The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12
ZONE TAX
! RETURNS Due
-, Men, Farmers and Wage
bare Must File Schedules
i Income for 1919.
|,u IS LAST FILING DATE.
1870. Of $1,000 or Over, II Sin
~ % 600 or Over It Married,
Must Be Reported.

,,come Tax imposed by Act
.npss on earnings Of the year
!. now being collected
.',,s under oath must be made
before March Is by every citi-
~ resident who had . net in
= ,or 1919 amounting to:
~ ar over, il single; or Il mar
I'D living apart from wife Cor
IN. or If widowed or divorced.
IN or over, il married and living
wife Tor husband).
st.tus of the person on the hast
= the year fixes the status for
se,r with respect to the above
drements.
Lar any of these circumstances 4
mist be made, even though
nr is due.
. :. and wife must consider
'i ;.eome of both, plus that OF de
,.nt minor children, In meeting
,pauirement; and, if sufficient to
,,s q return, all items must be
n in a joint return Or in separate
80 If husband and wife.
single person with minor depend
mrst include the income OF such
ndents.
minor VINO has a net income OF
M or more is not considered a
,ndpnt and must file a separate
rn.
,,,sonal returns should be made on
n 1O4OA, unless the net income
|pded $1,000, in which case Form
should be used.
lsidents of Montana should hfe
returns with, and make payments
hcome Tax to, James A. Walsh,
rtor of Internal Revenue, Helena,
How to Figure income.
NE best way to find out whether
must file return is to get 6, Form
ma and follow the Instructions
MED on it. That form will serve as
rminder of every item of income.
dfa return is due it tells how to
Eare and file it.
hin doubt on any point as to income
eduetions, a person may secure free
Ere and aid from the nearest Inter-
Revenue Office.
hessWork. estimates and other hit
miss methods are barred when a per-
Is making out his Income Tax re-
D. Accuracy and completeness must
insisted upon. The return is a
BWn statement. AS such it must be
knrgk and accurate.
shried persons and wage earners
Eascertain the actual compensation
Hired Overtime, bonuses, shares in
profits Of a business, value Of quar-
and board furnished by the en-
per and other items which are COM
Aatons for services must be In
Ned
y must be borne in mind that conn
patton may be paid in other forms
b IN cash. A bonus paid in Liberty
ads is taxable at the market value
E& bonds. A note received IN pay
|at for services is taxable income ct
face value, and the interest upon
|salso taxable.
Other Returns Due.
Nery partnership doing business in
+ United States must file a return
Form 1865; and every personal
(ree corporation must file q similar
Em.
htporations must file annual re-
suS Ou FOrm llZU.
fushes, executors, administrators
= others acting in a fiduciary capat.
! are required to file returns. Ia
we cases, Form 1O41 is used; In
0efs, Form 1910; and still others,
aQrns on both forms are required.
nlormation returns, on Forms 1O9s'
a 1885, must be filed by every or
azation, firm or person who paid
ing 1919, en- amount Of $1,000 in
aay, wages, interest, rent, or other
so or determinable income to an
Ef person, partnership, personal
,'lee corporation or fiduciary. These
urmation returns should be for
aaed directly to the Commissioners