Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1920-02-27
INCOME TAX
RETURNS Due
Business Men, Farmers and Wage
Workers Must File Schedules
of income for 1919.
MARCH IS LAST FILING DATE.
Net incomes Of 1000 or over. u Sin
UIe; or $4,000 :, Over II Married,
Must Be Reported.

Of Congress IN earnings Of the year
1919 is o being collected.
Returns under oath must be made
on or before March Is by every citi-
zen and resident who had a net in
come for 1919 amounting to:
$1,000 or over, II single or II mar
ried and living apart from wife Cor
husband) or II widowed or divorced.
$4,000 or over, II married and living
with wife Tor husband).
The status of the person on the last
day of the year fixes the status for
the year with respect to the above
requirements.
Under any Of these circumstances a
return must be made, even though
no taX is due,
Husband and wife must consider
the income of both. plus thar Of de-
pendent minor children, in meeting
this requirement; and, If sufficient to
require a return, all items must be
shown in a joint return or In separate
returns of husband and wife.
A single person with minor depend
ents must include the income of such
dependents.
A minor who has IL net income of
81 900 or more is not considered q
dependent, and must file a separate
return.
Personal returns should be made OF
Form 1910 a, unless the net income
exceeded $1,000, in which case Form
1910 should be used.
Missourians should send returns and
payments to Geo. II. Moore, Collector
of Internal Revenue, st. Louis, or Geo.
f. Crutchley, Collector of Internal Rev
enue, Kansas City, Mo.
How to Figure Income.
The best way to find out whether one
must file a return is to get a Form
l0i0A and follow the instructions
printed on it. That form will serve as
Il reminder Of every item Of income,
and If u return is due It tells how to
prepare and file it.
If in doubt on any point as to income
or deductions, a person may secure
free advice and aid from the nearest
lDternal Revenue office.
GueSswOrk, estimates and other hit
or-miss methods are barred when n
person is making out his Income Tax
return. Accuracy and completeness
must be insisted upon. The return is
Il sworn statement. AS such 1t must
be thorough and accurate.
Salaried persons and wage earners
must ascertain the actual compensa-
ton received. Overtime, bonuses,
shares in the profits of a business,
value of quarters and board furnished
by the employer and other items which
are cOmp~ensutiOns for services must
be included.
1t must be borne In mind that com
pensation may he paid in other forms
than in cash. A bonus paid in Liberty
Bonds is taxable at the market value
Of the bonds. 4 note received in pay.
ment for services is taxable income at
its face value, and the interest upon
it is also taxable.
SlnCI HCluIHS Duc.
Every partnership doing business in
the United States must file Il return
N Form 1865; and every personal
service corporation must file a similar
return.
Corporations must file annual re-
turns on Form 1920.
Trustees, executors, administrators
and others acting in q f%iduciary capac-
ity are required to file returns. In
some cases, Form 1041 is used; In
others, Form 1910; and still others,
returns on both forms are required.
Information returns, on Forms 1909
and 1896, must be filed by every or
g~anization, firm or person who paid,
during 1919, an amount of $1,000 in
salary, wages, interest, rent, or other
ixeu or deterIninable income to an
other person, partnership, personal
service corporation oil tiduciary. These
information returns should be for
warded directly TO the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue (sorting division),
Washington, ID. G.