The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-03-13
EVERYBODY IS
NOW FIGURING
INCOME TAX
In 0rder to Be Heptu to Pubse
internal Revenue oureau
Mas Every Available
Officer in Fieid.
SEVERE PENALTIES IF you
DELAY OEYONO MARCH IS


emily \ few weeks away. the collection
Of this far-reaching tax on 1918 in.
comes has started on With Q hang
Everybody IL figuring income tax.
Payments and sworn statements Of
income must reach Internal Reveaus
Offices on or before March Is. 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'
vlsory work on Income Tax
Pay your Income Tax BY March
l5" 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.
II 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 classif-
cations:
Any unmarried person whose 1918
net Income was $1,000 or over. Wild
ows and widowers. divorces and mar
rird 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
OF husband whose l9lS net income WAS
5000 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 is In either of these classifications
must get busy at once If penalties are
to be avoided. He should secure q
blank Form 1910 A for reporting net
Income up to $1,000. or Form lO40 il
his net income exceeded that amount.
Forms are being distrihutel BY Collec
tors and their Deputies, also by banks.
BY following the Instructions on the
forms correcr return can he prepared
At home. II \ person needs advice or
aid, the Deputy Collectors In the fleld
will furnish this without charge.
The new Revenue law places the In
come TaN duty on citizens and resi-
dents. The Internal Revenue Bureau
10 sending its men to work right with
the public to get the tax aud the re-
turns in. With active cooperation,
every tax due March 15 will he paid
and every return required by law will
be In the Revenue Offices on time.
Exemptions Allowed.
A single person IL allowed personal
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 u family who has
the same exemption as II 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 similar
personal exemption.
An additional exemption of 5000 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 hut one personal ex-
emption OF $1,000. Il they make sep
arate returns. tn. exemption may be
claimed by either or divided.
Accuracy Required.
Absolute accuracy IL necessary in
making up income figures. Any per
son who is working for wages should
dnd out exactly how much he received
during the whole year 1918. Fees,
bank interest, bSnd 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 ad.
ninistration Of the law.