
Jones. Collector Of Internal Revenue
Portsmouth, n. H., or TO any OF his
depnty collectors who are now doing
free advisory work on Income Tax.
PAY your Incornc Tax ny March
1b." is the slogan OF the Internal Rev
enue Bureau. which has sent every
available officer into the field 10 help
the public TO understand the require.
ments and to prepare the returns.
Who Must Make Return.
II is estimated that many thousands
OF single and married persons In TINS
section OF the United States who have
never before made annual returns nre
required to do so this year.
Income tax returns must be made
between now and March Is by persons
who come under the following classifi-
cations.
Any unmarried person whose l0ls
net income was $1,000 or over. Wild
ows and witiowers, 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
5000 or over. The income OF both
husband and wife must be considered.
together with the earnings Of minor
children, II any.
Revenue Bureau Offers Aid.
Each person In the United States
who Is In either Of these classificatiOns
must get busy at once II penalties are
10 be avoided. He should secure q
blank Form 1910 A for reporting net
income up to $1,000. or Form 1910 II
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 4 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 Tar duty on citizens and resi-.
dents. The Internal Revenue Bureau
il 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 ofiices on time.
Exemptions Are Allowed.
A single person IL allowed personal
exemption Of $1,000. II he IL support
Ing In his household relatives who are
dependent upon him he may claim the
status OF the head OF family who has
the same exemption as II married.
A married person who lives with
wife or husband IL allowed A personal
exemption Of $1,000. The head OF
family IL entitled to claim . similar
personal exemption.
An additional exemption OF 300 II
allowed for each person under eight
cen 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 10 hut one personal ex-
emption Of $1,000. II they make sep
arate returns the exemption may be
claimed by either or divided.
Accuracy Required.
Absolute accuracy is necessary In
making up income figures. Any per-
son who IL 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 be reported correctly Mere
guesses are not accepted, for they are
unjust alike to the taxpayer and the
Government and defeat the proper ad-
minisfraflon Of the law.