The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-07
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
or this ~far-reaching tax on 1918 In
comes has started of with a bang.
Everybody Is figuring income tax.
Payments and sworn statements Of
income must reach Internal Revenue
Offices on or before March u, and there
are severe penalties for delinquency.
Residents Of Alabama and Missis-
sippi are required 10 make their re
turns and pay their taxes 70 John ID.
Aic\eeI. Collector OF Internal Reve-
nue.. Birmingham, Ala. or to any OF
his deputy collectors who are now do
ing free advisory work on Income Tax.
Pay your Income Tax by March
-" Is the slogan OF the Internal Reeve
nue. Bureau. which has sent every
available officer into the field to help
the public TO understand the require
nents and 10 prepare the returns.
Who Must Make Return.
]. * estimated that many thousands
OF single and married persons in this
section ~ the United States who have
never before made annual returns are
equireI 10 do 50 this year.
Income tax returns must he made
between now and March - by persons
who come under the following classifi-
Cations:
ANY unmarried person whose 1918
net income was ST 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
$2,pH or over. Tie income Of both
husband and wife must be considered.
together with the earnings Of minor
children. If any.
Revenue Bureau Offers Aid.
Each person in the United States
who il in either OF these classificatlons
must get busy at One If penalties are
TO IL avoided. He should secure a
blank Form TO- A for reporting net
income up TO $1,000, or Form 1910 il
his net income exceeded that n
Forms are being distributed by Coliec-
tors and their Deputies, also by banks.
BY following the Instructions on the
forms Il correct return can be prepared
at home. If a 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
l. 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 II Will be paid
and every return required by law viii
be in the Revenue Offices on Tina
Exemptions Allowed.
A single person is allowed a personal
exemption Of $1,000. IL 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 If married.
A married person. who lives with
wife or husband. is allowed a personal
exemption Of $1,000. The mead OF a
family is entitled TO claim a similar
personal exemption.
Al additional exemption OF 5000 Ia
allowed for each person under eighteen
or incapable al self support. who was
dependent upon and received his chief
support from the taxpayer.
n husbahu ana WlIe living toSether
are entitled to but one personal ex-
rmption 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 is working for wages should
nnd out exactly how much Ire received
during the whole year 1913. Fees,
bank interest, bond interest, dividends.
rents received. and all other items
must be reported correctly. Mere
Euesses are not accepted, for they are
unjust alike TO the taxpayer and the
Government. and defeat the proper adj
nfpfSfrarTOu az tho law