The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-08-21
INCOME TAX :
RETURNS DUE
Business Men, Farmers andWage
Workers Must File Schedules
Of Income for 1919.
MARCH is LAST FILING DATE.
Net Incomes Of $1,000 or over, II sIn.
gle; or $1,000 or over II Married.
Must Be Reported.

Yhe Income Tax imposed By Ac'
81 Congress on earnings Of the yeai
1919 is now being collected.
Returns under oath must be macs
On or before March 10 by every citt
sen and resident who had = net In
come for 1919 amounting to:
$1,000 or over. n single; or II mar
Siad and living apart from wife (oi
AusbaRd) /; or II widowed or divorced
5000 or over. II married and living
with wife Cor husband).
The status Of the person on the last
aay II the year fixes the status fos
he year with respect to the above
requirements.
Undse any Of these circumstances .
ratuEn must be made. even though
ne TAX Il due.
Husband and wife must consoles
he income Of both, plus that Of Do
pendent mino. children, in meeting
this vequlSaDpent and, II sufficient t.
require . EatuFn. all items must Be
shNwa b 3eint return or in separau
rstulWa az husband and wife,
a slngla pSssnn with minor depend
eats must includo ths income Of such
dspendsntA
a mlneg wAo has . net income OF
$1,000 or more IL not considered 9
aepsAdenk END must ale separate
return.
RsFusaal nstuYns ahOuld b made or
Hesw IO4QA. uAless the net income
sxcseesa $A0O0 10 which case Form
10 MAouid be used.
Residents cg Georgia should file
sheiE rueuyna wath. ana make payments
e Mssms Tax to, Aaron q. Blalock,
Gullectag e Internal Rsvonue. At
nEe.
New % Figure lHeeWao.
The best way to and ont whether
60 must tlle Q return 10 Do g0t Form
l@f0A and follow the instruction.
pYintsd on e. That form will serve al
. reminder Of every itOm of income
amd IL q return is dus II tells how tC
ps0pare and file Il.
Isin doubt on any point as to income
~ deductions, a person may secure free
advice and aid from the nearest Inter
m@l Revenue Office.
Guesswork, estimates and other hit,
egAmisa methods are barred when q per.
sam u making cut his income Tax re.
terra. AeruEary and completeness must
BE- insisted upon. The return II q
WWagn stateSnent. As sucA 1t must b
tlneough ana accurate.
GalaFisd persons and wage eRrmers
ma@ Ssgertain the actual compensation
resolved. Overtlmt, bonuses, shares in
eAa pgwats % business, value Of quar-
teSa and board furnished by the EN-
playnR end other items which are com
pensationS for services must be in
cludnd.
Il must be borne In mind that com
psnsation may be paid in other fOrmi
than Ia cash. A bonus paid In Liberty
@VNoA ~ t0AfA0tC ~ AAhG MoAACt N&Aue
Of the bonds. A note received In pay
ment for services is taxable income al
its face value, and the interest upoT
it L. also taxable.
other Returns Dus.
Every partnership doing business II
the United States must file q return
ON Form 1885; and every personal
service corporation must nls = similar
return.
Corporations must Gle annual 70
turns on Form 1920.
Trustees, executors, administrator
and others acting In q hduclary capac
ity are required 70 file returns In
some cases. Form lO41 ID used; IL
others, Form 1910; and still others
returns on both forms are required.
Information returns, en Forms 1O@
and 1895. must be nled by every or
ganizatlon, arm or person who paid
during 1919, an amount Of $1,000 In
salary, wages. interest, rent, or other
nxed or determinable income to an.
other pason. partnership, personal
service corporation or aduciaFy. These
information returns should be- fer
warded directly to the Commissioner
Of internal Revenue (sOrting divisieRl.
Washington, d. Q.