The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-04
INCOME TAX
RETURNS DUE
Business Men, Farmers and Wage
Workers Must File Schedules
! of Income for 1919.
MARCH IS LAST FILING DATE.
Nc. incomes OF $1,000 or over, II Sin.
gle; or 81, 700 Z over II 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 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 ma
ried and living apart from wife Tor
husband) or II widowed or divorced
$1,000 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
eturn must be made, even though
no tax is due.
Husband and wife must consider
the income OF both, plus that OF de-
pendent minor children, in meeting
this requirement; and, IL 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 a net income of
81. 900 or moro is not considered a
dependent, and must file a separate
return.
Personal returns should he made on
Form 1910 A, unless the net income
exceeded $1,000, In which case Form
1910 should be used.
Residents OF North and South Da-
kota should file their returns with. and
make payments of Income Tax to, ].
w. Nee, Acting Collector of Internal
Revenue, Aberdeen, S. ID.
How to Figure income.
The best way to find out whether one
must file a return is to get a Form
1040A and follow the Instructions
printed on II. That form will serve as
u reminder Of every item of income.
and IL a return Is due 1t tells how to
prepare and file 1t.
IL in doubt on any point as to income
or deductions, a 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
a sworn statement. AS such II must
be thorough and accurate.
Saiaried 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.
II must be borne in mind that com
pensation may be paid In other forms
than In cash. A 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
IL Is also taxable.
Other Returns Due.
Every partnership doing business In
the United States must file n return
on Form 1905; and every personal
service corporation must file a similar
return.
Corporations must hle annual re-
turns on Form 1920.
Trustees. executors, administrators
and others acting in a fiduciary capac-
ity are required to file returns. In
some cases, Form 1041 is used: in
others. Form 1040; and still others,
returns on both forms are required.
Information returns, on Forms 1909
and 1896. must be filed by every or
~ganization. Arm 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 ~iduciary. These
information returns should be for
warGed directly to the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue tsorting d~ivision),
Washington, II. G.