The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-03-05
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 81 COO or Over, If Sim
gle; or $4,000 Over if Married..
Must Be Reported.

The Income Tax imposed by Act
of Congress on earnings of the year
1919 is now being collected.
Returns under oath must be made
on or before March 10 by every citi-
zen ard resident who had net in
come for 1919. amounting to:
$1,000 or over, if single; or if mar
ried and living apart from wife Cor
husband) or if widowed or divorced.
$1,000 or over, if married and living
with wife Cor liusband.
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
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 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 a net income Of
81 900 or more is not considered
dependent, and must file separate
return.
Personal returns should be made on
Form 1910 A, unless the net income
exceeded $1,000, in which case Form
1910 should be used
Residents of Colorado should file
their returns with, and make payments
of Income Taz to, Mark A. Skinner,
Collector of Internal Ilevenue, Denver.
Col.
How to Figure Income.
The best way to find out whether one.
must file return is to get a Form
1040A and follow the Instructions
printed on it, That form will serve as
reminder of every item of income,
and If return is due it tells how to-
prepare and file ii.
If in doubt on any point as to income.
or deductions, person may secure
free advice and aid from the nearest
Internal Revenue Office
Guesswork, estimates and other hit
or-miss methods are barred when a
person is making out his Income Tax
return. Accuracy and completeness
must be insisted upon. The return is.
IA sworn statement. AS such it 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 compensations for services must
be included
1t must be borne in mind that COM
pensation may be paid in other forms
than in cash bonus paid in Liberty
Bonds is taxable at the market value
of the bonds. A note received in pay
ment for services is taxable income at
its face value, and the interest upon
it is also taxable.
Other Returns Due.
Every partnership doing business in
The United States must file return
on Form 1865 and every personal
service corporation must file Il similar
return
Corporations must file annual re-
turns on Form 112O
Trustees, executors, administrators
and others acting i'll fiduciary 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 1899
I and 1886, must be filed by every or
sanization, firm or person who paid,
during 1919 an amount of $1,000 in
salary, wages. interest rent, or other
/ fixed or determinable income to an
other person, partnership, personal
service corporation or fiduciary These
/ information returns should be for
warded directly to tie Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue (sorting division),