Gunnison news-champion., 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 Il few weeks away. the collection
OF this far-reaching tax on 1918 In.
comes has started on with . bang
Everybody is figuring income tax.
Payments and sworn statements OF
incom. must reach Internal Revenue
Offices on or before. March II. and there
are severe penalties for delinquency
Residents OF Colorado and Wyoming
are required TO make their returns
and pay their taxes TO Mark A. Skin
ner, Collector OF Internal Revenue
Denver. Colo. or TO any Of his deputy
collectors who are now doing free ad'
visory work on Income Tax
Pay your Income Tax by March
Is" is the slogan OF the Internal Rev
enue Bureau. which has sent every
available officer Into the field 10 help
the public 20 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 this
section % the Unted States who have
never before made annual returns are
required to do So this year.
Income tax returns must he made
between now and March Is by persons
who come under the following classifi-
cations
Any unmarried person whose 1918
net Income was 5000 or over. Wild
ows and widowers. Divorces and rar-
ried persons who are living apart from
their husbands or wives. are for the
purposes of the Income Tax classed aa
unmarried.
Amy married person living with wife
or husband whose 1918 net income was
5000 or over. The Income OF both
husband and wife must he considered.
together with the earnings OF minor
children, II any.
Revenue Bureau oHers Aid.
Each person In the United States
who is in either Of these ella. sifications
must get busy at once II penalties are
to be avoided. He should secure a
blank Form 1910 A for reporting net
Income up TO 500. 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 a correct return can be prepared
AT home II person needs advice or
aid. the Deputy Collectors In the Geld
will furnish this without charge
The new Revenue law places the In
come TaI 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 ip. With active cooperation
every tax due March Is will be paid
and every return required by law will
be In the Revenue ohices on time.
Exemptions Allowed.
A single person II allowed q per
s0nal exemption Of $1,000. II he is sup
porting In his household relatives who
are dependent upon him he may claim
the status Of the head OF q family who
has the same exemption as II married.
A married person who lives with
wife or husband Is allowed a personal
SxeIuptiou VI Ss,OV. nc HSuu Ol u
family is entitled TO claim 4 similar
personal exemption.
An additional exemption of 500 Is
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 to but one personal e1-
emption of $1,000 II they maI> se9s-
rate 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
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-
ministration Of the law.